DETAILS ABOUT COOKIES ON MY CHARITY COMMISSION ACCOUNT

The Charity Commission uses ‘cookies’ to collect information about how you use My Charity Commission Account. Find out more about the cookies we use, what they’re for and when they expire.

We use two types of cookies:

Cookies that measure website use
Cookies that are strictly necessary

Each cookie is:

a session cookie, this type of cookie is deleted when you close your browser, or
a persistent cookie, this types of cookie lasts longer and expires after a certain amount of time

COOKIES THAT MEASURE WEBSITE USE

We use Google Analytics software (Universal Analytics) to collect anonymised information about how you use My Charity Commission Account. We do this to help make sure our services and website meet the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use our services with third parties

Google Analytics collects information about:

the pages you visit
how long you spend on each page
how you got to the service
what you click on while you’re visiting the site and/or using the service
what links you open in emails from us

The data we collect on user behaviour is used by us to improve our services. For example, so that they are intuitive, accessible and fulfil their function. We retain the data for up to 2 years for this purpose. This period runs from the last point at which the webpage was accessed. No data from cookies which could identify you, such as IP addresses, are collected by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Google Analytics sets the following cookies.

Name	Purpose	Expires
_gid	Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users in browsing activity	24 hours
_ga	Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users in browsing activity	2 years
_gat	Google Analytics cookie used to limit the percentage of requests	1 minute
_gat_UA	Google Analytics cookie used to limit the percentage of requests	1 minute

In addition, if you share a link to a page on our services, the service you share it on (for example, Facebook) may set a cookie. We have no control over cookies set by other websites - you might be able turn them off, but not through us.

STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility of My Charity Commission Account. We use the following necessary cookies:

Name	Purpose	Expires
GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID	This sets the language you are viewing the website in (English or Welsh)	1 year
LFR_SESSION_STATE_20105	This is a user session cookie, where XXXXX is the user ID. It is used for user session identification, user authentication, remembering user language preference, and for managing user sessions.	When you close your browser
JSESSIONID	Used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.	When you close your browser
ApplicationGatewayAffinity	ApplicationGatewayAffinity Used for maintaining user sessions. This cookie is set by this website as it runs on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It enables web browser traffic to be kept assigned to single server during certain sections of website	When you close your browser
ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS	This cookie is used by the Windows Azure Application Gateway in addition to ApplicationGatewayAffinity to maintain sticky session even on cross-origin requests (information received from a resource with a different domain name).	When you close your browser
COMPANY_ID	This is used by the Liferay web platform. It is used to recognise you as you move between different pages of the website so that you do not need to log in each time you move to a new page.	When you close your browser
ID	This is used by the Liferay web platform. It is used to recognise you as you move between different pages of the website so that you do not need to log in each time you move to a new page.	When you close your browser

Cookies message

You may see a banner when you visit the My Charity Commission Account inviting you to accept cookies or review your settings. We’ll set cookies so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and not to show it again, and also to store your settings.

Name	Purpose	Expires
COOKIE_SUPPORT	This stores the preferences you select during web browsing	1 year
cookie_consent	This saves your cookie consent settings	1 year

Cookies collected by Government Digital Services

The GOV.UK website, which is run by Government Digital Services (GDS), hosts all Charity Commission content and guidance and also uses Google Analytics software. You can find further information on the data collected by GDS in their cookies policy.

Find out more about privacy information from Google Analytics.

Find out more from the Information Commissioner’s Office about how to manage cookies.

Change your settings

You can change which cookies you’re happy for us to use.