FaSS

Fisheries and Seafood Scheme

Online Applications and Claims System

 

Privacy And Cookies Information

If you are a user with general public and anonymous access the FaSS website does not store or capture personal information, but merely logs the user's IP address that is automatically recognised by the web server.

This privacy statement only covers the main FaSS website.


Cookies

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally. These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:

  • enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information several times during one task
  • recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested
  • measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast

Our use of cookies

Cookies for improving service

  • Name: ESFSessionID
    Typical content: This cookie is essential for the login process, it is used in many of the system functions, e.g. case data activity, the case search function and the logout process. This data controller is used by FaSS to notify and communicate with the FaSS server, it is required to enable the website to operate. This cookie is set only for those people who have logged in to the website. This cookie is deleted when the browser is closed. Expires: when user logout
  • Name: ESFAUTH
    Typical content: This cookie is essential for the login process, it is used in many of the system functions, e.g. case data activity, the case search function and the logout process. This data controller is used by FaSS to notify and communicate with the FaSS server, it is required to enable the website to operate. This cookie is set only for those people who have logged in to the website. This cookie is deleted when the browser is closed. Expires: when user logout

Google Analytics

When you accessed our website, Google Analytics set cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This to ensure that the service is available when you want it and fast.

  • Name: _ga
    Typical content: randomly generated number
    Expires: 2 years
  • Name: _utma
    Typical content: randomly generated number
    Expires: 2 years
  • Name: _utmb
    Typical content: randomly generated number
    Expires: 30 minutes
  • Name: _utmc
    Typical content: randomly generated number
    Expires: when user exits browser
  • Name: _utmz
    Typical content: randomly generated number + info on how the site was reached (e.g. directly or via a link, organic search or paid search)
    Expires: 6 months

For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Code website


Changes to this privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.