Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
We use cookies to collect and store information about how you use the Woking.gov.uk website and our digital services, such as the pages you visit. 'Digital services' means any page with .woking.gov.uk in the URL, for example:
- moderngov.woking.gov.uk
- my.woking.gov.uk
- selfservice.woking.gov.uk
- caps.woking.gov.uk
Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you.
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Cookies that measure website use
We use Google Analytics, Siteimprove and Microsoft Clarity cookies to collect information about how you use:
- woking.gov.uk
- moderngov.woking.gov.uk
- my.woking.gov.uk
- selfservice.woking.gov.uk
- caps.woking.gov.uk
We use the following Google Analytics cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | These help us count how many people visit Woking.gov.uk and other digital services by tracking if you’ve visited before | 2 years |
| _gid | These help us count how many people visit Woking.gov.uk and other digital services by tracking if you’ve visited before | 24 hours |
| _ga_3Q0H0JMPTL | Used by Google Analytics to find and track an individual session with your device | 2 years |
We use the following Siteimprove cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| nmstat | Used to help record the visitor’s use of the website. | 1000 days |
We use the following Microsoft Clarity cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _clck | Checks if you've visited before and makes sure you're given the same ID | 1 year |
| _clsk | Connects a user's page views into a single session recording | 24 hours |
| CLID | Identifies the first time Microsoft Clarity saw this user on any website that uses Microsoft Clarity | 1 year |
| ANONCHK | Indicates whether the MUID cookie is sent to ANID. ANID is not used by Microsoft Clarity, so is set to expire at the end of your session. | When you close your browser |
| MUID | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, analytics and operational purposes | 1 year |
| MR | Indicates whether to refresh the MUID cookie | 7 days |
| SM | Used to synchronise the MUID cookie across Microsoft domains | When you close your browser |
Strictly necessary cookies
These essential cookies do things like
- remember the notifications you've seen so you we do not show them to you again
- remember your progress through a form (for example a licence application)
They always need to be on.
We use the following strictly necessary cookies on woking.gov.uk:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _GRECAPTCHA | We use this, on rare occasions, to prevent fraud | 6 months |
| cookie-agreed | Saves a message to let us know that you have seen our cookie message | When you close your browser |
| cookie-agreed-version | Saves a message to let us know that you have seen our cookie message | When you close your browser |
We use the following strictly necessary cookies on moderngov.woking.gov.uk:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| ASP.NET_SessionId | This is needed to support some of the functionality preventing you from having to re-enter information as you navigate | When you close your browser |
| _GRECAPTCHA | We use this, on rare occasions, to prevent fraud | 6 months |
| cookie-agreed | Saves a message to let us know that you have seen our cookie message | When you close your browser |
| cookie-agreed-version | Saves a message to let us know that you have seen our cookie message | When you close your browser |
We use the following strictly necessary cookies on my.woking.gov.uk:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| JSESSIONID | Used to link browsing session with application session | When you close your browser |
| APP_LANG | Used to identify the language used to view the site | 24 hours |
| AWSALB | Used to ensure that you are directed to the same server in our platform | 7 days |
| AWSALBCORS | Used to ensure that you are directed to the same server in our platform | 7 days |
| localtime | Used to calculate local time from UTC time | When browser is closed |
| PHPSESSID | Used to identify your session | When browser is closed |
| product | Used to identify the Achieve Forms product that you are accessing | 24 hours |
| SimpleSAMLSessionID | Used to remember your logged in status | When browser is closed |
We use the following strictly necessary cookies on selfservice.woking.gov.uk:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| JSESSIONID | Used to link browsing session with application session | When you close your browser |
We use the following strictly necessary cookies on caps.woking.gov.uk:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| JSESSIONID | Used to link browsing session with application session | When you close your browser |
| AGS_ROLES | Used to store user interaction with a map in order to optimise its functionality | 24 hours |
Third party cookies
Some third party services embedded within this website set their own cookies. These are known as third party cookies because they are not set by our website. We have no control over third party cookies.