Cookie Use in LearnHSCNI

The LearnHSCNI LMS is supplied by Agylia. The platform, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us customise your experience. Find out more about cookies and how you can control them below.

What are cookies? Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser (for example, Internet Explorer or Chrome) on your computer or mobile phone when you visit a website. They allow websites to store things like user preferences. You can think of cookies as providing a ‘memory’ for the website, so that it can recognise you when you come back and respond appropriately.

Types of cookie Cookies are used for a variety of purposes. Cookies will generally fall into the following categories:

• Strictly necessary - cookies that are essential for the platform to function.
• Analytical - cookies that collect statistics on how the platform is being used.
• Functional - cookies remember the choices you have made, such as saving your preferred language.
• Targeting or Advertising - cookies that deliver adverts that are more relevant to you and your interests when you browse the internet.

As well as the above categories, cookies can be further classified with the below information. These help to determine which domain is setting the cookie and how long it will remain on your device:

• Session cookies: These cookies are temporary and are only active whilst your browser session is open. These cookie will be removed when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies: These cookies have expiration dates and will stay on your device for a set period of time. Once this period has elapsed, they will be removed from your device.
• First-party: These are cookies set by the LMS supplier (Agylia) directly and used for security or site management. Only Agylia can retrieve this data and it is not shared with other sites. Although Agylia may work with other third-parties to provide these cookies, only Agylia can view the contents.
• Third-party: These are cookies that are set by a different domain. Agylia can’t view or collect any information from these types of cookie.

LearnHSCNI LMS Components that use Cookies The following components of the LearnHSCNI LMS use cookies:

• Learner Portal
• Administration Portal

The details of the cookies used by each of these components is detailed below.

Cookie Details

Learner Portal

Cookie Name	Purpose	Type	Persistence	Category
exp	Enables access to features of our services based on the authorised account	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary
sid	Preserves your session state across page requests	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary
uid	Enables access to features of our services based on the authorised account	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary
CloudFront-Policy	Enables access to features of our services based on the authorised account	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary
CloudFront-Signature	Enables access to features of our services based on the authorised account	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary
CloudFront-Key-Pair-Id	Enables access to features of our services based on the authorised account	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary

Admin Portal

Cookie Name	Purpose	Type	Persistence	Category
ai_session	Used by Microsoft Azure Application Insights, to collect site telemetry and identify any service issues	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary
.ASPXAUTH	Enables access to features of our services based on the authorised account	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary
ai_user	Used by Microsoft Azure Application Insights, to collect site telemetry and identify any service issues	First-party	Persistent	Strictly Necessary
ARRAffinitySameSite	Load-balancing cookie to route the request made through a web browser to the same server in any browsing session	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary
ASP.NET_SessionId	Preserves your session state across page requests	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary
ARRAffinity	Load-balancing cookie to route the request made through a web browser to the same server in any browsing session	First-party	Session	Strictly Necessary