Cookies
Our site uses cookies to make this site work better for you and for us.
Some of our cookies are essential, and parts of the site won't work without them. These cookies are set when you submit a form, login to My eAccount or use the interactive maps, for example.
We also use some non-essential cookies to anonymously track visitors. This helps us understand better how people use our site, so that we can improve it.
Managing your cookies
You can decide which kinds of cookies you would like to accept or block on our site by clicking the 'C' icon at the bottom of the screen.
You can also use your web browser to delete or block cookies, clear all cookies when you close the browser and open a 'private browsing'/'incognito' session, which allows you to browse the internet without storing local data.
Where to find information about controlling cookies in your browser
- Internet Explorer cookies information
- Chrome cookies information
- Firefox cookies information
- Safari cookies information
- Opera cookies information
Cookies used on this website
My Islington council tax account (account.islington.gov.uk)
These cookies are necessary for technical reasons to provide you with our services, and to enable our products to operate. Because these cookies are necessary, you cannot refuse them without affecting how this account works. You can block or delete them by changing browser settings, but keep in mind that this may limit the functionality of our services.
| Name | Expires | Purpose |
| localtime | At end of session | Picked up server side to calculate local time from UTC time. |
| PHPSESSID | 40 mins | Session id |
| APP_LANG | 24 hours | Eg en Language used to view site |
| _lastlogin | At end of session | unix timestamp |
| SimpleSAMLSessionID | At end of session | Simple saml is the library used for oauth 3rd party authentication |
My eAccount (myeaccount.islington.gov.uk)
| Name | Expires |
Purpose
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ASP.Net_SessionId |
When you close your browser |
Allows us to present information to you about your council records and store new information that you submit |
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ASPSESSIONIDXXXXXXXX |
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ASPXAUTH |
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__RequestVerificationToken |
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_lgn_cscv2 |
One year |
Used for the web chat feature |
Online payments and online forms (islington.gov.uk)
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Name
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Expires
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Purpose
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|---|---|---|
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Eforms_return1 |
When you close your browser |
Used to pass information from one screen to another and then to store the information in our backend systems. |
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Eforms_return |
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Anite_eforms_session |
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Anite_eforms_session_hash |
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Anite_eforms_session_mode |
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Eform options |
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Eform LIMIT TEST |
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_ZopeId |
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ASP.NET_SessionId |
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{*}-CurrentCycle |
Interactive maps and Your area
| Name | Expires | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
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GISAPPPUB.islington.gov.uk |
When you close your browser |
Used to pass information from one screen to another. |
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ASPSESSIONIDXXXXXXXX |
Search
| Name | Expires | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
|
searchtab |
One month |
Used to track which search tab you are using (webpages or documents). |
Preferences
| Name | Expires |
Purpose
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|---|---|---|
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Announcements_<id> |
One year |
Used to track when a user closes an announcement, to prevent it showing again |
| hideCookieBanner | One year | Used to record whether the user has recorded cookie preferences. |
| CookieControl | 90 days | Used to record whether the user has accepted cookies related to analytics and preferences. |
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use our site. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements, for example improving site search.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- the pages you visit
- how long you spend on each page
- how you got to the site
- what you click on while you’re visiting the site
We don’t collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.
We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics on www.islington.gov.uk and many of our other subdomains and web systems.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit Google Analytics opt-out tools
| Name |
Expires
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Purpose
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|---|---|---|
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_ga |
2 years |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help make improvements. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come from, the pages visited and whether have used My eAccount, our customer portal. |
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_gid |
24 hours |
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_gat |
10 minutes |
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_utma |
2 years |
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_utmb |
30 minutes |
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_utmc |
When you close your browser |
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_utmz |
6 months |
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_utmv |
2 years |
Other analytics tools
We use also Sitecore and Sitecore Analytics to help collect information about how you use our site. This data is collected and stored anonymously.
| Name |
Expires
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Purpose
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|---|---|---|
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SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE |
10 years |
Sitecore analytics cookie |
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nmstat |
3 years |
Siteimprove analytics cookie |
Microsoft Clarity
This session cookie helps Microsoft Clarity determine if a visitor’s data should be included in generating heatmaps and funnels - these show us how you use our webpages. For more information about Microsoft Clarity’s cookies, visit the Microsoft website.
YouTube
We use YouTube to provide videos on some pages of the site. YouTube sets cookies when you visit one of these pages.
| Name |
Expires
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Purpose
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|---|---|---|
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_use_hitbox |
When you close your browser |
This is a randomly generated number that identifies your browser |
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
9 months |
Lets YouTube count the views of embedded YouTube videos |