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Cookies are small anonymous text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. The Council is committed to only using cookies that are either essential (ie they are required to make something work) or that help us to make your experience of using the web site better.

The following cookies are used on this website:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting your needs and to understand how we can make the website work better.

Google Analytics stores information about what 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 Description Expiry
__utma Records a users visits to our website, used to determine return visits and unique users. Never
__utmb Records when a users enters our website. At end of session.
__utmc Records when a users exits our website. 30 minutes
__utmz Records where a user to our website was referred from, their location, which search engine they used, which search terms they used, what links they clicked on when visiting out website. 6 months

Hotjar

Hotjar sets cookies to help us track behaviour across pages and to control visitor polls. The cookies carry no personally identifiable information. We do not collect or store any other personal information (eg your name or address) so this data cannot be used to identify who you are.

Name Description Expiry
hjClosedSurveyInvites This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal pop-up. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown. 365 days
_hjDonePolls This cookie is set once a visitor completes a Poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same Poll does not reappear if it has already been filled in. 365 days
_hjMinimizedPolls This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through our site. 365 days
_hjDoneTestersWidgets This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. 365 days
_hjMinimizedTestersWidget This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through our site. 365 days
_hjDoneSurveys This cookie is set once a visitor completes a survey. It is used to only load the survey content if the visitor hasn't completed the survey yet. 365 days
_hjIncludedInSample This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heatmaps, Funnels, Recordings, etc. 365 days
_hjShownFeedbackMessage This cookie is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if they navigate to another page where it is set to show. 365 days

Modern Gov

Name Description Expiry
ASP.NET_SessionId 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

Jobs

Name Description Expiry
ASP.NET_SessionId Session Cookie, essential and allows you to log on to the jobs website so that you can manage your account and apply for jobs online. End of Session

Changing Lives

Name Description Expiry
ASPSESSIONIDCASQACCA Session Cookie. End of Session

Cookies set by third party websites.

We sometimes embed video, images or other content from websites such as Vimeo, YouTube, Flickr and Twitter. We may also allow you to share links to content on our site with other websites by the use of 'Share' buttons.

As we have no control over the cookies set by these websites, please look at the relevant third party websites for more information.

Change cookie settings for this website

Most web browsers allow some control of cookies through the browser settings. Find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them.

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