Cookie list

Last updated February 2026.

Strictly necessary cookies

Cookie key

Domain

Cookie type

Expiration

Description

ARRAffinitySameSite

tpt.co.uk

First-party

Session

When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster.

ARRAffinity

tpt.co.uk

First-party

Session

This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.

.AspNetCore.Mvc.CookieTempDataProvider

tpt.co.uk

First-party

Session

This cookie is used to store temporary data used by ASP.NET MVC in a secure way to maintain state between different page requests. This makes the browsing session more seamless and efficient.

CookieScriptConsent

tpt.co.uk

First-party

1 year

This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.

SSOAuth

employers.tpt.org.uk

First-party

Session

This cookie is used to enable Single Sign On (SSO).

CMSSERVERID

employers.tpt.org.uk

First-party

Session

This cookie is used to enable content to be served on our websites.

.AspNet.TwoFactorRememberBrowser

employerportal.tpt.org.uk

First-party

Session

This cookie enables the application to temporarily store user information when they are verifying the second factor in the two-factor authentication process.

_RequestVerificationToken

employerportal.tpt.org.uk

userportal.tpt.org.uk

First-party

Session

This cookie is a security measure that prevents unauthorised users from posting content to our websites.

_upscope__region

app.upscope.io

Third-party

4 weeks

This cookie is for upscope which lets our customer service team help users remotely.

_upscope__shortId

app.upscope.io

Third-party

4 weeks

This cookie is for upscope which lets our customer service team help users remotely.

.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.ShZDLUj857A

my-auth.tpt.co.uk

First-party

Session

SP.NET Core has built-in support for Anti-Forgery tokens to help prevent CSRF attacks. By default, ASP.NET Core includes Anti-Forgery tokens in forms and validates them on the server side. The framework automatically generates and validates these tokens for Razor Pages and MVC applications.

.AspNetCore.Identity.Application

my-auth.tpt.co.uk

First-party

Session

SP.NET Core has built-in support for Anti-Forgery tokens to help prevent CSRF attacks. By default, ASP.NET Core includes Anti-Forgery tokens in forms and validates them on the server side. The framework automatically generates and validates these tokens for Razor Pages and MVC applications.

BIGipServertptmp

my.tpt.co.uk    

First-party

Session

This cookie name is associated with the BIG-IP product suite from company F5. Usually associated with managing sessions on load balanced servers, to ensure user requests are routed consistently to the correct server. The common root is BIGipServer most commonly followed by a domain name, usually the one that it is hosted on, but not always.

TS01dc4fc6

my.tpt.co.uk    

First-party

Session

This cookie name is associated with the BIG-IP product suite from company F5. Usually associated with managing sessions on load balanced servers, to ensure user requests are routed consistently to the correct server. The common root is BIGipServer most commonly followed by a domain name, usually the one that it is hosted on, but not always.

TS0150d415

my.tpt.co.uk    

First-party

Session

This cookie name is associated with the BIG-IP product suite from company F5. Usually associated with managing sessions on load balanced servers, to ensure user requests are routed consistently to the correct server. The common root is BIGipServer most commonly followed by a domain name, usually the one that it is hosted on, but not always.

TS01e40f13

my.tpt.co.uk    

First-party

Session

This cookie name is associated with the BIG-IP product suite from company F5. Usually associated with managing sessions on load balanced servers, to ensure user requests are routed consistently to the correct server. The common root is BIGipServer most commonly followed by a domain name, usually the one that it is hosted on, but not always.

 

Performance cookies

Cookie key

Domain

Cookie type

Expiration

Description

_ga

.tpt.co.uk

First-party

1 year 1 month

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.

_ga_3W5G4KNW24

_ga_CLYT30BDLT

_ga_3SH1PZ3KLZ

_ga_J45GM7HR5P

_ga_T2BLD0T8FZ

.tpt.co.uk

my.tpt.co.uk    

members.tpt.co.uk

employers.tpt.org.uk

dc-resource-hub.tpt.co.uk

First-party

1 year 1 month

This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

_clck

.tpt.co.uk

First-party

11 months 4 weeks

This cookie is used to track user interactions and engagement on the website to improve user experience and website functionality.

_clsk

.tpt.co.uk

First-party

1 day

This cookie is associated with Microsoft Clarity analytics software. It is used to store information about the user's session and to combine multiple page views into a single user session for analytics purposes.

_hjSessionUser_1004657

.tpt.co.uk

First-party

1 year

Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser.

_hjSession_1004657

.tpt.co.uk

First-party

30 minutes

A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensures that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session.

 

Targeting cookies

Cookie key

Domain

Cookie type

Expiration

Description

li_gc

.linkedin.com

Third-party

6 months

Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes

IDE

.doubleclick.net

Third-party

1 year

This cookie is set by Doubleclick and carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.

bcookie

.linkedin.com

Third-party

1 year

This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.

_cfuvid

.vimeo.com

Third-party

Session

This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services.

recordID

.tpt.co.uk

First-party

1 year

This cookie name is associated with services from UK email marketing company DotDigital. Their software placed on a website enables the owners to track when email campaign recipients land on the target website, which enables monitoring of the effectiveness of a campaign. This cookie is a unique user identifier, enabling persistent linking of behaviour on the site to a particular user and email campaign response.

dmSessionID

.tpt.co.uk

First-party

20 minutes

This cookie name is associated with services from UK email marketing company DotDigital. Their software placed on a website enables the owners to track when email campaign recipients land on the target website, which enables monitoring of the effectiveness of a campaign. This cookie is a short lived session identifier.

lidc

.linkedin.com

Third-party

1 day

This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website.

flashtalkingad1

.flashtalking.com

Third-party

1 year 1 month

This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.

_gcl_au

tpt.co.uk

First-party

2 months 4 weeks

Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.

test_cookie

.doubleclick.net

Third-party

15 minutes

This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.

TDCPM

.adsrvr.org

Third-party

11 months 4 weeks

This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.

TDID

.adsrvr.org

Third-party

11 months 4 weeks

This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.

_uetsid

tpt.co.uk

First-party

1 day

This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.

_uetvid

tpt.co.uk

First-party

1 year

This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.

 

Functionality cookies

Cookie key

Domain

Cookie type

Expiration

Description

__cf_bm

.vimeo.com

Third-party

30 minutes

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.