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This page tells you about how the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom website (www.da.mod.uk) uses cookies. The cookies used on our website are not used to identify you personally.
If you'd like to learn more about cookies in general, we recommend the About Cookies website.
Specific cookies we use
Required cookies
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| ARRAffinity | ARRAffinity cookie is set by Azure app service, and allows the service to choose the right instance established by a user to deliver subsequent requests made by that user. | Retained until user closes browser (session Cookie) |
| ARRAffinitySameSite | This cookie is set by Windows Azure cloud, and is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. | Retained until user closes browser (session Cookie) |
| CookieConsent | This cookie records only if user accepted optional (performance and analytics) cookies. | One year |
Performance and analytics cookies
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga, _gat,_gid | Google Analytics cookie to collect data on website traffic. | 1 year – More information (How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services – Privacy & Terms – Google) |
Social media sites
We provide links to a range of social media sites including Facebook, X and LinkedIn. We also use social media integration features such as the Facebook Like and Share buttons. These social media sites use cookies to collect your IP address and identify which page you are visiting. They will also make your preference information available to third parties. The information collected by these cookies are controlled by third party privacy policies.
Changes to our cookie statement
Any changes we may make to our cookie statement in the future will be posted on this page.