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Cookies

Veterans First Point does not store any information that would on its own allow us to identify individual users of this service without their permission. Any cookies that may be used by Veterans First Point are used either solely on a per session basis or to maintain user preferences. Cookies are not shared with any third parties.

Cookies used on the Veterans First Point website

Type Description Details
Load Balancer This cookie is used by server’s load balancer to identify the server that is active for your request on our cluster. It’s purpose is to improve the performance of the website.
This is an essential cookie to the operation of the site that is always set by the load balancer and does not store any personal information.
CookieID: HACIVIC
Host: www.veteransfirstpoint.org.uk
Coverage: All Pages
Expiry: On browser close
Session cookies Used by drupal to make the website function correctly Host: www.veteransfirstpoint.org.uk
Coverage: All Pages
Expiry: Session
Anonymous google analytics cookies

Google Analytics sets and uses the 3 cookies listed here. Google Analytics stores IP address anonymously on its servers in the US, and Google does not associate your IP address with any personally identifiable information.

These cookies enable Google to determine whether you are a return visitor to the site, and to track the pages that you visit during your session.

These cookies are set only after the user has given consent to us to use cookies.

_ga: This cookie is used for Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. 

_gat: This cookie is used for Google Analytics to throttle request rate. 

_gid: This cookie is used for Google Analytics to store and update a unique value for each page visited. 

CookieID: __ga
Name: Google Analytics
Host: www.veteransfirstpoint.org.uk
Coverage: All Pages
Expiry: 2 years

CookieID: __gid
Name: Google Analytics
Host: www.veteransfirstpoint.org.uk
Coverage: All Pages
Expiry: 1 day

CookieID: __gat
Name: Google Analytics
Host: www.veteransfirstpoint.org.uk
Coverage: All Pages
Expiry: At End Of Session