Details about cookies on Your Defra account
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. We use 2 types of cookies on this site:
- cookies that are strictly necessary
- cookies that measure your use of the service
Cookies that are strictly necessary
These cookies are essential to make this service run and to help us stay in line with data protection laws. You cannot turn these cookies off.
Introductory cookie message
You may see a pop-up welcome message when you first visit. A cookie is stored so that your computer knows you've seen it and knows not to show it again.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Name: seen_cookie_message | Purpose: Saves a message to let us know that you've seen our cookie message | Expires: In 12 months |
| Name: cookie_policy | Purpose: Saves a message to let us know that you've seen our cookie message | Expires: In 12 months |
Google reCAPTCHA cookies
We use Google reCAPTCHA on this site to make sure that information (for example, in forms) is entered by a human and not by automated software. Some of the data collected by reCAPTCHA cookies is forwarded to Google. See the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Terms of Service.
Other essential cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Name: idm | Purpose: Lets us know that you've logged in or registered | Expires: In 3 days |
| Name: crumb | Purpose: Helps to prevent unauthorised requests | Expires: On closing browser |
| Name: session | Purpose: Stores information that you've submitted | Expires: In 3 days |
| Name: ARRAffinity | Purpose: Makes sure that your page requests go to the same server in any browsing session | Expires: On closing browser |
| Name: cookie_policy | Purpose: Lets us know that you've seen our cookie message | Expires: In 12 months |
Cookies that measure your use of the service
These cookies track the pages you visit here, how long you spend on each page and the options you choose. You can turn these cookies on or off.
We use software (Google Universal Analytics and Microsoft Application Insights) to collect information about how you use the service.
This information is "anonymised", we don't know who it's about.
We do not collect or store your personal information (for example, your name or address) and we do not allow Google or Microsoft to use our data or share it with anyone else.
We collect this information to make sure the service is meeting your needs and to help us improve it.
Google Analytics cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Name: yda_ga | Purpose: Helps us to count how many people use the service by tracking if you've visited before | Expires: In 2 years |
| Name: yda_ga_gid | Purpose: Helps us to count how many people use the service by tracking if you've visited before | Expires: In 24 hours |
| Name: _ga | Purpose: Helps us to count how many people use the service by tracking if you've visited before | Expires: In 2 years |
| Name: _gid | Purpose: Helps us to count how many people use the service by tracking if you've visited before | Expires: In 24 hours |
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies.
Microsoft Application Insights cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Name: ai_session | Purpose: Helps us to count how many people use the service by tracking if you've visited before | Expires: In 1 hour |
| Name: ai_user | Purpose: Helps us to count how many people use the service by tracking if you've visited before | Expires: In 1 year |