A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It helps the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

Cookies are classed as:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies
• Functional or Performance Cookies
• Advertising or Marketing Cookies

This website only uses Strictly Necessary Cookies to ensure basic functionality of the site for its users.

Cookies can be categorised as follows:

Session cookies

A session cookie is a cookie which lasts until you close your browser and then is removed. We use this cookie for essential functionality, for example to let you log in to the site, or to remember some settings while you use the site.

Persistent cookies

A persistent cookie is a cookie which remains stored by your browser when you leave the site. We use persistent cookies to ensure we can identify each specific user when they access the website, and to ensure that information is encrypted from access by others.

In most cases, it is possible to tell your browser to not accept cookies, or prevent cookies being set from a particular website. However, if you disable first-party cookies on this site, you will prevent us from being able to log you on to the site. The following links may be useful to find out how to control cookies in your browser:

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org, or www.aboutcookies.org.

First Party Cookies

The following cookies are those that Handepay sets themselves.

Cookie type	Cookie source	Cookie name	Duration	Description
Strictly Necessary	Portal	AWSALB	1 week	This persistent cookie is a load balancing cookie. It avoids the user being redirected from page to page when using the site. This is in place to provide basic functionality for the user.
Strictly Necessary	Portal	miltonUserUrl	14 days	This persistent cookie allows us to understand and identify which user is accessing the site when logged in, in order to provide basic functionality for them.
Strictly Necessary	Portal	miltonUserUrlHash	14 days	This persistent cookie allows us to ensure the specific user identified above is kept encrypted and secure when accessing the site when logged in.