Cookies
Cookies are small files saved on your computer, phone or tablet that allow us to store information about how you use our website, such as the pages you visit or any preferences you set. They help us to provide you with a better experience. Read more about cookies used on The National Archives website.
Within the Transfer Digital Records service, we only use cookies that are essential in order to make the service work. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to improve the services that we provide and to ensure they work for you by:
- Enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information several times during one task
- Recognising that you may already have provided a username and password so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested
We classify the cookies we use within the Transfer Digital Records service in the following categories:
- Analytics cookies (optional, although none are currently used within the Transfer Digital Records service)
- Functional (optional, although none are currently used within the Transfer Digital Records service)
- Essential cookies (non-optional)
We do not use any cookies for marketing or targeting purposes.
Essential cookies
These are necessary to make our site work. You can disable them by changing your browser preferences. However, you should be aware that doing so will mean some parts of the website will stop working for you.
| Cookie name | What it does/typical content | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| pac4jCsrfToken | A security related cookie that helps prevent certain types of malicious activity | Expires when you exit the browser |
| PLAY_SESSION | A cookie set by the web application that keeps track of your session as you use the service | Expires when you exit the browser |
| KEYCLOAK_SESSION_LEGACY | A cookie set by the authorisation component of the service that keeps track of the session as you use the service | Expires when you exit the browser |
| KEYCLOAK_SESSION | A cookie set by the authorisation component of the service that keeps track of the session as you use the service | Expires when you exit the browser |
| KEYCLOAK_IDENTITY_LEGACY | A cookie set by the authorisation component of the service that keeps track of elements related to your identity as you use the service | Expires when you exit the browser |
| KEYCLOAK_IDENTITY | A cookie set by the authorisation component of the service that keeps track of elements related to your identity as you use the service | Expires when you exit the browser |
| AUTH_SESSION_ID_LEGACY | A cookie set by the authorisation component of the service that keeps track of the session identity as you use the service | Expires when you exit the browser |
| AUTH_SESSION_ID | A cookie set by the authorisation component of the service that keeps track of the session identity as you use the service | Expires when you exit the browser |
Third party cookies
These are cookies set by a website other than nationalarchives.gov.uk. They are set when you click on a third party link such as SmartSurvey. You cannot set your preferences for these on our site, but you can block them directly from your browser.