The Secure Message Forms service also uses 'cookies' in three limited ways. Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to an individual's computer hard drive. The information remains on your computer after the Internet session until the expiry time. Cookies used by this service do not contain any personal information. We make no attempt to identify individual users in any way.
Most Internet browsers are pre-set to accept cookies.
A cookie is used to determine whether your computer has support for cookies turned on. This allows us to advise you that you need to enable cookies to be able to use the service. A cookie is used to manage the maximum time to complete your transaction. It contains the start time of your transaction. A cookie is used to contain the session identifier to enable our web server to manage your session.