Daventry District Council Cookies
On or after the 26th May 2012 when you first visit Daventry District Council you’ll see a message in the bottom right corner of your web browser. This notification is required in order for the website to comply with the above mentioned EU cookie directive. As part of the directive we have to make you aware that we are using cookies on our site, secondly we have a responsibility to tell you what cookies we are using and what they are used for, third we need your permission before any cookies can used.
Daventry District Council uses a custom in-house cookie for high contrast accessibility in parts of the website. Using this cookie allows your browser to retain something called state (a way of remembering a chosen setting) as you navigate between different pages. By using cookies to retain state the website can remember a preference or settings you’ve selected during your visit. i.e. if you were to select a high contrast view as your preferred colour scheme on self service every subsequent page in self service would read this cookie and automatically set the chosen scheme. This type of cookie is known as persistent (details below). Without this persistent cookie the browser would have no way of knowing what you’d selected on a previous page. The result (in this instance) is that every page would reset the chosen setting.
What happens when I click allow cookies?
By clicking allow cookies a custom “cookies enabled” cookie is set for the given area you are in, this may be the main website, self service, postcode checker, contact us form, direct debit signup. The result is that during your current or subsequent visit(s) you will no longer see this message and cookies will automatically be used. By clicking allow cookies you also consent to using Google Analytics cookies, these cookies are used to collect stats on visitor numbers and to establish what content is most viewed, these help us improve areas of the site and tailor content accordingly. More information can be found on Google Analytics and 3rd party cookies further down the page.
What happens if I don't click allow cookies?
In essence nothing. If you prefer not to allow cookies the message can be ignored and the site can still be used. However, you will continue to see the message on each and every page you visit on the site. In addition some features of the site may not function correctly or at all. For more details regarding cookies, how they are used and the different types for this website please read on.
Session Cookies
Are temporary Cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site. This information is not stored after you have left the site.
Persistent cookies
Remain in the Cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie but this may be indefinitely or until deleted).
Third party cookies
The Daventry District Council website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of the Daventry District Council website. This analytical tool uses 'cookies', which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitor’s use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for Daventry District Council.
Daventry District Council will not (and will not allow any third party) to use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any personally identifiable information of visitors to our site. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source as part of our use of the Google statistical analytics tool. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither Daventry District Council nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user.
By using the Daventry District Council website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Information on how Google uses cookies can be found here: Google privacy pages
Third party sites and website widgets
We embed our video content using YouTube. Information on how YouTube uses cookies can be found here: YouTube privacy policy The Daventry District Council website also uses a number of widgets, collectively they make our website more interesting to the site visitor however sadly most of these widgets also use cookies.
Cookies used by Daventry District Council Website and 3rd Party Applications
Cookie
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More information
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E-Pay Payments page cookie (Capita IP E-Pay and Portal)
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Session cookies only. These are necessary for the application to work as they hold information when the user moves between pages. They do not hold any personally identifiable or sensitive data and are only temporary, and should be deleted by the browser when the user leaves the web-site.
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Essentially they hold a random number which identifies data held on the server throughout the payment. Once the payment is complete the server data linked to the random number no longer exists, regardless of whether the cookie has been deleted or not. The session cookie is only temporary and should be deleted by the browser when the user leaves the web-site. The cookies contain no personally identifiable or sensitive data and the related information on the server side will have been deleted.
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DD online page (Capita Public Access)
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JSessionId
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Session cookies only. Security framework checks for the authentication/principal object in the requests session.
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DDC Self Service
Postcode Calendar Checker Session
DDC Web mapping
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ASP.NET_SessionId
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Session cookie stores a unique ID which relates to where the user currently is in the self service application, who they are, and whether or not they have passed the captcha validation. None of this is retained on the user’s PC but a unique id (a session id) which relates to the information held temporarily on the server.
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DDC Self Service
DDC Web Mapping
Postcode Calendar Checker
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Persistent Cookie. Created when the style for self service, web mapping or the postcode checker is switched between High or Default Contrast.
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Subsequent visits read this cookie if the DDC Acceptance Cookie is set and a change to the preferred contract is made. This cookie does not hold any personally identifiable information and contact a value of either "HighContrast" or "Standard".
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DDC Main Website
DDC Self Service
DDC Web Mapping
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DDCAcceptanceCookie |
Persistent Cookie. Created when initial cookies message is dismissed. If this cookie exists the user will not see the cookie message again (unless the cookie is deleted). Cookies are then used by the website.
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Establishes if user has dismissed initial cookie message and consented to the use of cookies on the website. Used on current and subsequent visits to confirm acceptance for the use of cookies on the website. This cookie does not hold any personally identifiable information and only contains a value of "true".
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IIS Cookie
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ASP.NET_SessionId
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This cookie is set by IIS. However, this is then made available to .net applications such as EasySite CMS in order to track the user during their visit. This cookie expires upon exit, and does not store personal information.
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Google Analytics
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__utmz tracks where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link)
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Google Analytics
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__utma tracks each user's amount of visits, and the time of the first, the previous, and the current visit
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Google Analytics
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__utmb and __utmc are used to track how long you stay on a site - when a visit starts and approximately ends
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How to control and delete cookies
Daventry District Council will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by the Daventry District Council website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings.
For more information on how to control and delete cookies, you may wish to visit About Cookies which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of web browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may cause the Daventry District Council website to work incorrectly.
If you wish to view your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.
For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
How to disable cookies
You can stop cookies being downloaded on to your computer by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
There is more information about cookies, including how to delete them on the website About Cookies. For more information on the cookie set by Google Analytics please go see Google's privacy policy. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites please go to Google's opt out page.
Self Service, Contact us, Session(s)
We currently use IP addresses to determine the number of service requests made per household in a day. Using IP addresses aids in protecting residents from malicious miss-use by those that attempt to use the service in a way that is not intended.
Twitter privacy policy
FaceBook Data use policy
FlickR privacy policy
YouTube privacy policy
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