Cookie Policy
This notice describes our privacy policy and forms part of our website terms and conditions on the website.
By accepting our Website Terms or by visiting the website you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Policy.
Why do we need to use cookies?
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. This sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your computer. These are called 'cookies'.
These cookies cannot be used to identify you personally and are used to improve services for you, for example through:
- Letting you navigate between pages efficiently
- Enabling a service to recognise your computer so you don't have to give the same information during one task
- Recognising that you have already given a username and password so you don't need to enter it for every web page requested
- Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and that there is enough capacity to ensure they are fast
Users typically have the option to set their browser to accept all or some cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these options, of course, means that personalised services cannot be provided and the user may not be able to take full advantage of a website's features. Refer to your browser's Help section for specific guidance on how it allows you to manage cookies and how you may delete cookies you wish to remove from your computer.
Multiple cookies may be found in a single file depending on which browser you use.
The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide, as follows:
Category 1: strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
Category 2: performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
Category 3: functionality cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as a live chat session. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Category 4: targeting cookies or advertising cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator's permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.
Below are the cookies which we use in this service.
| Cookie type | Cookie name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Short term cookies - General user experience | SESS, e.g. JSESSID, ASP.NET_SessionID | Session cookies are stored temporarily in the browser’s memory to enable a website to keep track of your movement from page to page, so you don’t get asked for the same information you’ve already provided. However, once the page is closed this cookie is destroyed. For authenticated users, it allows a user to be recognised within a website so any page changes or item or data selection you do is remembered. |
| Short term cookies - Preferences | DMZCookieTest, JavascriptTest, | These cookies are used to tell various applications, e.g. side server applications and Javascript, whether they can work with cookies. The end user controls this when they select their preferences for cookies. |
| Long term cookies - General user experience | FileListSortOrder, FileListSortField, MessageListSortOrder, MessageListSortField, MIDMZLang | These cookies assist with general user experience. For example, MIDMZLang indicates the international language the sign on the page should use, and MessageListSortOrder saves the order in which lists of messages are displayed. |
| Long term cookies - Preferences | Cookie-Agreed, WizPrefPerm, WizPrefPermJava | These cookies are used to keep track of various end user preferences. Cookie-Agreed helps keeps track on whether the end user has agreed on Cookie Consent Management (EU Cookie Compliance). The cookie will load in the site upon first visit as the EU Cookie Compliance guidelines are applied. Furthermore, WizPrefPerm and WizPrefPermJava keep track of the end users Wizard and Java preferences. |
| Long term cookies – Expiry | LongTermCookieExpireDate | These cookies tell applications how long cookies should be active for until they are destroyed. |
| Security cookies | CSRF | This cookie guards against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks, attacks that force an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which they are currently authenticated. |
| Analytics Cookies | _ga, _gat_gtag_UA_6838115_10, _gid | Analytics Cookies collect information about your use of the Site to allow us to improve the way it works. For example, Analytics Cookies are used to see which are the most frequently visited pages on the Site, help us identify any difficulties you may have with the site and allow us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Site, rather than the usage of a single person. We use information from Analytics Cookies to analyse the Site traffic, but we do not examine this information for individually identifying information. |
| Other | siLockLongTermInstID, NoWiz, WizardVersions | siLockLongTermInstID is a cookie which indicates which organisation’s brand information should be used on the sign on page, NoWiz is a cookie which tells applications that Wizard will not be active in this session, and WizardVersions is a complete list of Wizard version numbers and class IDs supported by this installation. |
If you have any queries about these, or would like more information, please contact our Data Protection Officer at data.protection@mhra.gov.uk.
By using this website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
Links
The Website may include third-party advertising and links to other websites. We do not provide any personally identifiable customer Personal Data to these advertisers or third-party websites.
These third-party websites and advertisers, or internet advertising companies working on their behalf, sometimes use technology to send (or 'serve') the advertisements that appear on the Website directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalise advertising content. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that they may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third-party websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy practices. In addition, the Network Advertising Initiative offers useful information about internet advertising companies (also called 'ad networks' or 'network advertisers'), including information about how to opt-out of their information collection.
We exclude all liability for loss that you may incur when using these third party websites.