Cookies Notice

This notice explains how cookies and similar browser technologies relate to this website. It should be read together with the Privacy Notice. The features that operate during a visit depend on the services you use and whether optional integrations have been enabled for the website.

What cookies and browser storage do

A cookie is a small piece of information that a website asks a browser to store and return with later requests. Browser storage can also retain a local value used by a page. These technologies can support a secure session, remember a choice or help a service understand whether a request belongs to the same interaction.

Cookies are not the same as the photographs, documents or videos you upload. An attachment is handled by the relevant submission and media service. Clearing browser storage does not automatically delete a report, application or subscription already received by the office.

Essential service features

Some features require a session or security token. Examples include administrative sign-in, protection against unauthorised requests and the controlled submission of attachments. Without the necessary information, a feature may fail to recognise a legitimate session or may require you to start the interaction again.

Essential features are used to provide the service requested and protect it from misuse. They should be distinguished from optional analytics or advertising technologies. Public articles can generally be read without an administrative account, and visitors should not need to sign in simply to browse the public news archive.

Local preferences

A page may remember a local preference, such as a supported form setting or a workspace display option. A preference stored on one device may not be available on another. Using a private browsing window or clearing site data can also remove it.

Where a form supports saved progress, check its guidance before assuming your information will be retained. Do not rely on browser storage as the only copy of an important document. Shared or public computers should not be used to leave sensitive drafts accessible to other people.

Optional measurement

Website administrators may configure analytics to understand which public pages are used and where visitors encounter problems. Optional analytics should be subject to an appropriate choice before activation. Declining optional measurement should not prevent you from reading public information or using essential services.

Analytics settings can change over time. If optional measurement is unavailable or switched off, a preference control may have no additional provider to activate. The office should not describe an analytics provider as active merely because the software supports an integration with it.

Embedded videos and external media

A locally hosted video can be delivered through the website’s media service. An embedded player from another platform may communicate with that platform when loaded or played. The external provider may receive technical information and apply its own privacy terms.

Opening a link to an external video is a separate interaction from reading the text of an article. If you do not want to contact an external provider, avoid opening the player or link and contact the office if an alternative format is needed. Availability of an alternative depends on the material concerned.

Managing your browser

Most browsers allow you to inspect site data, remove existing cookies, block certain storage or use a private browsing session. The names of these controls vary. Your browser’s help information explains the options available on your device.

Blocking all storage can affect secure sign-in, attachment handling and preferences. If a feature stops working after a change, review the setting or try a normal browsing session. Do not disable essential security protections simply because somebody asks you to bypass an error.

Shared devices and account security

Sign out of an office account after using a shared computer. Closing a tab is not always the same as ending a session. Avoid saving passwords on a device you do not control, and review any browser prompt before allowing it to remember credentials.

If you believe someone has accessed an account without permission, contact the office through a trusted channel. Clearing cookies alone may not address an account-level problem. Authorised personnel should use the security and session-management features provided for their accounts.

Questions and updates

Contact the office if you need clarification about a website feature or an unexpected storage request. Include the page and the action you were taking, but do not send session tokens, passwords or a complete browser storage export through a public form. This notice may be revised when the platform’s features or integrations change.