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Cookie description
M&G Skills for Life uses the following cookies:
| Name | Description | Category | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| __CookieConsentV111 | __CookieConsentV111 cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline. | Strictly necessary | 90 days |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | Analytical/performance (optional) | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | Analytical/performance (optional) | 24 hours |
| _gat_UA-110821334-7 | Used to throttle request rate. | Analytical/performance (optional) | 1 minute |
| _lfa | Visitor Insights by Leadfeeder | Performance cookie | 2 Years |
| AWSELB | AWS Classic Load Balancer Cookie: Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. | Strictly necessary | 1 day |
| AWSALB | Classic AWS load balancer first receives a request from a client, it routes the request to a target, generates a cookie named AWSALB that encodes information about the selected target, encrypts the cookie, and includes the cookie in the response to the client. | Strictly necessary | 7 days |
| AWSELBCORS | AWS Classic Load Balancer Cookie. Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. Same value as AWSELB | Strictly necessary | 1 day |
| AWSALBCORS | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie. Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. Same value as AWSALB. | Strictly necessary | 7 days |
| AWSALBTG | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie. Load Balancing Cookie: Used to encode information about the selected target group. | Strictly necessary | 1 day |
| AWSALBTGCORS | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie. Load Balancing Cookie: It includes the same information as the original stickiness cookie plus this SameSite attribute. | Strictly necessary | 1 day |