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 by Peterborough City
Council:
http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/
http://www.travelchoice.org.uk/
http://www.saferpeterborough.org.uk/
http://www.peteyouth.org.uk/
http://www.blueskypeterborough.co.uk/
http://hawkeye.peterborough.gov.uk/
http://planpa.peterborough.gov.uk/
http://plandocs.peterborough.gov.uk/
http://www.peterborough-homes.org.uk/
http://sense.peterborough.gov.uk/
http://admissions.peterborough.gov.uk/
http://booking.peterborough.gov.uk/
http://leisure.peterborough.gov.uk/
http://theatre.peterborough.gov.uk/
http://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/
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 |
| ASP.NET
Session Cookie for the Peterborough City Council
Websites |
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 |
The cookie checks whether a browsers
client supports cookies upon your arrival to any online forms
hosted by Peterborough City Council. |
Y
|
| Online Admissions |
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 |
| ASP.NET Session Cookie for the Leisure
booking website |
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 |
| ASP.NET Session Cookie for the Theatre
booking website |
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 |
This cookie is essential for
Democratic services and is used when users subscribe and login to
receive daily updates of article from Peterborough City
Council. |
N |
| Peterborough Homes |
This cookie is essential for the
Peterborough Homes website which stores information on which
properties a visitor has selected and it is used to store
information within the visitor’s basket. |
N |
| ASP.NET Session Cookie for the
Peterborough Register Office website |
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 |
| JavaScript Cookie on the Peterborough
Register Office website |
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 |
| ASP.NET Session Cookie for the
Planning Documents website |
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 |
| ASP.NET Session Cookies for the
planning application and information website |
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 |
| ASP.NET Session Cookie for the Hawkeye
Interactive Map |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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.