Cookie and IP policy
We may collect information about your computer or device including your IP
address, operating
system and browser type, to find out how our Site is being used, what services
are popular, and how
long users spend on particular pages. Any statistical data will be used as
aggregated data and not in
terms of individuals and will not be shared.
We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using cookies,
small text files which are stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies
contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They
help us
to improve our Site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They
enable us:
- to store information about your preferences, and to allow us to customise our
Site according to your individual interests;
- to speed up your searches;
- to recognise you when you return to our Site.
Some of the cookies we use are essential for parts of the site to operate and
have already been set.
All other cookies require your consent. Consent can either be granted when you
register as a
user of our Site and accept the terms and
conditions
and the privacy policy, or by indicating your
acceptance by ticking the box indicating your acceptance of cookies on the top
of the home page.
Most web browsers allow some control of cookies through the browser settings. 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.
If you have enabled cookies for this website and wish to reset you can disable
them here Reset (opt-out).
We use the following cookies on our site:
| Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
| AutoLogin |
AutoLogin |
This is an essential cookie that contains encrypted information for automatic
login, or 'remember me'. |
| SessionId |
SessionId |
This cookie encrypts the session key for security and usage statistics tracking
– tracking includes email alert and newsletter article link tracking. All
reporting on tracking is anonymous, aggregated and used for internal purposes.
|
| Survey and poll response cookie |
PollRespondedTo_* |
This cookie keep a record of the polls and surveys which you have responded to.
|
| Did You Know cookie |
dyk_index |
This cookie is used to allow you to navigate the Did You Know section of the
site. |
| Frequently Asked Questions cookie |
*_faq_index |
This cookie is used to allow you to navigate the Frequently asked questions
portion of the site. |
| Staff banner image cookie |
staffareabannerimage_index |
This cookie is used to track and rotate through the available images to display
in the Staff home page banner section – so you see a new image each time you
visit the page. |
| Text size cookie |
generic_site_acc_text_size |
This cookie is used to remember your preferences for site text size. |
| Site colour cookie |
generic_site_acc_colour |
This cookie is used to remember your preference for setting for site colour. |
| Search form show summaries cookie |
*:generic_site_search:ShowSummaries |
This cookie is used to remember your preference for including summaries in
search results. |
| Saved quiz state cookie |
save_state_quiz_poll_id_* |
This cookie is used to help save a partially completed quiz in the database and
to restore the quiz answers when you later return to the quiz page. |
| Schools programme quote cookie |
*_sp_quote_index_* |
This cookie is used to navigate and rotate through the displayed quotes in SFDF
website Schools programme pages |
| Google Analytics |
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These cookies are used to collect information about how you and other
visitors
use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us
improve
the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form including the
number of visitors, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages
they
visit.
For more information see: http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/
analytics/privacyoverview.html |
Sustainabilty Resource Hub application
And we use the following cookies in the Sustainabilty Resource Hub application:
| Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
| ASP.NET Application Cookie |
.AspNet.ApplicationCookie |
This is an essential cookie that is used by ASP.NET to identify the current
authenticated (logged-in) user. |
| Anti-Forgery Token |
__RequestVerificationToken |
The anti-forgery token cookie is used by ASP.NET MVC applications to prevent
CSRF attacks - it guarantees that a web page form is submitted or posted back
to
the web server by the same user that requested and received it in a web
browser.
CSRF is Cross-Site Request Forgery which is a type of malicious exploit of a
website. |
| Remember Username cookie |
accountcontroller-login-remember-username |
This cookie is used by the login form to auto-fill the username from the
previous successful login to the Hub. The cookie is only stored if the user
ticks a
checkbox to remember their username when they login to the Hub. |
| Google Analytics cookies |
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These cookies are used to collect information about how you and other visitors
use the Hub. We use the information to monitor the usage of the Hub. The
cookies collect information in an anonymous form including the
number of visitors, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages
they visit.
For more information see: http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/
analytics/privacyoverview.html
|
Google Analytics
FDF use Google Analytics on our Site for anonymous reporting of site usage and
for any
advertising on our Site, such as banners. If you would like to opt out of being
tracked by Google
Analytics across all websites visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout (opt-
out from Google Analytics).
Last reviewed: 14 May 2018