Cookies - Guernsey Financial Services Commission

To enable this service to function, we sometimes place small data files on your computer. These are known as cookies.

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit allaboutcookies.org. Or please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies.

How we use cookies

This service uses essential cookies in some places – we've listed each of them explicitly in a table below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.

These essential cookies are used for site navigation and session management, and this service may not function correctly without them.

This service may use non-essential cookies in some places. These non-essential cookies are not required to make the service function correctly. If any non-essential cookies are used in this service, you will find them listed below.

Google Analytics

This website also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. We are committed to following the ICO privacy and electronic communication regulations.

Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This to ensure that the service is available when you want it and fast.

Cookie name	Typical content	Duration
_utma	Randomly generated number	2 years
_utmb	Randomly generated number	30 minutes
_utmc	Randomly generated number	Until end of the session
_utmz	Randomly generated number + info on how the site was reached (e.g. directly or via a link, organic search or paid search)	6 months
_ga	Randomly generated number	24 months

For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Code website.

Cookie name	Purpose	Expiry
consultation_id	Associates answers with a response to an activity. One cookie per activity. Cleared when the user submits their response.	48 hours after the last page submission
tr_embed_auto_load	Stores the user's preference for automatically loading embedded content.	End of the session
server_id	Used for load balancing	End of the session
session	Used for protection against cross site request forgery attacks	48 hours after the last page submission
lang	Stores the user's language preference	End of the session