Cookie policy

• First Home Scheme Cookie Notice
• First Party Cookies
• Third Party Cookies
• Session Cookies
• Strictly Necessary Cookies
• Performance Cookies

First Home Scheme Cookie Notice

First Home Scheme uses technology to collect information for the purposes such as

• To ensure your connection to the website is secure
• To remember your tracking preferences
• To help us understand how visitors to our website are using it so we can make it better.

To collect the information this Website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is sent to your browser and stored on the hard drive of your computer (or internet enabled device) when you visit a website.

First Party Cookies

These cookies are set by the website you are visiting and only that website can read them.

Third Party Cookies

These cookies are set by someone other than the owner of the website you are visiting

Session Cookies

These cookies only last for the duration of your online session and disappear from your computer or device when you close your browser. On this website we use session cookies to secure the connection to your machine.

We use the following cookies on our website 

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information 

Cookie	Purpose	Host	Lifespan
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery....	ASP.Net Core Security session cookie used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Used to protect the server against common web-based attacks.	1st Party	Session
.AspNetCore.Mvc. CookieTempDataProvider	ASP.Net Core Security session cookie used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Used to protect the server against common web-based attacks.	1st Party	Session
Tracking_Cookie, TOAST	This is general purpose cookie set by our web application to acknowledge your cookie consent status. It is designed to hold temporary information that is passed between pages on our website. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser.	1st Party	Session (Expires in accordance with your browser settings), or Persistent for 7 day (if allowed by your browser settings and tracking preference).
UMB-XSRF-TOKEN	Web System Security session cookie used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Used to protect the server against common web-based attacks.	1st Party	Session
UMB-XSRF-V	Web System Security session cookie used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Used to protect the server against common web-based attacks	1st Party	389 Days
UMB_SESSION	Web System Security session cookie used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Used to protect the server against common web-based attacks	1st Party	Session
UMB_UCONTEXT_C	Web System Security session cookie used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Used to protect the server against common web-based attacks	1st Party	Session
UMB_UCONTEXT	Web System Security session cookie used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. Used to protect the server against common web-based attacks	1st Party	Session
__cf_bm	Vimeo Web Video Streaming System session cookie. Used to protect the server against common web-based attacks.	3rd Party	Session
player	Vimeo Web Video Streaming System cookie.	3rd Party	Expires with browser session or 1 year from last activity depending on your browser settings.
vuid	Vimeo Web Video Streaming System cookie.	3rd Party	Expires with browser session or 2 years from last activity depending on your browser settings.
_GRECAPTCHA	Google reCAPTCHA v3 cookie	3rd Party	Expires with browser session or 180 days from last activity depending on your browser settings.
1P_JAR	Google reCAPTCHA v3 cookie	3rd Party	Session
SIDCC	Google reCAPTCHA v3 cookie.	3rd Party	Expires with browser session or 1 year from last activity depending on your browser settings.
DV	Google reCAPTCHA v3 cookie.	3rd Party	Session

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance. 

Cookie	Purpose	Host	Lifespan
WT_FPC	Cookie set by WebTrends analytics service, used to track and report on visitor behaviour on a site for performance improvement. This Cookie is only ever set if you give us your consent to tracking.	3rd Party	2 years

This Website may link through to third party websites which may also use cookies over which we have no control. We recommend that you check the relevant third party’s privacy policy for information about any cookies that may be used. 

You can configure your web browser to refuse cookies, to delete cookies, or to be informed if a cookie is set. You can find out how to do this by clicking "help" on your browser menu. 

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit  http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ 

You should note that by deleting or blocking cookies, the Website may not function correctly, and you may not be able to access certain areas.