Details about cookies on DfE Sign-in

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We use cookies to make DfE Sign-in work.

Essential cookies

Essential cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility to work. Essential cookies keep your information secure while you use DfE Sign-in. These cookies are essential to make this site work and we do not need to ask permission to use them.

Name	Purpose	Expires
session	The DfE Sign-in Session ID is needed to identify the user to the services	At the end of the session
session.sig	Signature of the session, to ensure the session id hasn’t been forged	At the end of the session
_csrf	Allows us to track subsequent requests in chain	After 365 days
user_banner_last_seen	Allows us to track when a reminder needs to be shown to certain types of users	After 365 days

Optional cookies

DfE Sign-in does not require any other cookies other than those which are essential.