Cookies on Apply for a deceased person's military record

Cookies are files saved on your computer, tablet or telephone when you visit a website. The online Apply for a deceased person's military record service puts cookies onto your computer in order to:

• remember what messages you’ve seen so you’re not shown them again
• understand how you use the service so we can update and improve it
• temporarily store information you enter to support your application

After your application is completed, or if you choose to leave the application process before completion, close the browser session to delete any data you have entered

Cookie settings

We use 2 types of cookie:

• Cookies that measure website use

  We use Google Analytics to measure how you found, access and use the website so we can improve it, based on user needs. We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.

  Google Analytics stores anonymised information about:

  • how you got to the site
  • the pages you visit on search for Apply for a deceased person's military record and how long you spend on each page
  • what you click on while you're visiting the site

  No personal details are stored with this information, so you can’t be identified.

  Name	Purpose	Expires
  _ga	Used to distinguish users	2 years
  _gac	Contains campaign related information for the user	90 days
  _gid	Used to distinguish users	24 hours

  Google isn't allowed to use or share our analytics data.

• Strictly necessary cookies

  These essential cookies do things like remember your progress through a form (for example to remember your answers to our questions ). They always need to be on.

  Name	Purpose	Expires
  connect.sid	Holds session data to complete the application	When you close your browser
  cookie_preferences	Registers the input cookie preference	When you close your browser
  _csrf	A standard cookie used to prevent a malicious exploit of a website	20 minutes

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