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Details about cookies on Sign your Mortgage Deed
Sign your Mortgage Deed puts small files (known as 'cookies') onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site. Find out more about the cookies we use, what they're for and when they expire.
Cookies that measure website usage
We use Google Analytics software to collect anonymised information about how you use Sign your Mortgage Deed. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements to the site.
We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit on Sign your Mortgage Deed and how long you spend on them
- what you click on while you're visiting the site
- details of any error messages you receive
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This helps us count how many people visit Sign your Mortgage Deed by tracking if you've visited before | 2 years |
| _gid | This helps us count how many people visit Sign your Mortgage Deed by tracking if you've visited before | 24 hours |
| _gat | This is used to throttle the request rate | 1 minute |
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies.
Strictly necessary cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| session | This saves temporary information required to move through the service | Once your browser session ends |
| PersistanceCookie | This is necessary for the service to perform reliably | Once your browser session ends |
| TSxxxxxxxx | Revision number and name of active firewall security policy | Once your browser session ends |
| PD_STATEFUL_* | This is necessary for the service to perform reliably | Once your browser session ends |
Cookies message
You may see a banner when you visit Sign your Mortgage deed informing you of the cookies we use. We'll set cookies so that your computer knows you've seen it and not to show it again, and also to store your settings.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cookies_policy | This saves your acknowledgement of the cookie banner and which cookies you have accepted | 1 year |