Cookies
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Cookies on the Social Work England website
Last updated: 13 December 2021
What are cookies?
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How we use cookies
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- how many people visit the website
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We will not set optional cookies unless you enable them.
Necessary cookies
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| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| Name __temp__ | Purpose Holds an encrypted JSON object that stores any unique document references for documents that have been uploading during the concerns form journey(s). | Expiry Session |
| Name flowId | Purpose Stores the unique flow identifier from Go Cardless so a reconciliation between the two systems can be carried out on post back. | Expiry Session |
| Name returnTo | Purpose The path for the user to be redirected to post completion of the direct debit process. | Expiry Session |
| Name returnUrl | Purpose The path for the user to be redirected to post completion of the card payment process. | Expiry Session |
| Name __request__ | Purpose Stores the unique request identifier from Gov.UK Verify so a reconciliation between the two systems can be carried out on post back. | Expiry Session |
| Name __return__ | Purpose The path for the user to be redirected to post completion of the Gov.UK Verify verification process. | Expiry Session |
| Name __sessionid | Purpose Holds the unique session identifier for the user, allowing the website to pull back the users access/identity tokens issues from the IdP. | Expiry Session |
| Name ASP.NET_SessionId | Purpose This cookie manages the users session with the website. | Expiry Session |
| Name CookieStatus | Purpose Cookie set by the system to track if third party services (google analytics etc) can be included on the website or not. | Expiry Now + 2 years |
| Name __appianRedirect | Purpose Holds a flag to indicate if the user has already been redirected to the Appian service in order to establish a level of trust for the domain running the Appian embedded interfaces. | Expiry Session |
| Name AspNetCore.Antiforgery.xxxxxxxx | Purpose Used by the IdP to stop cross site request forgery. | Expiry Session |
| Name AspNetCore.Identity.Application | Purpose Used by the IdP to verify multi-session authentication requests. | Expiry Session |
| Name idsrv.session | Purpose Stores the unique session identifier for the user on the identity provider. | Expiry Session |
| Name notificationBar | Purpose Stores a unique alert notification identifier, when notification is closed, to hide it for duration of the session. | Expiry Session |
| Name _cf_bm | Purpose _ _cf_bm is part of Cloudflare’s Bot Management service and helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots and lasts until the end of the session (Podbean) | Expiry Expires at end of session |
| Name Awselb | Purpose Awselb is a Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance and lasts until the end the of session (Podbean) | Expiry Expires at end of session |
Optional cookies
| Cookie name | Expiration time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cookie name _ga | Expiration time 2 years | Description Used to distinguish users (Google Analytics) |
| Cookie name _gid | Expiration time 24 hours | Description Used to distinguish users (Google Analytics) |
| Cookie name _gat | Expiration time 1 minute | Description Used to throttle request rate (Google Analytics) |
| Cookie name NID | Expiration time 6 months | Description Most Google users will have a preferences cookie called ‘NID’ in their browsers. A browser sends this cookie with requests to Google’s sites. The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (for example English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (for example 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on (Youtube) |
| Cookie name DV, 1P_JAR | Expiration time 6 months | Description These cookies are used by Youtube as part of their embedded services on the Websites (sharing etc.). More information about Youtube’s use of cookies can be found in their cookie policy. |
| Cookie name Consent | Expiration time 2 years | Description Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website (Youtube) |
| Cookie name __cflb | Expiration time Session | Description The __cflb cookie allows Cloudflare to return an end user to the same customer origin for a specific period of time configured by the customer. This allows the end user to have a seamless experience (SmartSurvey) |
For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Analytics documentation.
Further information on how to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer can be found on the All about cookies website under the ‘manage cookies’ section.
How we use the information we collect
To find out how we collect, store and use information about you or your visit, see our privacy notice