cookies

SIMS ID uses cookies to enhance the user experience on most websites, and in many cases, these are required for the website to function correctly. Cookies are small text files that are automatically placed on your computer when you visit the website. The vast majority of websites on the internet use cookies.

The purpose of our cookies is to make the website function correctly, to personalise the website to your preferences, and to collect information about your visit which will help us improve the website in the future. We never collect information that could identify you, or pass information to any third parties.

The following cookies are used by the SIMS ID service and essential  to its operation

Cookie Name	Description	Expiry Duration (days)
ARRAffinity	This   cookieThis   cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used   forused   for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the   samethe   same server in any browsing session.	0
ARRAffinitySameSite	This   cookieThis   cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used   forused   for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the   samethe   same server in any browsing session.	0
_RequestVerificationToken__RequestVerificationToken_	This   isThis   is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC   technologies.MVC   technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a   website,a   website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. It holds no information about   theabout   the user and is destroyed on closing the browser.	0
ASP.NETSessionIdASP.NET_SessionId	General   purposeGeneral   purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET   based.NET   based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by   theby   the server.	0
.ASPXANONYMOUS	This   cookieThis   cookie is used by sites using the .NET technology platform from Microsoft. It   enablesIt   enables the site to maintain an anonymous user-id to track unique users   withinusers   within a session without them logging in or otherwise identifying themselves.	69
OpenIdConnect.nonce. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	OpenIdConnect.nonce.   -OpenIdConnect.nonce.   - this is used to maintian security of a user during transactions.	0
aiuserai_user	User	365
ai_session	General   purposeGeneral   purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft Azure   ApplicationAzure   Application based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user   sessionuser   session by the server.	0
SignInMessage. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	This   cookieThis   cookie provided messages to the login user and confirms first login tasks are   completed.are   completed.	0
identity-for-sts.idsrv.xsrf	Secure   TokenSecure   Token Service identifier	0

 

Google Analytics

 

The following Google Analytics cookies are set these are optional 

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit Google Analytics Opt-Out

 

Cookie Name	Description	Expiry Duration (days)
_ga	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.  By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners._ga	729
_ga	Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics – third-party analytics cookies: google analytics for statistical purposes. Type of data processed: IP addresses. To maximize the privacy of users / visitors, we use the “masking IP” feature, which imposes on the system the darkening of the last 8 digits of the IP address of the user / visitor before any type of processing is performed, making in fact the analyzed Purpose: to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and on how they visit our site, to process statistics.	730
_gid	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics.  It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited._gid	0
_gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	Google Analytics	0

 

Other cookies

 

Some pages in the SIMS ID user Guide make use of embedded YouTube content. The cookies set by YouTube are below. These will need to be managed directly on YouTube.

 

 

Provider	Cookie Name	Description	Expiry Duration   (Days)
youtube.com	VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	This   cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos	180
google.com	CONSENT	This   domain is owned by Google Inc. Although Google is primarily known as a search   engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its   main source of revenue however is advertising. Google tracks users   extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous   technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It   uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests   of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such   interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages   where its customer's adverts appear.	729
youtube.com	YSC	YouTube   is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects   user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with   profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted   advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other   websites.	0
youtube.com	CONSENT	YouTube   is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects   user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with   profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted   advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other   websites.	6133
doubleclick.net	test_cookie	This   domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is:   Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange	0

 

 

Managing Cookies

 

Most web browsers allow some control of cookies through the browser settings. Below are guidelines for managing your cookies in the most popular browsers:

Cookie Name	Description	Expiry Duration
ARRAffinity	This   cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used   for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the   same server in any browsing session.	0	Days
ARRAffinitySameSite	This   cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used   for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the   same server in any browsing session.	0	Days
__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.	0	Days
ASP.NET_SessionId	General   purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET   based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by   the server.	0	Days
.ASPXANONYMOUS	This   cookie is used by sites using the .NET technology platform from Microsoft. It   enables the site to maintain an anonymous user-id to track unique users   within a session without them logging in or otherwise identifying themselves.	69	Days
OpenIdConnect.nonce.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	OpenIdConnect.nonce.   - this is used to maintian security of a user during transactions.	0	Days
ai_user	User	365	Days
ai_session	General   purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft Azure   Application based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user   session by the server.	0	Days
SignInMessage.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	This   cookie provided messages to the login user and confirms first login tasks are   completed.	0	Days
identity-for-sts.idsrv.xsrf	Secure   Token Service identifier	0	Days

Internet Explorer

Open Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, select Safety then click Delete browsing history, select the Cookies checkbox and then click Delete.

Firefox

Open Firefox, click the Firefox button (top left) then Options, select the Privacy tab then select “remove individual cookies”.

 

Google Chrome

Open  Google Chrome, click the Spanner image in the top right corner, select Settings, then click “show advanced settings”. In the Privacy section click the Content Settings button, in the Cookies section click the “All cookies and site data” button, then click the Remove all button at the top of the list.

 

Safari

Open

Open Safari, select the Options icon (top right corner ‘spanner image’), then select Preferences, click the Privacy tab, select the Details button and then click Remove all.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit [www.allaboutcookies.org](http://www.allaboutcookies.org .www.allaboutcookies.org

Google Analytics

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