This Cookie Policy was last updated on 23/09/2025.
As is common practice with almost all professional websites UMA: the User Management Application for the ADS and the HSDS uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve the efficiency of our websites and services.
This Cookie Policy governs the use of cookies within UMA: the User Management Application for the ADS and the HSDS. By accessing and using UMA you are consenting to the use of cookies.
Please note that this policy is specific to UMA. The ADS and HSDS websites and our other related services may be subject to separate and distinct cookie policies.
This policy describes what information our cookies gather, how we use that information and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the systems functionality.
A cookie is a small text file which helps your web browser navigate through our website. The cookie can then be read back later by the web browser as required. The use of cookies is a convenient way of allowing your computer to remember information relating to a website which has been visited. A cookie may be either “persistent”, meaning it is stored by your web browser until an expiry date is passed or until deletion by you, or they can be “session” cookies, meaning they expire when the web browser is closed. For further information about cookies including a detailed definition, please consult All About Cookies.
UMA uses both session and persistent cookies to enhance the functionality of our website and services and to track visitor behavior, such as popular archives and search terms.
The following cookies enable our websites and services to function properly.
This cookie is an essential Java session cookie used to enable the functionality of our website. Without this cookie we can not remember which system and organisation you have logged in as. This is a session cookie, meaning it is automatically deleted when you close your web browser.
This essential cookie stores the name of the Service a user has come from during the registration process so the user can be returned to the correct Service after registering in UMA. This is a session cookie, meaning it is automatically deleted when you close your web browser.
This cookie records that you have clicked to accept our Cookie Policy so that you don’t repeatedly get challenged by our cookie banner. This is a session cookie, meaning it is automatically deleted when you close your web browser.
We may from time-to-time use social media features like the Facebook "Like" button, the Instagram "Follow" button, the LinkedIn "Share" button, and the Bluesky "Follow" button. When you use these buttons, these social media platforms may set their own cookies. These cookies are governed by the respective platforms' privacy and cookie policies, which you can review on their websites. We have no control over the content of these cookies.
We may also embed videos from YouTube on some pages. In most cases these videos are embedded using privacy-enhanced mode and do not set any cookies, but some will use a standard YouTube embed. We have no control over the content of these cookies.
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser will tell you how. Unfortunately restricting cookies may impact the functionality of UMA. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
