Cookie Information
Cookies
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
- enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information several times during one task
- recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested
- measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast
Our use of cookies
Cookies for improving service
- Name: ESFSessionID
Typical content: This cookie is essential for the login process, it is used in many of the system functions, e.g. case data activity, the case search function and the logout process. This data controller is used by EMFF to notify and communicate with the EMFF server, it is required to enable the website to operate. This cookie is set only for those people who have logged in to the website. This cookie is deleted when the browser is closed.
Expires: when user logout
- Name: ESFAUTH
Typical content: This cookie is essential for the login process, it is used in many of the system functions, e.g. case data activity, the case search function and the logout process. This data controller is used by EMFF to notify and communicate with the EMFF server, it is required to enable the website to operate. This cookie is set only for those people who have logged in to the website. This cookie is deleted when the browser is closed.
Expires: when user logout
Google Analytics
When you accessed our website, Google Analytics set cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This to ensure that the service is available when you want it and fast.
- Name: _ga
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 2 years
- Name: _utma
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 2 years
- Name: _utmb
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 30 minutes
- Name: _utmc
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: when user exits browser
- Name: _utmz
Typical content: randomly generated number + info on how the site was reached (e.g. directly or via a link, organic search or paid search)
Expires: 6 months
For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Code website