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Cookie policy for digital services

Cookies are small files that tell us if your phone, tablet or computer has used a digital service before. They help us understand how the digital service is being used, help you navigate between pages efficiently, help remember your preferences, and generally improve your browsing experience.

Essential cookies

Essential cookies do things like:

  • remember the notifications you have seen so we do not show them to you again
  • remember your progress through a form
  • enable core functionality such as website registration, security, network management and accessibility.

We do not need to ask permission to use essential cookies. These cookies always need to be on however they can be deleted by changing the settings on your browser.

The following table details what cookies we use within our digital services.

What cookies we use within our services.
Service Cookie name Purpose Expires If disabled
Application online .AppOnline Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions On browser close Service will not be usable
Application online ASP.NET_SessionId Session ID On browser close Service will not be usable
Apply for a personal licence .AspNetCore.Antiforgery. <UniqueId> Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions On browser close Service will not be usable
Apply for a personal licence GCAuth Session ID On browser close Service will not be usable
Apply for a personal licence GCSession Session ID while in a specific application On browser close Service will not be usable
eServices RequestVerificationToken_ <UniqueId> Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions On browser close Enables fraudulent activity and rogue form submissions
eServices Eservices Session ID for the user On browser close Service will not usable
eServices Eservices.AccountUser Session ID for the account the user is logged in as 1 hour Service will not be usable
eServices .OLEOnline Randomly generated session ID On browser close Service will not be usable
eServices gc-analytics-eservices Saves the user’s cookie consent settings for eServices 1 year User's session will not be tracked. Service will run as normal
LA returns GCOR Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions On browser close Service will not be usable
LA returns ASP.NET_SessionId Session ID On browser close Service will not be usable
Manage your personal licence ai_session This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie.

Cookies set by Microsoft Application Insights, which allow Insights to monitor the health and status of the server and digital services.
On browser close Performance information will not be collected
Manage your personal licence ai_user This is a unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time.

Cookies set by Microsoft Application Insights, which allow Insights to monitor the health and status of the server and digital services.
1 year Performance information will not be collected
Manage your personal licence .AspNetCore.Antiforgery. <UniqueId> Anti-forgery token to prevent fraudulent use of form submissions On browser close Service will not be usable

Analytics (optional) cookies

Analytics cookies collect information about:

  • how you got to the website
  • the pages you visit and how long you spend on each page
  • what you click on whilst visiting the website.

We do not use non-essential cookies in digital services.

Find out more about how we use information digital service users provide us with by visiting the privacy policy.

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