This statement was last updated on 27 March 2023.
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The use of cookies is now standard for most websites. If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can normally manage and control them through your browser settings, including removing cookies by deleting them from your ‘browser history’ (cache) when you leave the website/application.
Types of cookies
‘Session’ cookies remain in your browser during your browser session only, i.e. until you leave the website/application.
‘Persistent’ cookies remain in your browser after the session (unless deleted by you).
Categories of cookies
‘Strictly necessary’ cookies are essential to enable you to use the service provided to you by the website/application
‘Performance’ cookies collect information about your use of the website/application, such as pages visited and any error messages that occurred; they do not collect personal information, and the information collected is aggregated such that it is anonymous. Performance cookies are used to improve how a website/application functions.
‘Functionality’ cookies allow the website/application to remember any choices you make (such as changes to text size, customised pages, language)
| Provider | Name | Purpose | Type | Expires/Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer Transformation Assessment Tool | XSRF-TOKEN | Token that prevents cross-site request forgery | Strictly necessary | Until user closes browser |
| Customer Transformation Assessment Tool | transformation_maturity_profiler_session | Session Id for mapping an individual across various form screens | Strictly necessary | Until user closes browser |
| PwC Incapsula WAP | incap_ses_484_2785532 | Incapsula session Id for network security | Strictly necessary | Until user closes browser |
| PwC Incapsula WAP | visid_incap_2785532 | Incapsula session Id for network security | Strictly necessary | Until user closes browser |
| Microsoft Azure Web Services | ARRAffinity | Azure Web Services load balancing | Strictly necessary | Until user closes browser |
| Microsoft Azure Web Services | ARRAffinitySameSite | Azure Web Services load balancing | Strictly necessary | Until user closes browse |