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 an identification card, and often stores your settings for the website you are on, which can be used for authentication, or preferences such as text size. Cookies can store a wide range of information, including personally identifiable information such as your user name or email address. Some cookies (third party or sometimes referred to as tracking cookies) will use the information from your cookies as you visit multiple websites, for example Google or Facebook advertising cookies. There are also cookies that are classed as session (expire when you leave the website) or persistent (expire at a set date - eg two years).
Cookie controller - cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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.
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.
You can also check which cookies we use on our branded applications, and find out how we use them.
