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What are cookies?

Cookies are small files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. 

We use 3 types of cookies to make this site work and collect information about how you use the service to help us improve it. 

Cookies are not used to identify you personally. 

Pension Dashboards Programme is intended for UK-based users so for cookies we follow UK law, including the Data (Use and Access) Bill 2025. 

Find out how to manage cookies from the Information Commissioner's Office. 

Strictly necessary cookies (Essential) 

Essential cookies are needed to make the service work and to keep your information secure, we do not need to ask permission for essential cookies. If you do not want us to use them, you can turn off cookies in your web browser, but the service may not work properly. 

We will not set any essential cookies until you start using the service. 

Essential cookies we use: 

NamePurposeExpires
__cf_bm Used by Cloudflare to distinguish between human users and automated bots and to protect the site from malicious traffic. 30 minutes
CookieControl Stores the user’s cookie consent preferences set via the Civic Cookie Control tool. 1 year

Cookies that measure website use (Analytics) 

We use analytics cookies to collect anonymised information about how you use Pension Dashboards Programme, for example, what pages you visit and what you click on. This helps us understand how we can improve the service. 

We do not allow anyone else to use or share this data. 

Analytics cookies we use:

Adobe Analytics

NamePurposeExpires
s_cc Adobe Analytics cookie used to identify a unique visitor and track behavioural interactions across sessions. Session
mbox Adobe Target cookie used to manage A/B testing, personalisation experiences, and experiment participation. 1 year
AMCVS_* Adobe Analytics session cookie used to store a unique session identifier during a browsing session. Session
AMCV_* Adobe Analytics cookie used to assign and persist a unique visitor identifier. 1 year
s_vi Adobe Analytics cookie used to store a unique visitor ID and track returning users across domains. 2 years

Google Analytics

NamePurposeExpires
_ga Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users and generate statistical data on site usage. 1 year
_ga_* Google Analytics cookie used to persist session state and associate user interactions within a session. 1 year

Microsoft Clarity

NamePurposeExpires
_clck Microsoft Clarity cookie used to store a unique user identifier for behavioural analytics. 1 year
ANONCHK Microsoft Clarity cookie used to track individual sessions and aggregate behavioural analytics data. 10 minutes
CLID Microsoft Clarity cookie used to indicate whether a user is signed into a Microsoft account. 13 months
MUID Microsoft Clarity cookie used to store a unique Microsoft user identifier for analytics and advertising services. 13 months
NAP Microsoft Clarity cookie used for user identification and synchronisation with Microsoft advertising services. 1 year

We’ve recently updated our approach to cookies to improve your experience on our website. In line with the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, we won’t ask you to accept analytics cookies which help us improve our services. You can still reject these cookies using the ‘Cookie preferences’ link in the footer of this site.

Cookies that help with our communications and marketing 

We use marketing cookies to advertise relevant products and services to you online, based on what you do when you’re on our website.

These cookies may be set by third party websites.  

Marketing cookies we use:

Adobe Experience Cloud

NamePurposeExpires
demdex Adobe Audience Manager cookie used to assign a unique ID and support cross-device and cross-domain audience management. 6 months
dpm Adobe Audience Manager cookie used to manage audience segmentation and data synchronisation across advertising platforms. 6 months
dextp Adobe Audience Manager cookie used for ID syncing and audience segmentation across advertising networks. 6 months
everest_g_v2 Adobe Advertising Cloud cookie used to track ad impressions, conversions, and campaign performance metrics. 1 year
ev_sync_dd Adobe Advertising Cloud cookie used to synchronise user identifiers and support advertising attribution reporting. 1 year

How can I control my cookies? 

You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the ‘Cookie preferences’ link in the footer of this site.  Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. 

There is more information on how to manage cookies on the Information Commissioner's Office website.