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We use cookies to make the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool work and collect information about how you use it.
Essential cookies
These essential cookies remember selections on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool as well as keeping your information secure while you use the tool.
We do not need to ask permission to use them.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| .AspNetCore.Antiforgery* | Protects the tool from cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks | Expires at the end of your session |
| .AspNetCore.Session | Helps the tool remember information about your session as you navigate through it | Expires at the end of your session |
| dsi-education-benchmarking* | Helps you sign in and keeps your information secure when you do | Expires at the end of your session |
| cookie_policy | Lets us know whether you agree to the use of analytics cookies | 1 year |
Analytics cookies (optional)
We use Azure Application Insights software to collect information about how you use the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.
We do this to help make sure the tool is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.
Azure Application Insights stores information about:
- the pages you visit on this tool
- how long you spend on each page
- how you got to the tool
- what you click on while you're visiting the tool
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 Microsoft to use or share our analytics data.
Azure Application Insights sets the following cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| ai_session | Tracks what you do on the tool during your visit | 30 minutes |
| ai_user | Helps us recognise you as a unique visitor when you return | 1 year |