Cookie Policy
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. This sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone.
These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you eg:
- enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information during one task
- recognising that you have already given a username and password so you don’t need to enter it for every web page requested
- measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and that there is enough capacity to ensure they are fast
You can manage these small files yourself and learn more about cookies from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
You can allow, block, delete and manage cookies, and you can also read your browser's built-in or online help for more information.
Blocking cookies
The most effective way to block cookies is by changing the settings on your internet browser.
The links below show you how to do this on the most popular browsers used on our site.
- Block cookies using Internet explorer or Edge (https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy)
- Block cookies using Google Chrome (https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en)
- Block cookies using Apple Safari (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265)
Our use of cookies
The list below shows all of the cookies that are set by this website and the third-party services we use.
If you have any queries about these cookies or would like more information about them, please contact us.
Cookies for measuring use of services
Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This is to ensure that the website is available when you want it and to help us understand what you want to use.
Google Analytics cookies
|
Name |
Typical Content |
Expires |
|
_utma |
randomly generated number |
2 years |
|
_utmb |
randomly generated number |
30 minutes |
|
_utmc |
randomly generated number |
when you close your browser |
|
_utmz |
randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (eg direct or via a link, organic search or paid search) |
6 months |
Google Advertising cookies (Doubleclick.net)
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Name |
Typical Content |
Expires |
|
IDE |
randomly generated number |
2 months |
SCC Email alerts cookies (Granicus - formerly Govdelivery)
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Name |
Typical content |
Expires |
|
_trunk_session |
randomly generated numbers |
when you close your browser |
Google Translate cookies
|
Name |
Typical content |
Expires |
|
ASPSESSIONIDCQDBSADB |
randomly generated numbers |
when you close your browser |
ShareThis cookies and pixels
Share this Publisher Terms of Use
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Name |
Typical content |
Expires |
|
PHPSESSID |
randomly generated numbers/letters |
when you close your browser |
|
pubconsent-v2 |
Randomly generated numbers/letters |
13 months |