Cookie Declaration

How the UK Police & Courts Service (police.gov.uk.goplex.me) uses cookies. Last updated MMXXVI.

What we store

This portal uses only strictly-necessary cookies. They are required for the site to function (signing in, checking references, paying tickets and fines, and protecting forms) and cannot be switched off. We set no analytics, advertising, or cross-site tracking cookies, and we never share cookie data with third parties.

Cookie Purpose Type Expires

POLICESESSID Keeps you signed in for the duration of your visit. Holds a session identifier only — no personal data is stored in the cookie itself. Marked Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax, and sent only to police.gov.uk.goplex.me. Strictly necessary When you close your browser (session); sign-in lapses after an hour

csrf (in session) A per-session token that protects every form — including the “Authorise payment” button and all police and court actions — against cross-site request forgery. Held server-side within your session, never as a cookie of its own. Strictly necessary With the session

Cookie	Purpose	Type	Expires
`POLICESESSID`	Keeps you signed in for the duration of your visit. Holds a session identifier only — no personal data is stored in the cookie itself. Marked Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax, and sent only to police.gov.uk.goplex.me.	Strictly necessary	When you close your browser (session); sign-in lapses after an hour
`csrf` (in session)	A per-session token that protects every form — including the “Authorise payment” button and all police and court actions — against cross-site request forgery. Held server-side within your session, never as a cookie of its own.	Strictly necessary	With the session

A first-visit notice preference is remembered in your browser's localStorage (not a cookie), so the banner stays dismissed without storing anything extra. The reference checker also counts your look-ups inside your session to slow down anyone trying to guess references.

Your login

You sign in here with your GoplexMC in-game account — the username and password you set with /register (2k6Auth). The password is checked directly by this portal against the 2k6Auth account database; it keeps its own first-party session cookie on police.gov.uk.goplex.me and does not share it with the other in-game GOV.UK sites, each of which asks you to sign in separately. See the Owen2k6 Network for network-wide policies.