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.
The following cookies are used to improve your experience using our website.
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 allowing read and write to Third party cookies.
Some pages may load 1st party cookies for embedded applications to display map data, or when filling out a form.
Cookies used by other council applications
The following is a list of other applications used by the council separate from the council website, you can see which cookies these applications use below or by clicking on the links.
Some of these applications may also use Google Analytics, details of the cookies used can be found above.
We are reviewing 3rd party applications, and websites between May 2023-December 2023 to align with removing the need for cookies (cookieless by default).
| Cookie name | Expires | Information |
| X-Mapping-bdeddcaj | End of session | These cookies are added by the Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager (ZXTM) to ensure that user sessions are persistent. |
| style | 365 days | This cookie is used to set a specific style of the site. |
Modern.gov council meetings system
| Cookie name | Expires | Information |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | End of session | Used to identify the users session on the server. |
| Cookie name | Expires | Information |
| JSESSIONID | End of session | Used by sites written in JSP. General purpose platform session cookies that are used to maintain users' state across page requests. |
Register Office online bookings
| Cookie name | Expires | Information |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | End of session | Used to identify the users session on the server. |
| eRegistrar.PeterboroughSessionId | End of session | This cookie is used by the website to store the user's session ID. |
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.
