List of cookies on our website

List of cookies on our website

For the website

We use these cookies to gain a better understanding of how our users access and use the information we provide. This information helps us ensure that we structure information in a way that best meets our customers' needs.

Cookie name	Purpose	Time period of cookie	Cookie provider
c1	’Corporate‘ cookie which tracks visits across multiple sites within The Pensions Regulator online remit (domain). For example, users moving from the main the site to use our online service; Exchange or our Trustee toolkit.	5 years	Digital Analytix
s1	’site‘ cookie is used to track visitor activity on main site only	5 years	Digital Analytix
	We also use 4 types of Google Analytics cookies on the site. In summary they track visitor information for each visit and for returning visits. The detailed description of each cookie is as follows:
_utma	This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to our site from that web browser. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits our site, a new __utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to our site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure.	2 years	Google Analytics
_utmb	This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with our site. When a user views a page on our site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a new session is established. Each time a user visits a different page on our site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on our site for longer than 30 minutes.	30 minutes	Google Analytics
_utmc	This cookie operates in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user. In particular, this cookie is not provided with an expiration date, so it expires when the user exits the browser. Should a user visit our site, exit the browser and then return to your website within 30 minutes, the absence of the __utmc cookie indicates that a new session needs to be established, despite the fact that the __utmb cookie has not yet expired.	On exit	Google Analytics
_utmz	This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach our site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within our own site. The cookie is updated with each page view to our site.	6 months	Google Analytics
	We also use 7 types of AddThis cookies on the site. In summary these allow users to share content via Social Networking websites and email. When we provide links to third party services you find useful, they may place a cookie on your device to make their service easier to use.
di	Randomly generated number	2 years	AddThis
dt	"X"	30 days	AddThis
loc	Country code and randomly generated letters and numbers	30 days	AddThis
psc	Number	2 years	AddThis
ssh	Your favourite preferences	2 years	AddThis
uid	Randomly generated letters and numbers	2 years	AddThis

Third-party advertising cookies

Where government uses advertising, it wants to make sure that this money is well spent. To help measure this, these cookies are used on pages which are being marketed.

Cookie name	Purpose	Time period of cookie	Cookie provider
doubleclick.net	Randomly generated number	2 years	Doubleclick
b3-uk.mookie1.com	Randomly generated number	13 months	GroupM
t.mookie1.com	Randomly generated number	13 months	GroupM

Using our online services

We also provide visitors to our site with the opportunity to use 2 services online.

1. Exchange: the regulator's online service to keep your scheme details up to date

Here is a list of the specific cookies relating to that service:

Cookie name	Purpose	Time period of cookie	Cookie provider
FedAuth1, FedAuth	This cookie enables users to sign in. Without this cookie set users cannot gain access to Exchange	On exit	The Pensions Regulator
ASP.NET_SessionId	This cookie is used by our server code to link a user to a session so that information about their visit can be stored on the server as they move from one page to the next. When a user fills out an Exchange form over several pages, for instance it is this cookie that contains the key which enables the information submitted on one page to be linked to the user submitting the information on the next	On exit	The Pensions Regulator

2. The Trustee toolkit: the regulator’s dedicated e-learning programme for trustees