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.
