document: {"document":{"title":"privacy and cookies","text":"Search defence:  \n\n\nSearch Scope:\n\n* * *\n\nDefence\n\nInformation on the privacy standards for the Defence website\n\nThis privacy and cookie statement only covers the Ministry of Defence website at http://www.mod.uk.\n\nWhen we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.  \nThese pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:\n\n  * enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task \n  * recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested \n  * measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast \n\n\n\nYou can manage these small files yourself and learn more about them through Internet browser cookies - what they are and how to manage them\n\nOur use of cookies\n\nCookies for enabling the provision of servicesOur website sets a cookie that stores a unique identifier for your session:\n\nName: ASP.NET_SessionId  \nTypical content: randomly generated alpha-numeric value  \nExpires: when user exits browser\n\nMore information can be found at ASP.NET Cookies overview\n\nIf you have answered a survey, our website sets a cookie to prevent another invitation to respond to it:\n\nName: name  \nTypical value: true value \"yes\"  \nExpires: 14 days\n\nThis cookie is currently disabled.\n\nCookies for improving servicesOur website sets the following cookies to ensure fast loading of images in picture viewers and enable a slide show effect.\n\nName: c_img  \nTypical content: numeric value that identifies the image currently viewed  \nExpires: when user exits the browser\n\nName: IsPostBack  \nTypical content: numeric value   \nExpires: when user exits the browser\n\nWebTrends 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\n\nName: WT_FPC  \nTypical content: captures IP address  \nExpires: 10 years\n\nName: ACOOKIE  \nTypical content: Captures IP address and time of visit  \nExpires: 10 years \n\n  * IP address \n\nEvery machine connecting to the Internet has a four-number address (e.g. 146.9.80.88), which may or may not stay constant between sessions online. Many web users connect indirectly to the Internet via an intermediary (proxy) server. \n\n\n\n\nGoogle sets a cookie to remember your search preferences\n\nName: PREF  \nTypical content: randomly generated alpha-numeric value  \nExpires: 2 years\n\nMore information can be found at Google Preferences help\n\nOther websites linked from this site do not necessarily follow the same policies.\n\nThe Ministry of Defence will process personal information provided by you in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, for the purposes of processing enquiries, collection of statistical and associated data, and related matters.The Corporate Internet Feedback Retention Policy establishes the length of time records submitted through the 'Contact Us' email forms on the website are retained .\n\nFurther information on your rights under the Data Protection Act 1998 can be found on the Information Commissioner's website.\n\nPage rated 12 times  \n\n\n  \nPlease select your rating:   \nAdd an optional comment:   \nTo learn more, see help.\n","paragraphs":null,"sentences":null,"language":null},"classifications":[{"level":"document","labels":["not_policy"],"label_definitions":null}]}