What types of cookie are there?
The four main types of cookie are:
Strictly necessary
Cookies that are essential to provide the services you have asked for and to let the website work properly. They also help us keep you secure and protect your privacy when you use our website. If you set your browser to block these cookies, the website might not work as it should.
Performance
Cookies that measure how often you visit a website and how you use it. They let website owners see which pages are visited most often, and by which users.
Functionality
Cookies that recognise you and remember your preferences or settings when you return to a website, so you get a more personalised experience. For example, they might remember your location, chosen language or other settings.
Advertising
Cookies that collect information about your visit to a website, including the content you viewed, the links you followed, and information about your browser, device and IP address. This information is used to show you adverts based on topics you are presumed to be interested in.
What cookies does Matrix Security Watchdog use?
On the Ofsted Inspector DBS Application website, Matrix Security Watchdog only uses strictly necessary cookies, which are essential for the website to work properly. These cookies do not gather information about you for marketing purposes. The table below shows how we use them.
| Provider | Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperva (Incapsula) | incap_ses_* | Lets a visitor receive site content from one of several servers as they browse, so their session is maintained. | End of session |
| Imperva (Incapsula) | visid_incap_* | Set by the Incapsula CDN. Helps with the reliability, security and performance of the site. | At least one session |
| Imperva (Incapsula) | nlbi | Incapsula DDoS protection and web application firewall load-balancing cookie. Makes sure a visitor’s requests go to the same origin server. | End of session |
How can you manage your cookies?
Because this website only uses strictly necessary cookies, we do not show a cookie banner asking you to accept or reject them.
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If you have any questions about how this website uses cookies, please email privacy@securitywatchdog.org.uk. You can also read how we process your personal data in our Privacy Notice.