What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy statement govern the Government Finance Function's relationship with you in relation to this website.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
| Cookie preference | CookieControl | This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on gff.civilservice.gov.uk. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences. |
| Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga _gali _gat _gid |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
| YouTube cookies | PREF* VSC* VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE* remote_sid* |
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page. PREF - * Expires after eight months |
| Vimeo cookies |
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We embed videos from our official Vimeo channel. When you press play Vimeo will drop third party cookies to enable the video to play and to collect analytics data such as how long a viewer has watched the video. These cookies do not track individuals. |
How do I change my cookie settings?
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