Cookie Notice
Use of Cookies by Stevenage Even Better and other associated websites under the ownership of Stevenage Borough 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 more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our websites.
We use this information to help us make improvements to the sites. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come from and the pages they visited. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
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
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published guidelines regarding the use of cookies on all websites.
1st Party Cookies
| Cookie Name | Cookie Type | Purpose | Lifespan |
| _ga | http | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _gat_gtag_[ID] | session | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | |
| _gid | http | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information on how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited is in an anonymous form. | 1 day |
| test_cookie | session | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | |
| cookie_notice_accepted | http | Stores cookie acceptance preference | 1 year |
| comment_author_* | http | This cookie remembers your last comment details, such as your name, so that you will not have to type it again. | 1 year |
| comment_author_email_* | http | This cookie remembers your last comment details, such as your email address, so that you will not have to type it again. | 1 year |
| comment_author_url_* | http | This cookie remembers your last comment details, such as your URL, so that you will not have to type it again. | 1 year |
3rd Party Cookies
| Cookie Name | Cookie Type | Purpose | Lifespan |
| IDE | http | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 1 year |
| 1P_JAR | http | YouTube- Used to gather website statistics, and track conversion rates. | 1 month |
| GPS | http | YouTube- GPS data for mobile users | |
| PREF | http | YouTube- Unique session Id to identify the client displaying a YouTube video | 8 months |
| SIDCC | http | YouTube- is a security cookie to protect a user’s data from unauthorized access. | 3 months |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | http | YouTube- Remembers YouTube player settings and style | 240 days |
| YSC | session | YouTube- Unique session id for that visitor | |
| remote_sid | session | YouTube- This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video. |
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