What is a web cookie?
A web cookie is a small file which contains information stored on your computer by a website you visit. It acts as your identification card, and often stores your settings for the website, which can be used for authentication, identification of a user session, shopping basket content or user's preferences such as text size, language or location.
When you return to the site, your browser sends back the cookie that belongs to the site. This allows the website to present you with information customised to fit your needs or settings.
Our cookie controller is set to only allow 'necessary cookies' by default, no complicated choices for you, we understand that most users will keep the default setting.
You will have to explicitly opt-in, if you want to allow 'additional cookies'. This includes, analytics, advertising and remarketing and also allowing read and write to Third party cookies that track your activity and originate from other websites.
The following cookies are used to improve your experience using our www.peterborough.gov.uk website.
Third party advertisements on our website
We allow 3rd party cookies so we can show you personalised advertisements. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
If you would like to prevent these cookies being applied and personalised/3rd party advertisements being displayed, you can select "reject all cookies" on our consent management banner or specifically turn off just advertising cookies.
We only allow these cookies if you choose to "accept all cookies" on our consent management banner which pops up when you first visit our site. The following cookies are set when you click to accept:
| Cookie | Usage |
|---|---|
| __gads | Targeting/Advertising |
| __gpi | Targeting/Advertising |
| __qca | Targeting/Advertising |
| _ga | Performance |
| _gat_CANTracker | Performance |
| _gat_gtag_UA_71520058_1 | Performance |
| _gid | Performance |
| _pbjs_userid_consent_data | Functionality |
| ad-id | Targeting/Advertising |
| ad-privacy | Targeting/Advertising |
| audit | Targeting/Advertising |
| bcookie | Performance |
| cpSess | Functionality |
| cref | Targeting/Advertising |
| dsp_pubmatic | Targeting/Advertising |
| dsp_TTD | Targeting/Advertising |
| euconsent-v2 | Targeting/Advertising |
| IDE | Targeting/Advertising |
| KADUSERCOOKIE | Targeting/Advertising |
| khaos | Targeting/Advertising |
| lang | Targeting/Advertising |
| li_gc | Targeting/Advertising |
| lidc | Performance |
| mc | Targeting/Advertising |
| TDCPM | Targeting/Advertising |
| TDID | Targeting/Advertising |
| D | Targeting/Advertising |
| DSID | Targeting/Advertising |
| dsp_app_nexus | Targeting/Advertising |
| dsp_id5 | Targeting/Advertising |
| dsp_smart_ad_server | Targeting/Advertising |
| __Secure-ENID | Targeting/Advertising |
| CONSENT | Targeting/Advertising |
| AEC | Targeting/Advertising |
| OTZ | Targeting/Advertising |
| DV | Targeting/Advertising |
| NID | Targeting/Advertising |
| SOCS | Targeting/Advertising |
Our website may link to a range of webservices and applications or other domains, each of these should have a separate cookie policy and cookie controller.
How to disable cookies
By default, your browser's cookies are enabled. You can delete cookies from your computer or you can set your browser to reject cookies.
Disabling cookies all together is not advisable, because some websites may not function properly. However, if you really need to disable cookies, check your browser's guidance on their official website:
Your privacy
Cookies can store a wide range of information, including personally identifiable information such as your user name or email address. For that reason, the European Union has issued an ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC), which regulates the use of cookies and storing personally identifiable information.
Our use of cookies doesn't give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
Find out more about cookies on the Information Commissioner's Office website.