Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded onto your device when you access a website. It allows the website to recognise your device and store some information about your preferences or activity.
UKAD makes limited use of cookies to help make sure you get the best experience on our website:
First Party Cookies
UKAD cookies
- Cookies (or browser cookies). This Website may use two types of cookies (small data files placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a website): a "session cookie," which expires immediately when you end your browsing session and a "persistent cookie," which stores information on your hard drive so when you end your browsing session and return to this website later, the cookie information is still available.
- Web Beacons. Pages of this Website and any e-mails sent to you may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened our e-mails.
| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
| ApplicationGatewayAffinity | End of the browser session | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize the user experience. |
| ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS | End of the browser session | This cookie is used in context with load balancing - This optimizes the response rate between the visitor and the site, by distributing the traffic load on multiple network links or servers. |
| cookie-agreed-version | 30 days | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| cookie-agreed | 30 days | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| cookie-agreed-categories | 30 days | Stores the user's cookie categories information. |
Third Party Cookies
UKAD uses Google Analytics to help determine how a user entered our site, which topics are most popular and other aspects that help us better our site over time.
| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
| _ga_* | 2 years | Used for analytics and performance monitoring |
| _gat_* | 1 day | Used for analytics and performance monitoring |
| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
| _fbp | persistent | Used for functional preference storage and analytics. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | persistent | Used for functional preference storage and analytics |
| Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
| yt-player-headers-readable | persistent | used for tracking and analytics purposes |
Managing cookies
You can restrict or block cookies which are set by websites through your browser settings. Your browser Help function should tell you how. Or you can visit the website All About Computer Cookies which provides general information on cookies as well as details on how to delete cookies from your computer.
Please be aware that restricting or blocking cookies will affect how well the UKAD website functions and what features you can use.
For more details on the personal data that we use and the measures we have in place to protect your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Notice.