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Information about website cookies
A cookie is a small file which may be stored on your web browsing device (your computer, mobile phone, tablet etc) when you visit a website.
A cookie could contain information which records any preferences you set on a particular web page. If you ever visit the website again, the cookie information is retrieved and any preferences you have set are remembered. Cookies could also be used to collect data about which pages you have visited.
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Cookies used across our sites
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
| liveagent_oref | Used by our web chat program | 10 years |
| liveagent_ptid | Used by our web chat program | 10 years |
| liveagent_sid | Used by our web chat program | Session |
| liveagent_vc | Used by our web chat program | 10 years |
| _ga | used by Google Analytics to store browsing statistics | 2 years from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| _gid | used by Google Analytics to store browsing statistics | 1 minute from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| _gat | used by Google Analytics to store browsing statistics | 24 hours from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| __utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 2 years from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| __utmt | Used to throttle request rate. | 10 minute from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| __utmb | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 30 mins from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| __utmc | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. | Session (until browser/tab is closed) |
| __utmz | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 6 months from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| __utmv | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 2 years from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
Cookies on this website - www.eastleigh.gov.uk
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
| 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. | Session (until browser/tab is closed) |
| 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. | Session (until browser/tab is closed) |
| CookieControl | Cookie Control cookies. This cookie is set to remember the user's preferences about cookies. | 90 days from selecting either "Accept recommended settings" or "Confirm your choices". Nothing is set if the cookie control is ignored on each page load. |
| LoginStatus | Stores the username of a user logged into My Eastleigh | 8 hours |
| seen_cookie_message | Hides the cookie information section once this has been seen | 28 days |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Used by Microsoft.net to hold an ID for your browsing session | Session |
| __RequestVerificationToken | Used by Microsoft .net to hold a security token | Session |
| __atuvc | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget. This widget is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. | 1 year from setting Marketing Cookies to "On" |
| __atuvs | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget. | 30 mins from setting Marketing Cookies to "On" |
| ai_user | This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time. | 1 year from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| _ceir, is_returning | Crazy Egg - Track whether a visitor has visited the site before | 1 year from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| _CEFT | Crazy Egg - Store page variants assigned to visitors for A/B performance testing | 1 year from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| _cer.s | Crazy Egg - Track a recording visitor session unique ID, tracking host and start time | Session duration from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" (expires when the browser is shut down) |
| _cer.v | Crazy Egg - Track whether a visitor has visited the site before | Up to 31 days from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" (expires on the first of the month) |
| _ce.s | Crazy Egg - Track a recording visitor session unique ID, tracking host and start time | 1 year from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| _ce.cch | Crazy Egg - Used to check if cookies can be added. | 1 second from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| _ce.gtld | Crazy Egg - Used to identity the top level domain. | 1 second from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| ce_need_secure_cookie | Crazy Egg - Used to determine cookie security parameters. | 1 second from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| ce_successful_csp_check | Crazy Egg - Used to determine if the page has a Content Security Policy rule that would prevent tracking. | 24 hours from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| cebs | Crazy Egg - Used to track the current user session internally. | Session duration from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" |
| cebsp |
Crazy Egg - Used to determine if a survey should be shown. | Session duration from setting Analytical Cookies to "On" (auto-deletes when you quit your browser) |
Cookies on My Eastleigh - my.eastleigh.gov.uk
My Eastleigh is built on Salesforce Experience Cloud, and cookies used within it can be viewed on Salesforce's website
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Expires |
| BAYEUX_BROWSER | Enables Bayeux Protocol for Salesforce Communities | Session |
| clientSrc | Holds the source IP address | Session |
| force-stream | Salesforce | 3 hours |
| oid | 2 years | |
| renderCtx | Helps with Client side rendering | Session |
| sfdc-stream | Salesforce | 3 hours |
| sid | Used by Salesforce to store the sessions ID | Session |
| sid_Client | Used by Salesforce to store the sessions ID | Session |
| t | Session |
Cookies on Meetings and Agendas - meetings.eastleigh.gov.uk
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Microsoft.net - holds your session Id | Session |