Cookies
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Cookies are used to:
- remember your progress
- measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
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You'll normally see a message on the site before we store a cookie on your computer.
Further information
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How cookies are used on Appeal to the tax tribunal
Essential cookies
Essential cookies are needed for the service to work. We do not need to ask for permission to use them.
Remembering your progress
We will store a cookie to remember your case progress in this computer and to expire your session after 30 minutes of inactivity.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _tax-tribunals-datacapture_session | Saves your current progress in this computer and tracks inactivity periods | After 30 minutes of inactivity or when you close your browser |
Cookies message
You may see a banner when you visit employment tribunals inviting you to accept or reject optional cookies. We’ll set cookies so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and not to show it again, and also to store your settings.
| Cookie name | What this cookie is for | Expires after |
|---|---|---|
| cookie_setting | Saves your cookie consent settings. | 1 year. |
Application performance monitoring
We use an Application Performance Monitoring Service to collect information about how you use HMCTS services. We do this to monitor HMCTS services in order to resolve issues within our services, as well as collect data on how our services can be improved.
HMCTS store information about:
- Site performance,
- Website usage,
- User behaviour.
Information is presented within the Application Performance Monitoring service for the purposes detailed above. We do not use or share the information or allow Service Providers to use or share the information for any other purposes.
Application Performance Monitoring sets the following cookies:
| Cookie Name | What this cookie is for | Expires after |
|---|---|---|
| dtCookie | Tracks a visit across multiple requests. | Session ends |
| dtLatC | Measures server latency for performance monitoring. | Session ends |
| dtPC | Required to identify proper endpoints for beacon transmission; includes session ID for correlation. | Session ends |
| dtSa | Intermediate store for page-spanning actions | Session ends |
| rxVisitor | Visitor ID to correlate sessions | Equates to when users are asked to re-consent (typically 1 year) |
| rxvt | Session timeout | Session ends |
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Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use Appeal to the tax tribunal. 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 site search.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- the pages you visit on Appeal to the tax tribunal
- how long you spend on each Appeal to the tax tribunal page
- how you got to the site
- what you click on while you’re 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 Google to use or share our analytics data.
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
Universal Analytics
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This helps us count how many people visit Appeal to the tax tribunal by tracking if you've visited before | 2 years |
| _gid | This helps us count how many people visit Appeal to the tax tribunal by tracking if you've visited before | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 10 minutes |
Google Analytics
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _utma | Like _ga, this lets us know if you've visited before, so we can count how many of our visitors are new to Appeal to the tax tribunal or to a certain page | 2 years |
| _utmb | This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on Appeal to the tax tribunal | 30 minutes |
| _utmc | This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser | when you close your browser |
| _utmz | This tells us how you reached Appeal to the tax tribunal (for example from another website or a search engine) | 6 months |
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