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Cookie policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.

They store information about how you use the website, such as the pages you visit.

Cookies are not viruses or computer programs. They are very small so do not take up much space.

How we use cookies

We only use cookies to:

  • make our website work
  • measure how you use our website, such as which links you click on (analytics cookies), if you give us permission

We do not use any other cookies, for example, cookies that remember your settings or cookies that help with health campaigns.

We sometimes use tools on other organisations' websites to collect data or to ask for feedback. These tools set their own cookies.

Cookies that make our website work

We use cookies to keep our website secure and fast.

List of cookies that make our website work
Cookie names and purposes
Cookie name Domain Purpose Expiry
Cookie name ASP.NET_SessionId Domain www.dls.nhs.uk Purpose Used to remember the users' session on the web server. Expiry When you close the browser
Cookie name .AspNet.SharedCookie Domain www.dls.nhs.uk Purpose Remembers your login user details. Expiry When you close the browser or after 14 days if you tick "Remember me" when logging in
Cookie name.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.KCJdAkfXyjI Domain www.dls.nhs.uk Purpose Collaborates with .AspNetCore.Session to provide protection against Cross-site request forgery (also known as XSRF or CSRF). Expiry When you close the browser
Cookie name .AspNetCore.Mvc.CookieTempDataProvider Domain www.dls.nhs.uk Purpose Remembers your selections between pages when using multi-page forms. Expiry After you have finished using the multi-page form or when you close your browser
Cookie nameDls-cookie-consent Domain www.dls.nhs.uk Purpose Remembers if you used our cookies banner. Expiry When you close the browser (if you do not use the banner) or 1 year (if you use the banner)
Cookie nameFeature filter cookies Domain

www.dls.nhs.uk

Purpose

Several of these are used to remember your filter selections when using the application. Including:

  • AdminFilter
  • DelegateFilter
  • DelegateGroupsFilter
  • CourseFilter
Expiry5 months
Cookie nameFindCentre Domain

www.dls.nhs.uk

Purpose

A custom cookie which remembers the centre chosen by the user.

Expiry1 month
Cookie name Legacy tracking system cookies Domain

www.dls.nhs.uk

Purpose

Several of these are used to remember your grid search, filter and sort selections when using the legacy applications. Including:

  • cms_courses_aspx_MainContent_
    • bsgvCourses
  • tracking_tickets_aspx_MainContent_
    • bsgvTickets
    • bsgvCentreDelegates
    • bsgvCustomisations
    • bsgvAdminUsers
    • bsgvSuperviseDelegates
Expiry12 months
Cookie name SkipSystemNotificationsCookie Domain

www.dls.nhs.uk

Purpose

Custom cookie used to identify whether the user has skipped notifications or not.

Expiry1 day

Cookies that measure website use

We also like to use analytics cookies. These cookies store anonymous information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit or what you click on.

List of cookies that measure website use
Cookie names and purposes
Cookie name Domain Purpose Expiry
Cookie name Google analytics cookies Domain www.dls.nhs.uk Purpose

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site, which we use to help improve it. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

These cookies may also be identified as originating from england.nhs.uk

These include cookies with names starting "_ga"

More information about Google cookies.

Expiry13 months
Cookie name Hotjar cookies Domain www.dls.nhs.uk Purpose

Hotjar Tracking Code cookies are set on a visitor's browser when they visit a website that loads the Hotjar Tracking Code. These cookies allow the Hotjar Tracking Code to function correctly. Apart from cookies, the Hotjar Tracking Code uses local and session storage as well.

These include cookies with names starting "_hj".

More information about Hotjar cookies.

Expiry1 year

We'll only use these cookies if you say it's OK. We'll use a cookie to save your settings.

Updated: Apr 2023