Cookies are small anonymous text files which are placed on your computer by websites you visit.
The council is committed to only using cookies that are either essential (this means they are required to make something on our website function properly) or that help us to make your experience of using the website better. The following cookies are used on this website:
We use a few different cookie messages on our website to advise you of our cookie policy.
Cookies may be stored on your computer to indicate you have muted our cookies messages.
We are working to harmonise our different messages to use a single message.
| Name | Software | Description | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| cc_cookie | Bathnes (Cookie Control) |
Used for storing cookie consent preferences to remember user choices regarding cookie usage on the website. | 1 year |
| INGRESSCOOKIE | NGINX | Used by webservers for managing session ingress to ensure proper routing of user requests within the website. | Session |
We use Google Analytics on many of our websites to collect information about how you use this site. We do this to make sure it meets your needs, and to understand how we can make the website work better.
Google Analytics stores information about which pages on this site you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on while you are here.
| Name | Software | Description | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | GA4 | Used to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _gid | GA4 | Used to distinguish users | 1 day |
| test_cookie | DoubleClick | Used for testing cookie functionality to ensure that cookies are set correctly and functioning as intended. | 1 day |
We use Clarity as a behavioural analytics tool to help us understand user interaction with our website. Clarity's normal functioning requires that it sets cookies on a visitor's browser. Clarity's cookies send non-personally identifiable information about users.
| Name | Software | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| MR | Bing | Indicates whether to refresh MUID. | 7 days |
| SRM_B | Bing | Used for session management and tracking to monitor user interactions and improve website performance. | 365 days |
| ANONCHK | Microsoft Clarity | Used for storing anonymous user data to help improve the user experience and track user behavior on the website. | 365 days |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID. | 365 days |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | 1 day |
| CLID | Microsoft Clarity | Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. | 365 days |
| SM | Microsoft Clarity | Used in synchronising the MUID across Microsoft domains. | Session |
| MUID | Microsoft Clarity/Bing | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 365 days |
Hotjar uses cookies to help us track behaviour across pages, and to create visitor polls. The cookies carry no personally identifiable information. We do not collect or store any other personal information (such as your name or address), so we cannot use this data to identify who you are.
| Name | Software | Description | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _hjSession_909367 | Hotjar | Used for Hotjar session tracking to analyse user behaviour and gather feedback on website usability. | 1 year |
| _hjSessionUser_909367 | Hotjar | Used for Hotjar user session tracking to monitor individual user sessions and gather insights on user experience. | 1 year |
| Name | Software | Description | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASP.NET_SessionId | ModernGov | This temporary cookie is essential for secure use of the democracy web pages. It enables you to securely log on, subscribe to notification emails, and to submit information to the council. This cookie is not used for any purpose other than securing your logon session. | end of Session |
Cookies set by third party websites
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As we have no control over the cookies set by these websites, please look at their guidance on cookie use for more information.
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