Cookies

Cookies

Cookies are small files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website to make a user's experience of a website more efficient. This site uses different cookies. Some of our cookies are necessary to make our site work, and we also use cookies to collect data to help us improve the site. You can manage your consent settings by clicking on the cookie banner in the bottom right hand corner of our website. 

Necessary cookies

Cookie Name Description Retention Period
ARRAffinity

Ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster.

Session
ARRAffinitySameSite

Ensures that requests from one visitor's browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster.

Session
CookieControl

Stores user consent preferences for the website.

3 months
ASP.NET_SessionId

Identifies the users session on the server. The session being an area on the server which can be used to store session state in between http requests.

Session
dnn_IsMobile Used to determine if the visitor is browsing from a mobile device. Session
language Used to store the current language set. Session

 

Analytical cookies

Cookie Name Description Retention Period
__RequestVerificationTok en

An anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery.

Session
_ga

ID used to identify users

1 year
_ga_B9KE251DV0 Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. 1 year
SM Measures the use of the website for internal analytics Session

 

Marketing cookies

Cookie Name Description Retention Period
MUID

Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.

1 year
MR

Used to collect information for analytics purposes.

7 days
SRM_B

Collected user data is specifically adapted to the user or device. The user can also be followed outside of the loaded website, creating a picture of the visitor's behavior.

1 year
ANONCHK

Used to store session ID for a users session to ensure that clicks from adverts on the Bing search engine are verified for reporting purposes and for personalisation

10 minutes
MC1

Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.

1 year
MS0

Identifies a specific session.

30 minutes
FormsWebSessionId The cookie is used if the visitor has filled in personal information on a formula. This information will be filled in automatically on other formulas. This process is used to optimize visitor experience. 30 days