How we use your information
When someone visits any of the council owned sites, we collect
standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour
patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of
visitors to various parts of the site. We collect this information
in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt
to find out the identities of those visiting any of the council
owned sites. We will not associate any data gathered from these
site with any personally identifying information from any source.
If we do want to collect personally identifiable information
through our websites, we will be up front about this. We will make
it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what
we intend to do with it.
The following are the sites owned and administered by
Peterborough City Council:
www.peterborough.gov.uk/
www.travelchoice.org.uk/
www.saferpeterborough.org.uk/
www.peteyouth.org.uk/
www.blueskypeterborough.co.uk/
hawkeye.peterborough.gov.uk/
planpa.peterborough.gov.uk/
plandocs.peterborough.gov.uk/
www.peterborough-homes.com/
sense.peterborough.gov.uk/
admissions.peterborough.gov.uk/
booking.peterborough.gov.uk/
leisure.peterborough.gov.uk/
heatre.peterborough.gov.uk/
democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/
handh.peterborough.gov.uk/
apps.peterborough.gov.uk/schoolsevents
Use of cookies by Peterborough City Council
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by
websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make
websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide
information to the owners of the site.
There are two types of cookies that can be stored on your
machine
- Temporary Cookies (also known as Session Cookies)
- Stored Cookies (also as Persistent Cookies)
Temporary Cookies
These are also known as Session Cookies and are erased when you
close your browser. When you restart your browser and go back to
the site that created the cookie, the website will not recognise
you and a new session cookie will be generated. This cookie will
store your browsing information until you leave the site and close
your browser.
Stored Cookies
These are also known as Persistent Cookies and will remain on
your hard drive until you delete them or your browser deletes them
based on the duration period contained within the cookie file.
How the cookies are used
The way that cookies are used within our websites fall into
three categories:
- Essential Cookies
- Optional Cookies
- Third Party Cookies
Essential Cookies
These cookies are essential for parts of our sites to operate
correctly. We do not use these cookies to gather any personal
information; these cookies are solely used for the functioning of
our sites.
| Cookie |
Purpose |
Temporary |
| Session
Cookie for the Peterborough City Council Websites |
ASP.Net_SessionID
http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/,
http://www.travelchoice.org.uk/,
http://www.saferpeterborough.org.uk/,
http://www.peteyouth.org.uk/ and
http://www.blueskypeterborough.co.uk/
all use this essential cookie which is used by the applications to
enable them to distinguish one user’s activities from another while
they are in use. |
Y |
| Peterborough Archive Service Virtual
Catalogue |
The cookie is used to store the user’s
last search. |
Y |
| Online forms |
ebaseCookieTest
The cookie checks whether a browsers client supports cookies upon
your arrival to any online forms hosted by Peterborough City
Council.
JSESSIONID
This cookie is used by the system
to distinguish one user's activity from another while in use
1_pageSeq_1_[FORMNAME]
Used within the application to keep track of the user's current
position within the form. ([FORMNAME] will be replaced with
the name of the form.) |
Y
|
| Online Admissions |
ASP.Net_SessionID
ASPSESSIONID[random key]
Used for parents applying their children into various schools
within Peterborough. The cookie created for the site control and is
created upon visiting the site. |
Y |
| Leisure booking website |
ASP.Net_SessionID
ASPSESSIONID[random
key]
These cookies are used by
the application to enable the system to distinguish one user’s
activities from another while it is in use. |
Y |
| Theatre booking website |
ASP.Net_SessionID
ASPSESSIONID[random key]
These cookies are used by the application to enable the system to
distinguish one user’s activities from another while it is in
use. |
Y |
| Democratic services |
ASP.Net_SessionID
This cookie is used by the application to enable the system to
distinguish one user’s activities from another while it is in
use. |
Y |
| Democratic services |
A cookie is set when users
subscribe and login to receive daily updates of article from
Peterborough City Council. |
N |
| Peterborough Homes |
JSESSIONID
This cookie is used by the system to distinguish one user's
activity from another while in use |
Y |
| Peterborough Register Office
website |
eRegistrar.PeterboroughSessionID
ASP.Net_SessionID
SessionID
This cookie is used by the application to enable the system to
distinguish one user’s activities from another while it is in
use. |
Y |
| Peterborough Register Office
website |
JavascriptEnabled
This cookie is essential for the Peterborough Register Office site
and is used to check if the visitor has JavaScript enabled on their
device. This is so the site can display in a manner which will
enrich and enhance the visitor experience within the
website. |
N |
| Planning Documents website |
ASP.Net_SessionID
This cookie is used by the application to enable the system to
distinguish one user’s activities from another while it is in
use. |
Y |
| Planning application and information
website |
ASP.Net_SessionID
This cookie is used by the application to enable the system to
distinguish one user’s activities from another while it is in
use. |
Y |
| Hawkeye Interactive Map |
ASP.Net_SessionID
This cookie is used by the application to enable the system to
distinguish one user's activites from another while it is in
use. |
Y |
| Schools Event Booking System |
ASP.Net_SessionID
This cookie is used by the application to enable the system to
distinguish one user's activities from another while it is in
use. |
Y |
Optional Cookies
We use optional cookies within our sites, these will only be set
if you agree to set them. We do not use these cookies to gather any
personal information; these cookies are used so the user has a
better experience within our sites.
| Cookie |
Purpose |
Temporary |
| Cookie
Acceptance |
ac
This cookie is used to record if a user has accepted the use of
cookie. |
N |
| Survey and Poll Cookies |
Some
Peterborough City Councils surveys and quick polls require cookies
so we can determine whether the user has already submitted the
survey or quick poll. |
N |
| Heat Loss Cookie |
HeatLoss
The heat loss survey requires cookies to count how many times a day
user’s view their survey as currently only 3 attempts are
allowed. |
N |
| Remember Me Cookie for the Leisure
booking website |
This cookie
is used within the leisure booking site when a user checks the
“Remember Me” box on the login page. The cookie will store your
membership number for the site. |
N |
Third Party Cookies
The Council uses third party companies to supply functionality
to our websites. Cookies may be set on these however none of these
gather any personal information; these cookies are used so the user
has a better experience within our sites.
| Cookie |
Purpose |
Temporary |
| Google
Translation |
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__utmb
__utmc
__utmz
The Google translation cookie is a third party cookie which allows
users to translate the text of the websites to any language
supported by Google. Please see an overview of the Google privacy
policy. The above list of cookies is subject to change with
no notice, as their usage is determined and controlled by
Google. |
N |
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the
browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to
see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them,
visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Web server logs
All visits to our webserver are logged. The log includes details
of the date and time of the request, the page that was being
requested, your computer's network address (IP Address), the
cookies that are being used by our site and the type of
web browser you are using. The logs are not used for any
purpose other than to analyse traffic - please see the "Cookies"
section above.
Online forms
Data that you enter into our online forms is stored securely and
processed in accordance with the data protection act.