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Cookie Types

Session Cookies

This type of cookie is used to provide continuity during your time on the web site.

They ensure that any information you have entered on the site is remembered.

Example: If an e-commerce site didn't use session cookies, the items you add to a "shopping basket" would disappear by the time you reach the "checkout".

Session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your web browser.

Persistent Cookies

This type of cookie enables a web site to remember you on future visits, speeding up or enhancing your experience of services or functions offered.

For example, a site may offer content in different languages.

On your first visit, you choose to view the site in French. This is recorded in a persistent cookie set on your browser.

Next time you visit the site the cookie will be read, and the content will be delievered in French automatically.

Persistent Cookies are kept on your hard drive until you erase them or they expire.

General information cookies and how to control them on your computer can be found on the Cookies Information page.

Multiple cookies may be found in a single file depending on which browser you use.

Persistent Cookies used by Dept. of Education

CookiesOn, nsDOE_session (username@www.ednet.ns.ca) - A unique identifier given to each computer to allow traffic analysis to determine the number of unique visitors to various parts of EDnet.ns.ca. Data is only used in the aggregate. Cookies persist until they expire, and are then deleted. They may also be deleted manually by the user.

SelectSurveyNetASPAdvancedCookie
(Select Survey Application) - A cookie set to recognize return visits where only one survey response is permitted. Works for anonymous or authenticated users. Cookies persist until the survey is concluded, and are then expired/deleted. They may also be deleted manually by the user.

userroles (Select Survey Application) - A cookie set for authenticated users, allowing completion of unfinished surveys or (where permitted) changes to previously submitted responses. Cookies persist until the survey is concluded, and are then expired/deleted. They may also be deleted manually by the user.

Persistent Third-Party Cookies

google.com PREF, google.com NID (Google Maps): unique identifiers given to each computer to allow traffic analysis to Google Maps. Data is only used in aggregate. Cookies persist until they expire, and are then deleted. They may also be deleted manually by the user.