Cookies Policy

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on a computer’s hard disk, so that the website can remember who you are.

How do we use cookies?

Some of our web pages use cookies. Details of the cookies used across all of our websites can be found below.

Traffic Penalty Tribunal Website:

trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.uk

Name of cookie Expiration Time Data Stored Purpose
CookieConsent 1 Year Site Cookie Preferences Used to identify if a user has accepted the website’s cookies policy.
wpfront-notification-bar-keep-closed 14 Days Feedback Banner Preferences Used to determine if a visitor has opted to close the feedback banner at the top of the website window.
pll_language 1 Year Language Prefence This cookie is used to determine the preferred language of the visitor and sets the language accordingly on the website, if possible.
tpt_CwkMUzXY 1 Day Randomly generated alphanumeric values Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors
tpt_Oyon-_Wfb 1 Day Randomly generated alphanumeric values Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors
tpt_RnHdPYiKXp 1 Day Randomly generated alphanumeric values Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors
tpt_BaE_w 1 Day Randomly generated alphanumeric values Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors

Traffic Penalty Tribunal Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Library:

tro.trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.uk

Name of cookie Purpose
cookie_notice_accepted Used to identify if a user has accepted the site’s cookies policy.
wp_wpfileupload_0 A unique identifier given to each visitor.

Traffic Penalty Tribunal Fast Online Appeals Management (FOAM) appeals system

foam.trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.uk

Type of cookie Name of cookie Purpose
Session cookies _decider_session Session cookies allow FOAM to keep track of whether or not a user is signed in and to allow users to access the system without having to sign-in every time they visit.
New Relic NREUM, NRAGENT, JSESSIONID FOAM uses New Relic to monitor the performance of the system, so that the experience for FOAM users can be continually improved.
Livechat _lc.visitor_id.[xxxxxxx], lc_window_state Used to enable Live Chat within FOAM and to allow conversations to continue across the site.

Cookies Policy

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on a computer’s hard disk, so that the website can remember who you are.

How do we use cookies?

Some of our web pages use cookies. Details of the cookies used across all of our websites can be found below.

Traffic Penalty Tribunal Website:

trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.uk

Name of cookie Expiration Time Data Stored Purpose
CookieConsent 1 Year Site Cookie Preferences Used to identify if a user has accepted the website’s cookies policy.
wpfront-notification-bar-keep-closed 14 Days Feedback Banner Preferences Used to determine if a visitor has opted to close the feedback banner at the top of the site.
pll_language 1 Year Language Prefence This cookie is used to determine the preferred language of the visitor and sets the language accordingly on the website, if possible.
tpt_CwkMUzXY 1 Day Randomly generated alphanumeric values Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors
tpt_Oyon-_Wfb 1 Day Randomly generated alphanumeric values Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors
tpt_RnHdPYiKXp 1 Day Randomly generated alphanumeric values Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors
tpt_BaE_w- 1 Day Randomly generated alphanumeric values Used to distinguish logged in users and non-logged in visitors

Traffic Penalty Tribunal Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Library:

tro.trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.uk

Name of cookie Purpose
cookie_notice_accepted Used to identify if a user has accepted the site’s cookies policy.
wp_wpfileupload_0 A unique identifier given to each visitor.

Traffic Penalty Tribunal Fast Online Appeals Management (FOAM) appeals system

foam.trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.uk

Type of cookie Name of cookie Purpose
Session cookies _decider_session Session cookies allow FOAM to keep track of whether or not a user is signed in and to allow users to access the system without having to sign-in every time they visit.
New Relic NREUM, NRAGENT, JSESSIONID FOAM uses New Relic to monitor the performance of the system, so that the experience for FOAM users can be continually improved.
Livechat _lc.visitor_id.[xxxxxxx], lc_window_state Used to enable Live Chat within FOAM and to allow conversations to continue across the site.

Third-party cookies

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, LLC.

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website.

Name of cookie Expiration Time Data Stored Purpose
_ga 2 years Google Analytics Unique ID number Tracking data for Google Analytics. Helps work out unique visitor numbers.
_gat 1 minute Google Analytics Unique ID number Tracking data for Google Analytics. Helps calculate visitor session length.
_gat_gtag_{gaID} 1 minute Google Analytics Unique ID number Tracking data for Google Analytics. Helps calculate visitor session length.
_gid 24 hours Google Analytics Unique ID number Used to distinguish users.

Tableau

This website provides publishes statistics using Tableau. In order to improve this service, Tableau uses the following cookies.

