What’s a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. There are two main types of cookies, ‘necessary cookies’ and ‘statistical cookies’.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality of a website, for instance to ensure its security and to ensure images display correctly. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they can only be deactivated by changing your browser preferences.
Statistical cookies
Statistical cookies are sometimes used to understand how website visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. However, Your Canvas does not collect any statistical cookies (such as Google Analytics).
Third Party Cookies
Please note that third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies. To deactivate the use of third party advertising cookies, you may use your browser settings to manage and clear the use of these types of cookies.
Which cookies does Your Canvas use?
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
ASP.NET_SessionId |
your-canvas.co.uk |
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. |
After session | Session |
__RequestVerificationToken |
your-canvas.co.uk |
This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser. |
After session | Session |
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.