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We use 2 types of cookie.
Strictly necessary cookies
These essential cookies do things like:
- remember the notifications you've seen so we do not show them to you again
- remember your progress through a form
They always need to be on.
Cookies that measure website use
Services you build using Govforms use Google Analytics. This can be enabled or disabled from within the built services.
They send data about:
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit on GOV.UK and government digital services, and how long you spend on each page
- what you click on while you're visiting the site
We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.
Technical details
The following cookies are used:
Sessions
A cookie is set to record your session activity.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| govforms_admin_session | Stores Govforms digital service builder session data | 12 hours |
| mdtp | Stores form session data | When you close your browser |
| mdtpp | Stores form session data | When you close your browser |
| mdtpdf | Stores form session data | When you close your browser |
| PLAY_FLASH | Stores form session data | When you close your browser |
| returnFromCookiesUrl | This is used to determine what page you came from when returning from the cookies settings page | When you close your browser |
Our introductory message
You may see a pop-up welcome message when you first visit. A cookie is stored so that your computer knows you've seen it and knows not to show it again.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| seen_cookie_message | Saves a message to let us know that you have seen our cookie message | 1 month |
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