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We make every effort to maintain the accuracy of the information on this website and this privacy statement applies to this entire website – www.runnymede.gov.uk. It does not apply to linked external websites. When linking to another website, we recommend reading their privacy statement on cookies.
Read on to find out more about the cookies we use, what they are for, and when they expire.
Questions and further information
Further information about cookies and their use can be found on the Information Commissioner's Office website. If you have any questions about cookies and how we use them you can contact us at general.enquiries@runnymede.gov.uk
Strictly necessary cookies
Necessary cookies help make our website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | Persistent |
| PHPSESSID | Preserves user session state across the page requests | Session |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | Persistent |
| __data/layers.json__data |
This cookie is set by Runnymede map service enabling you to use the mapping service. |
Persistent |
| __data/layers.json__data__ttl__ | This cookie is set by Runnymede map service enabling you to use the mapping service. | Persistent |
| __data/layers.json__protocol | This cookie is set by Runnymede map service enabling you to use the mapping service. | Persistent |
| __data/layers.json__protocol__ttl__ | This cookie is set by Runnymede map service enabling you to use the mapping service. | Persistent |
| __data/layers.json__thumbprint | This cookie is set by Runnymede map service enabling you to use the mapping service. This cookie is used to display thumbnail images in the map legends. | Persistent |
| __data/layers.json__thumbprint__ttl_ | This cookie is set by Runnymede map service enabling you to use the mapping service. This cookie is used to display thumbnail images in the map legends. | Persistent |
Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies are used to collect and report information on how our website is used. This helps us to improve the website based on the needs and behaviour of our visitors.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. We also collect the following information: IP address, country, browser, operating system, and screen resolution.
| Cookie | purpose | Expiration time |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day |
| _gat | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day |
| collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Pixel tracke |
SurveyMonkey
| Cookie | purpose | Expiration time |
|---|---|---|
| cdp.seg | Helps track behavior for segmentation | 90 days |
| attr-multitouch | Used for session stitching (connecting multiple visits to our site) for multiple-source conversion attribution analysis - so that we understand user paths to conversion (sign up, paid conversion, upgrade, renewal, lead form submission) and to measure the efficacy of SurveyMonkey marketing in driving conversion | 1 year |
| ep201 | These cookies also help us to manage the traffic that comes to our website and provide you with quicker response times by distributing the traffic across our different servers, otherwise known as load balancing. | 1 hour |
| ep202 | These cookies are used to enable certain additional functionality and enable testing of new functionality | *deprecation of this cookie is in progress |
| ep203 | Enables the system to uniquely identify browsers/devices for the purpose of mitigating account sharing. Identifies devices that could be account sharing which is not allowed under our terms of use | 90 days |
| JSESSIONID | JSESSIONID is a cookie generated by Servlet containers and used for session management in J2EE web applications for HTTP protocol. If a Web server is using a cookie for session management, it creates and sends JSESSIONID cookie to the client and then the client sends it back to the server in subsequent HTTP requests. | Session |
| Cookie | purpose | Expiration time |
|---|---|---|
| sb | to store browser details | 2 years |
| fr | deliver, measure and improve the relevancy of ads | 90 days |
Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiration time |
|---|---|---|
| lang | This domain is owned by Twitter. It collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting. | Session |
| ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. Google privacy statement | Pixel tracker |
| IDE | 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 Google privacy statement | 1 year |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos YouTube privacy policy | 179 days |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen YouTube privacy policy | Session |
| yt.innertube::nextId | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen YouTube privacy policy | Persistent |
| yt-remote-cast-available | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video YouTube privacy policy | Session |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video YouTube privacy policy | Persistent |
| fr | to provide ad delivery | 3 months |
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