Cookies

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

We use cookies to make this service work and collect information about how you use our service.

Essential cookies

Essential cookies keep your information secure while you use this service. We do not need to ask permission to use them.

Name Purpose Expires

SOMWEB

Helps identify and remember your progress through a transaction or service

Session

Lang

Used to set your language preference.

Session

TSxxxxxxxx

You may see one or more of these. These cookies are essential for security measures.

Session

F5[unique ID]

If you pay for a government service using a credit or debit card, our payment provider (Barclaycard) uses this cookie to track your payment session. Learn more about the cookies Barclaycard uses by visiting their privacy and cookie policy.

5 minutes

ROUTEID

Helps identify and remember your progress through a transaction or service.

Session

PHPSESSID

To allow the user to return to the search page after a completed purchase.

1 month

Wishlist ID

To allow users to use the wishlist functionality to save searched for registrations.

1 year

cookies_policy

Saves your cookie consent settings.

1 year

cookie_preferences_set

Lets us know that you've saved your cookie consent settings.

1 year

Additional cookies (optional)

With your permission, we use Google Analytics to collect data about how you use this service. This information helps us to improve our service.

Google Analytics cookies collect information about:

  • How you got to the service
  • The pages you visit on our service and how long you spend on them
  • Any errors you see while using our service
Name Purpose Expires

_ga_<unique id>

These help us distinguish different users, they are used to persist session state.

2 years

_gat_gtag_UA_<unique id>

This cookie sets a unique ID to help identify a user.

1 minute

_gat

These help to regulate requests.

1 minute

_ga

These help us count how many people visit the service by tracking if you've visited before.

2 years

_gid

These help us count how many people visit the service by tracking if you've visited before.

1 day

Note

For anyone using the Safari browser, this cookie is set for a default period of only 7 days.