Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org

You can set your browser to not accept cookies and the above website tells you how you can remove cookies from your internet browser. However, in some cases, some of the website features may not function as a result.

Stockport Homes’ website uses cookies to remember user preferences, identify unique visitors and to store data. Much of the data is lost once the internet browser is closed whereas others are kept for longer. We do not store personally identifiable information in cookies we create, but we do use encrypted information gathered from you to help improve your experience of our website(s). Please note that cookies cannot harm your computer.

Please note, our website contains links which take you to other, external websites, such as to partners that deliver services with us, or to an external recruitment website. Where you utilise a link within our website, please ensure you familiarise yourself with the Cookies Notice on the website you arrive at, as that processing is not covered by this notice.

Further information on our use of cookies is supplied below:

 

Cookie

Where used

Expiry

Further information

       

CFID

Website

2 hours

 

CFTOKEN

Website

2 hours

Maintains authentication state when a user logs in.

JSESSIONID

Website

When session ends

 

VOPECRA

Website

Never

Remembers when a user has elected to accept cookies.

_utma

Website

2 years

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our websites. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

_utmb

Website

30 minutes

_utmc

Website

When session ends

_utmz

Website

6 months

googstransSession

Website

When session ends

 

_ga

Website

2 years

Used to distinguish users.

_gid

Website

1 day

Used to distinguish users.

ASP.NET_SessionId

Website

When session ends

General purpose platform session cookie, used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server.

XSRF-TOKEN, XSRF-V, __RequestVerificationToken

Website

 

When session ends

 

This is an anti-forgery token used to prevent CSRF attacks.

 

__atuvc

Website

1 year

These cookies are associated with the AddThis social sharing widget. It stores an updated page share count.

__atuvs

 

Website

30 minutes

onboarding

Website

1 month

Used to store the user's accessibility/on-boarding preferences