CILEx Cookies Policy
1.
Introduction
This policy is to help members of the public and our members to
understand how we use Cookies on our website.
2. About cookies
Cookies are small files which are stored on the user's hard
drive for the purpose of identifying the user agent (web browser)
and ensuring web pages are correctly served to older versions of
web browsers.
Some cookies are essential in order for a website to run, while
other cookies allow CILEx to provide you with a better service.
For administration of its website CILEx may use session cookies;
a session cookie is a temporary file stored in a web browser that
is deleted when either it expires or the browser is closed. No
personal information is stored permanently within a cookie from
this web site.
3. The CILEx cookie
policy
The main purpose of our use of cookies is to provide you with
the most optimised user experience possible.
3.1 Navigation and function
We use cookies for navigational and functional purposes.
For CILEx members this relates to items such as keeping a record
of log-in details so that you do not have to type in your username
and password every time you visit the MyILEX section.
When you access the CILEx websites or log-in to the secure
MyILEX area we use encrypted session cookies in order to validate
your access to different parts of the websites. If cookies are
disabled this disrupts the general functionality of the CILEx
websites.
3.2 Analytics
The CILEx websites uses Google Analytics, an analytics service
provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us
to understand how users use our sites. This ensures that we can
optimise and improve your experience of our websites.
Read
more about how Google uses cookies.
4. The cookies we use
The following list gives the details of the cookies that we use
across our websites.
4.1 CILEx cookies
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Name
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Expiration
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Purpose
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Description
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ASP.NET_SessionId
.IMMAUTH
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End of session
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Keeps users logged in
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Session cookie that stores encrypted state information for
online applications, ensures users remained logged in to MyILEX
|
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JSESSIONID
Machine
|
End of session
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Storing log-in information
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Session cookie that stores log-in information
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4.2 Third party cookies
Cookies used by Google Analytics:
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Name
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Expiration
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Purpose
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Description
|
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__utma
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2 years from set / update
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Identifying unique visitors
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Helps to calculate unique visitor numbers
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__utmb
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30 minutes from set / update
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Determining visitor session
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Helps to calculate visitor session length
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__utmc
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Not set
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Determining visitor session
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Helps to calculate visitor session length and whether a session
has expired
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__utmz
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6 months from set / update
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Tracking traffic sources and navigation
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Works out referrals from other domains
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5. Disabling / enabling
cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline the use of cookies by
changing your browser settings. You can also manually remove
cookies from your system. However, we would like you to have the
best experience of our website and it is likely that disabling
cookies will limit the functionality of the CILEX website.
If you are concerned about the use of cookies in relation to
“spyware” you can use anti-spyware software to delete cookies that
may be considered invasive, rather than disabling cookies
altogether.
6. Consent
By accepting cookies with your browser settings and using the
CILEx website, you consent to the processing of data about you by
CILEx, its subsidiaries and Google in the manner and for the
purposes set out above.
7. Further information
A comprehensive set of guidelines can be accessed from the
Information Commissioner’s Office.
Published on 27 June 2012.