Cookies
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your computer, mobile phone or tablet. These are known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
How to manage your cookies
When you visit this website, we will set essential cookies necessary for the service to work.
We’d like to set additional cookies so we can remember your settings, understand how people use the site and make improvements. We will not set cookies that collect personally identifiable information about you.
Before setting any additional cookies, we will ask if you want to accept or reject them. If you choose to accept, you can change your mind later and withdraw consent by selecting the cookie settings button displayed in the bottom left corner of every page and then selecting ‘Withdraw consent’.
You can also choose to restrict or block the cookies that are set by this website, or any other website, through your browser settings. Your browser is the way you access the internet, for example Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Safari are commonly used browsers. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how you can restrict or block cookies.
For information on how to restrict or block cookies on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
Alternatively, you will also find details on how to restrict or delete cookies on a wide variety of browsers, as well as more general information about cookies, on the About Cookies website.
Be aware that restricting cookies using browser settings can prevent websites working for you.
Measuring website performance and usage
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous information about how people use the site and how well it is performing. We do this to make sure it’s meeting people's needs and to understand how we could meet those needs better.
We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use the site. We do not collect or store your personal details such as your name or address. We cannot identify who you are.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on.
| Name of cookie | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors. | Two years |
| _ga_<container-id> | Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device. | Two years |
Cookies set by third party services
We use YouTube and Vimeo to show videos on some pages. YouTube and Vimeo may set cookies immediately when you visit one of these pages or may set cookies when you press buttons that control the video.
YouTube
YouTube is a service from Google. Google sets a number of cookies on your device. The number of cookies that are set and their purpose varies depending on whether you have agreed to accept cookies in Google's cookie policy. You can set your cookie preferences for all Google services by visiting Google's privacy tools.
Some of the cookies set by Google are listed below.
| Name of cookie | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE* | Used by Google to remember your preferences and other information. | Six months |
| NID | Used by Google to remember your preferences and other information. | Six months |
| YSC | Used by YouTube to track your session. | When you close your browser |
| CONSENT | Used by Google to track whether you have consented to Google's cookie policy. | 15 years or more |
ANID | Used by Google to store your preference for serving personalised ads on websites other than nidirect that display Google Ads. | 13 months or more depending on your preference for serving personalised ads |
| IDE | Used by Google in conjunction with ANID to serve personalised ads on websites other than nidirect that display Google Ads. | 13 months |
Vimeo
Vimeo sets a number of cookies on your device. The number of cookies that are set and their purpose varies depending on whether you have agreed to accept cookies in Vimeo's cookie policy. You can set your cookie preferences for Vimeo by visiting the Vimeo cookie policy.
Some of the cookies set by Vimeo are listed below.
| Name of cookie | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| vuid | Used by Vimeo to store unique identifiers of videos that you have viewed. | One year |
| OptanonConsent | Used by Vimeo to track your cookie preferences. | One year |
| vimeo_gdpr_optin | Used by Vimeo to track your cookie preferences. | 10 years |
Strictly necessary cookies
This site sets strictly necessary cookies to remember if you have received the cookie warning message so that this message doesn't appear more than once.
| Name of cookie | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cookie-agreed | Used remember your preference for accepting or rejecting cookies we set. | One year |
| cookie-agreed-version | Used to store the version number of the cookie policy that you have accepted or rejected. | One year |
Cookies set by other services
Some services provided by the department are hosted and maintained separately from this site. These services may set more cookies and, if so, may have their own cookie policy.