Cookies
Find and explore puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.
These cookies are used to:
- Measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
- Remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again
The cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. You’ll normally see a message on the site before we store a cookie on your computer.
How cookies are used on this website
We use Application Insights software to collect information about how you use this website. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements, for example improving the site structure and information architecture. We also send cross-domain tracking information to GOV.UK to help us understand and monitor performance data across multiple public services.
Application Insights stores information about:
- The pages you visit on this website
- How long you spend on each page
- How you got to the site
- What you interact with while you are visiting the site
We don’t collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.
We don’t allow 3rd parties to use or share our analytics data.
The following cookies are set:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you have visited before | 2 years |
| _gat | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 10 minutes |
| ai_user | Used to distinguish users | 24 hours |
You can opt out of Application Insights cookies.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| FESessionId | A session cookie for remembering login details | When browser is closed |