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We use essential cookies to provide you with a better website experience, manage access/use of the system and provide you with features and functionality. For instance, we use cookies to ensure you’re accessing the system from a trusted computer, and that you see features and information relevant to you. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| cookieconsent_status | This cookie is used to remember if you have consented to the use of cookies on this website. When you consent, a cookie is set which prevents the Cookie Notifier bar from appearing at the bottom of the browser window. | 1 Year |
| __RequestVerificationToken | This is 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. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser. | This cookie will expire at the end of the session which is defined in the application configuration (which is normally around 20 minutes) |
| .ASPXAUTH | This is used to determine if a user is authenticated | This cookie will expire at the end of the session which is defined in the application configuration (which is normally around 20 minutes) |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | When a user browses to the website, a unique session ID will be associated with the user to keep track of any information that is stored for that session. This information is stored on the Web Server (known as storing information in session) and is identified via a GUID. The GUID is stored in the Cookie (known as the ASP.NET_SessionID) and is essential for any ASP.NET website to function correctly. If nothing is put in the session however, no cookie will be sent to the browser so this cookie will only be created when it is needed. | This cookie will expire at the end of the session which is defined in the application configuration (which is normally around 20 minutes) |
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use the Devices For Education platform. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
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Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This helps us count how many people visit the Devices For Education website by tracking if you’ve visited before. | 2 Years |
| _gid | To distinguish users. | 24 hours |
| _gat | This helps us count how many people visit the Devices For Education website by tracking if you’ve visited before. | 1 minute |
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