A cookie is a small file that is downloaded onto your device when you visit a website, which means the website can recognise your device if you return to it.
Cookies are used to:
- recognise your device, so you don’t have to give the same information several times during the same online task
- measure how you use the site, so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
- provide data to help understand how a website and its services are used · recognise where you have already given your username and password, so you don’t need to do it for every visit.
Cookies can’t be used to identify you as an individual.
Essential cookies
Essential cookies are needed to ensure our website works properly. We don’t need to ask permission to use these. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site might not work.
Essential cookies used by the GoLearn Leicestershire website
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cookieBar | cookieBar is a lightweight library for showing a brief message at the top or bottom of the screen. | 1 year |
Essential cookies used by the GoLearn Leicestershire online course search and enrolment website
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| ASP.NET_SessionId | This cookie is necessary for site functionality and is set even if you do not give your consent. It is held temporarily in memory and is deleted when the web browser is closed. This cookie contains no personally identifiable information. | End of browser session |
| .ASPXANONYMOUS | This cookie is issued by ASP.NET and contains a unique ID to help recognise when an anonymous user attempts to log in. This cookie contains no personally identifiable information. | 2 months |
Performance cookies (optional)
Performance cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so that we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you don’t allow these cookies, we won’t know when you have visited our site, and won’t be able to monitor its performance.
Google Signals
The GoLearn Leicestershire site uses Google Signals. This helps us to better understand how you use our site on different devices and your demographics and interests, if you’re logged into your Google account and have accepted advertising personalisation.
All Google Analytics data is aggregated and anonymised. It is retained within Google Analytics for a maximum of 24 months.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users on a domain | 1 years |
| _ga_ZQNLD9XZWW | Used to persist session state | 1 years |
Functional cookies (optional)
These cookies enable the GoLearn Leicestershire site to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you don’t allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.
Functional cookies used by the GoLearn Leicestershire site:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| AEC | To ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. | 6 months |
| CONSENT | To ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. | 1 year |
Marketing and third-party cookies
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies used by the GoLearn Leicestershire site.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| __Secure-ENID | Used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts. This also contains a Google user ID which can be used for statistics and marketing purposes following a successful login. | 1 year |
Third-party cookies
We embed media such as YouTube videos on some of our pages. The suppliers of these services may also set cookies on your device when you visit the pages where we have used this type of content. These are known as third-party cookies. We have no control over third-party cookies.
You can read the third-party websites’ cookie policies for more information about the cookies they collect.
Giving permission to collect Performance cookies
Turn on the performance and/or functional cookies on the cookie banner to give us permission to store those cookies on your device.
You can change your cookie settings in your browser. For instructions, check the support website for your browser.
Further reading
Cookies and similar technologies | Information Commissioner’s Office
Cookie policy updated on 09/01/2024