Use of Cookies by MHTS or Mental Health Chamber
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device by website you visit. They are widely used in order to make a websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The cookies we use do not access your computer to obtain personal information and they do not collect information that could identify any user personally.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why:
Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Expire |
Cookie Preference, functional |
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CookieControl |
Used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on this website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. |
3 months |
General Purpose Platform Cookies, first party, strictly necessary. |
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JSESSIONID |
This is a simple token used by Java application to identify a unique session on the website. Typically used to maintain the integrity of a user’s session while transacting information with a website (accessing secure areas etc). |
When browser session ends |
Google Analytics – User Identification Cookies; first party. Read Google overview of privacy and safeguarding data. |
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_utma |
Identifies and tracks the number of times a user has visited a website and helps to work out how many unique visitors have visited a website. |
2 years |
_utmc |
This works with _utmb to identify when you leave a website. |
When browser session ends |
_utmb |
This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time a user spends on a website. |
30 minutes |
_utmz |
Identifies a user and records where the user visit occurred from – e.g. what search engine was used and what links a user clicked. |
6 months |
_utmt |
Used to throttle request rates to help more accurate reporting metrics |
10 minutes |
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