Cookie Policy

Upon your next visit to the site, your browser transmits these files back to enable the site to identify your session, retain your settings, and analyze page usage patterns. Equivalent tools - including local storage, session storage and small tracking pixels - function similarly, and all such mechanisms are encompassed by this policy under the collective designation "cookies".

A cookie generally contains the name of the site that set it, a value (often a random identifier) and an expiry date. Cookies cannot read other files on your device and are not programs.

Some cookies are set by service providers acting on our behalf, for example providers of web analytics, content delivery, fraud prevention or advertising measurement. These providers may read their own cookies when you visit other sites that use the same services. We do not control the content of third-party cookies; their use of the data they collect is governed by their own privacy and cookie notices.

Where a third-party cookie is not strictly necessary, it is only placed after you have consented through the cookie banner. If you would like a list of the providers currently in use, contact support and we will provide the up-to-date details.

Strictly necessary cookies

These keep the site usable: they maintain your session while you move between pages, balance traffic across servers, protect forms against automated abuse and remember the cookie choices you have already made. They do not build a profile of you and cannot be switched off through our banner, because without them core functions such as signing in would fail.

Preference (functionality) cookies

These store your chosen preferences - such as your preferred interface language, selected region, visual settings or whether you have closed an informational message. They improve user experience but are optional; even without these, the website functions normally and will simply request your preferences on each subsequent visit.

Analytics (performance) cookies

These help us count visits, see which pages are read, how long people stay and where errors occur. The reporting is aggregated: it tells us that a page is popular or slow, not who you are. We use the results to fix problems and to improve the structure of the site.

Marketing (advertising) cookies

These track which campaign or advertisement brought you to the site, prevent duplicate messages from being displayed to you, and determine whether a campaign resulted in a registration. Third-party advertising partners may access these on their websites. These are only created following your affirmative opt-in.

Through our banner

To accept or decline the preference, analytics, and marketing cookie categories, utilize the cookie banner or access the cookie settings link available on the website. Declining a category prevents new cookies from that category from being set; previously stored cookies may be removed via your browser.

Through your browser

All major browsers allow you to view stored cookies, delete them individually or entirely, block cookies from specific sites, block all third-party cookies, or delete everything automatically when the browser closes. You will normally find these controls under a menu named “Settings”, then “Privacy”, “Privacy and security”, “Site permissions” or “Cookies and site data”. Mobile browsers offer the same options in their settings screens, and mobile operating systems provide separate controls for advertising identifiers.

Private browsing

Opening the site in a private or incognito window means most cookies are discarded when you close that window, though this does not prevent them from being set during your visit.

Disabling strictly necessary cookies will cause certain features of the website to malfunction: you may find yourself unable to remain logged in, complete a form submission or perform a secure transaction. Disabling preference cookies results in your choices such as language not being saved. Disabling analytics or marketing cookies will not impact site performance - you simply will not appear in our analytics reports and promotional tracking.

Federal Government uses cookies to keep the website secure and functional, to remember the choices you make, to understand which pages are useful, and - where you have agreed - to measure the performance of our marketing. Strictly necessary cookies are set as soon as you open the site because the site cannot work without them. All other categories are only activated after you give consent, and you may withdraw that consent at any time.

Session cookies exist only while your browser window is open and are erased automatically when you close it. Persistent cookies persist for the duration of their validity period or until you remove them; across this platform they are retained anywhere from several days up to approximately two years, based on their intended function. You can always check the precise expiration time of any specific cookie via your browser's storage configuration.

We keep the record of your consent choices for a limited period so that the banner does not reappear at every visit; after that period we will ask again.

We review this policy periodically and update it when the cookies we use, the technologies behind them or the applicable rules change. The current version is always published on this page; material changes will be signalled on the site or through the cookie banner, and continued use after the update means the revised policy applies.

Should you have any inquiries regarding this policy, request information about a particular cookie or wish to assert a data-protection right, please contact our support team via the contact page. Related documents are listed in the footer of every page, including our Privacy Policy.

Read the Privacy Policy