Cookies
Cookies are small files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
The Manage your vehicle testing (MYVT) service uses cookies to keep our service secure, and to remember the notifications you've seen so that we don't show them to you again. They are not used to identify you personally.
You will normally see a message on the site before we store a cookie on your computer.
Essential cookies
Essential cookies keep your information secure while you use the MYVT portal.
You may see a pop-up cookies message when you first visit this service. We’ll store the following cookie so that your computer knows you have seen it and knows not to show it again.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| DVSA.CookiesAccepted | Saves your cookie consent settings | Persistent |
The MYVT portal has been delivered using a Microsoft Power Apps Portal, the following cookies are required to ensure this runs securely.
Microsoft Power Apps portal cookies
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| __RequestVerificationToken | Used by the antiforgery system. | When the browsing session ends |
| .AspNet.ApplicationCookie | Used to identify user sessions. A user session starts when a user browses portal for the first time. And ends when the session is closed. Authentication site settings can be used to change session expiry time span. | When the browsing session ends |
| adxPreviewUnpublishedEntities | Holds preview ON/OFF mode used in classic CMS system for portal administrators. | When the browsing session ends |
| ARRAffinity | Added automatically by Azure websites and ensures that requests are load balanced between different sites. Does not store any user information. | When the browsing session ends |
| ASP.NetSessionId | Used to maintain the session of a logged in user to avoid repeated sign-in. The cookie is not persistent and is deleted after session closes. | When the browsing session ends |
| ContextLanguageCode | Stores the default language of the user accessing portal within a session and across webpages. The cookie is deleted after session closes. | When the browsing session ends |
| Dynamics365PortalAnalytics | Critical service cookie to analyse service usage anonymously and aggregated for statistical purpose. | 90 Days |
| isDSTObserved | Stores a value to indicate if the current moment is in daylight saving time. | When the browsing session ends |
| isDSTSupport | Indicates whether a specified date and time falls in the range of daylight saving time. | When the browsing session ends |
| timeZoneCode | Holds the timezonecode field value of CRM timezonedefinition entity for the current timezone. | When the browsing session ends |
| timezoneoffset | Holds the timezone difference between UTC and Local browser time. | When the browsing session ends |
| incap_ses_* | Used to relate HTTP requests to a specific visit | When you close your browser |
| visid_incap_* | Used to relate sessions to a specific visitor's device | 1 year |
| nibi_* | Used to ensure requests by a client are sent to the same server | When you close your browser |
Analytics cookies (optional)
With your permission, we use Google Analytics to collect data about how you use Manage your vehicle testing. This information helps us to improve our service.
Google is not allowed to use or share our analytics data with anyone.
Google Analytics stores anonymised information about:
- how you got to Manage your vehicle testing
- the pages you visit on Manage your vehicle testing and how long you spend on them
- any errors you see while using Manage your vehicle testing
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Checks if you’ve visited Manage your vehicle testing before. This helps us count how many people visit our site. | 2 years |
| _gid | Checks if you’ve visited Manage your vehicle testing before. This helps us count how many people visit our site. | 24 hours |
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