Cookies

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.

Submit Financial Data (SFD) service uses necessary cookies to make our site work. Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management and accessibility. They always need to be on. Cookies are used to manage your session and security during your use of the service.

Submit Financial Data service cookies aren't used to identify you personally. We record tracking information anonymously, so cookies do not track your personal data, only your activity on the site.

Necessary cookies

Necessary session cookies

The session stores information about the steps you have completed on the task list.

Our service sets the following necessary session cookies:

Cookie name	Cookie purpose	Cookie expiration
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.[generated]	Anti-forgery prevention	End of session. Browser shut down.
.AspNetCore.Session	Session management	End of session. Browser shut down.
RequestVerificationToken	Site security management	End of session. Browser shut down.
ARRAffinity	Host Environment Management	End of session. Browser shut down.
ARRAffinitySameSite	Host Environment Management	End of session. Browser shut down.
BNES_.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.[generated]	Site security management	End of session. Browser shut down.
BNES_.AspNetCore.Session	Site security management	End of session. Browser shut down.
BNES_ARRAffinity	Site security management	End of session. Browser shut down.
BNES_ARRAffinitySameSite	Host Environment Management	End of session. Browser shut down.
BNES_sfd-auth-cookie	Site security management	End of session. Browser shut down.
BNES_sfd-auth-cookieC1	Site security management	End of session. Browser shut down.
BNES_sfd-auth-cookieC2	Site security management	End of session. Browser shut down.
sfd-auth-cookie	Authentication Management	End of session. Browser shut down.
sfd-auth-cookieC1	Authentication Management	End of session. Browser shut down.
sfd-auth-cookieC2	Authentication Management	End of session. Browser shut down.
BNIS_vid	Site security management	End of session. Browser shut down.
BNIS___utm_is1	Site security management	One year.
BNIS___utm_is2	Site security management	One day.
BNIS___utm_is3	Site security management	End of session. Browser shut down.

In order for you to use this service, these necessary session cookies always need to be on.

Analytics cookies (optional)

We use Google Analytics software to understand how people use the Submit Financial Data form. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

We do not collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Google Analytics stores information about:

• the pages you visit
• how long you spend on each page
• how you arrived at the site
• what you click on while you visit the site
• the device and browser you use

Google Analytics cookies we use

Name	Purpose	Expires
_ga	Helps us count how many people visit the Submit Financial Data Form by telling us if you’ve visited before.	2 years.
_ga_[random number]	Used to reduce the number of requests.	2 years.

We use Microsoft Clarity software to understand how people use the Submit Financial Data form. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

We do not collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

We do not allow Microsoft to use or share our analytics data.

Microsoft Clarity cookies we use

Name	Purpose	Expires
_clck	Remembers a user across visits to help Clarity recognise returning visitors and keep their settings consistent.	2 years.
_clsk	Groups a visitor’s actions during a single session into one recording, giving a complete picture of their visit.	One day.
CLID	Identifies when a user interacts with Clarity for the first time across any site that has Clarity installed.	2 years.
ANONCHK	Checks if the MUID browser ID is passed to another Microsoft cookie used for advertising; for Clarity this is always “no”.	10 minutes.
MR	Indicates whether to refresh the MUID cookie used for analytics and advertising.	7 days.
MUID	Assigns a unique ID to a browser across Microsoft sites, used for performance measurement, analytics, and advertising.	2 years.
SM	Helps keep the MUID identifier consistent across different Microsoft domains.	End of session. Browser shut down.

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Last updated 10 September 2025