Cookies set by Pay Your Rates Online

Cookies are small files saved on your device when you visit a website.

Two types of cookies are used by Pay Your Rates Online
  • Essential cookies - Used to make this site work
  • Google Analytics Cookies – Used to collect information about how you use our service.

Neither type of cookie can be used to identify you personally.

Essential cookies

Pay Your Rates Online sets cookies that are essential for the service to work.

These cookies are only used to:
  • allow the service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task

These cookies do not store your personal data.

We do not need to ask permission to use them.

The essential cookies used by Pay Your Rates Online are listed in the following table.

Name of cookie Purpose Expires
ASPXAUTH Used to identify whether you are verified. When you close your browser
ASPXROLES Used to cache the roles you use for the service. When you close your browser
ASP.NET_SessionId, Allow services to recognise your device and maintain a secure session. When you close your browser
__RequestVerificationToken It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) When you close your browser
Cookies Used to record that the user has selected whether to accept, deny or hide cookies within this site. 365 days
Google Analytics cookies (optional)

With your permission Pay Your Rates Online uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information about how people use the service and how well it is performing. This information is used to make sure the service is meeting people's needs and to understand how the service could meet those needs better.

We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use a service.

Name of cookie Purpose Expires
_ga Used by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors to Pay Your Rates Online. Two years
_gid Used by Google Analytics to store information on how visitors use Pay Your Rates Online and helps to create an analytic report of the website. 24 hours

Further information on cookies set by Google Analytics (external link opens in a new window / tab)

How to manage your cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies, you can do this through your browser settings. Your browser is the way you access the internet, for example Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Safari. 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 device you will need to refer to your browser 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