Name of cookie Expiration Time Data Stored Purpose
tableau_locale Session Language Preference Used by Tableau to determine the preferred language and country setting of the visitor. This allows the website to show content most relevant to that region and language.
jserrors/1/# Session Tableau Report URL Used by Tableau to track any potential errors with the Tableau reports.
tableau_public_negotiated_locale Session Language Preference Used by Tableau in context with the language setting on the website. Facilitates the translation into the preferred language of the visitor.
JSESSIONID Session Unique Vistor ID Used by Tableau to preserve users states across page requests.
35f2b5d0eb Session Tableau Report URL Set by Tableau for technical tracking purposes.

Live Chat

This website offers visitors the opportunity to conduct a ‘virtual chat’ with one of the Traffic Penalty Tribunal customer support representatives using LiveChat software. In order to provide this service seamlessly across the website, some cookies are required to be set by LiveChat (see below).

Name of cookie Expiration Time Data Stored Purpose
__lc_cid 3 Years Livechat Unique Visitor ID Necessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function.
__lc_cst 3 Years Livechat Unique Visitor ID Necessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function.
__lc2_cid 3 Years Livechat Unique Chatbox ID Stores a unique ID string for each chat-box session. This allows the support to see previous issues and reconnect with the previous supporter.
__lc2_cst 3 Years Livechat Unique Chatbox ID Stores a unique ID string for each chat-box session. This allows the support to see previous issues and reconnect with the previous supportee.
CASID Session Livechat Unique Visitor ID Allows the website to recognise the visitor, in order to optimise the chat-box functionality.
__livechat 3 Years Livechat Customisation Options Used to hide the user’s personal customisation of LiveChat.
_livechat_has_visited Persistent An acknowledgement that the user has visited the site. Identifies the visitor across devices and visits, in order to optimise the chat-box function on the website.
side_storage_9485210 Persistent Undisclosed Set by LiveChat for undisclosed reason.
9485210:state Persistent Undisclosed Set by LiveChat for undisclosed reason.
@@lc_auth_token:9485210 Persistent Undisclosed Set by LiveChat for undisclosed reason.

Disabling / enabling cookies

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. For more details about cookies and details of how to delete and disable cookies you can visit the All About Cookies website.

Third-party cookies

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, LLC.

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website.

Name of cookie Expiration Time Data Stored Purpose
_ga 2 years Google Analytics Unique ID number Tracking data for Google Analytics. Helps work out unique visitor numbers.
_gat 1 minute Google Analytics Unique ID number Tracking data for Google Analytics. Helps calculate visitor session length.
_gat_gtag_{gaID} 1 minute Google Analytics Unique ID number Tracking data for Google Analytics. Helps calculate visitor session length.
_gid 24 hours Google Analytics Unique ID number Used to distinguish users.

Tableau

This website provides publishes statistics using Tableau. In order to improve this service, Tableau uses the following cookies.

Name of cookie Expiration Time Data Stored Purpose
tableau_locale Session Language Preference Used by Tableau to determine the preferred language and country setting of the visitor. This allows the website to show content most relevant to that region and language.
jserrors/1/# Session Tableau Report URL Used by Tableau to track any potential errors with the Tableau reports.
tableau_public_negotiated_locale Session Language Preference Used by Tableau in context with the language setting on the website. Facilitates the translation into the preferred language of the visitor.
JSESSIONID Session Unique Vistor ID Used by Tableau to preserve users states across page requests.
35f2b5d0eb Session Tableau Report URL Set by Tableau for technical tracking purposes.

Live Chat

This website offers visitors the opportunity to conduct a ‘virtual chat’ with one of the Traffic Penalty Tribunal customer support representatives using LiveChat software. In order to provide this service seamlessly across the website, some cookies are required to be set by LiveChat (see below).

Name of cookie Expiration Time Data Stored Purpose
__lc_cid 3 Years Livechat Unique Visitor ID Necessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function.
__lc_cst 3 Years Livechat Unique Visitor ID Necessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function.
__lc2_cid 3 Years Livechat Unique Chatbox ID Stores a unique ID string for each chat-box session. This allows the support to see previous issues and reconnect with the previous supportee.
__lc2_cst 3 Years Livechat Unique Chatbox ID Stores a unique ID string for each chat-box session. This allows the support to see previous issues and reconnect with the previous supportee.
CASID Session Livechat Unique Visitor ID Allows the website to recognise the visitor, in order to optimise the chat-box functionality.
__livechat 3 Years Livechat Customisation Options Used to hide the user’s personal customisation of LiveChat.
_livechat_has_visited Persistent An acknowledgement that the user has visited the site. Identifies the visitor across devices and visits, in order to optimise the chat-box function on the website.
side_storage_9485210 Persistent Undisclosed. Set by LiveChat for undisclosed reason.
9485210:state Persistent Undisclosed. Set by LiveChat for undisclosed reason.
@@lc_auth_token:9485210 Persistent Undisclosed. Set by LiveChat for undisclosed reason.

Disabling / enabling cookies

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. For more details about cookies and details of how to delete and disable cookies you can visit the All About Cookies website.

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