About our site - Cookies

How to control and delete cookies

Lancashire County Council will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website(s), or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the Lancashire County Council website.

We use a number of suppliers who may also set cookies on our websites on our behalf in order to deliver the services that they are providing. If you would like more information about the cookies used by these suppliers, as well as information on how to opt-out, please see section 3 below.

Where we use cookies on our website

The list below shows all of the cookies that are set by this website and the third-party services we use. If you have any queries about these cookies or would like more information about them, please get in touch.

Cookies for improving service

Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This is to ensure that the website is available when you want it and to help us understand what you want to use. 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. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:

Name	Typical Content	Expires
_utma	randomly generated number	2 years
_utmb	randomly generated number	30 minutes
_utmc	randomly generated number	when you close your browser
_utmx	randomly generated number	2 years
_utmxx	randomly generated number	2 years
_utmz	randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search)	6 months

For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Code website. For more information regarding how to opt out. Please visit Google Analytics Privacy Overview http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

Lancashire County Council uses a website statistics service called SiteAnalyze for web analytics. This service uses a cookie is to help record your use of this website. It is used to collect statistics about site usage such as when you last visited the site. This information is then used to improve the user experience on the Lancashire County Council website.

This SiteAnalyze cookie contains a randomly generated ID used to recognise your browser when you read a page. The cookie contains no personal information and is used only for web analytics.

Name	Typical Content	Expires
nmstat	used to help record your usage of the site.	1000 days after your last visit
SP.NET_SessionId	used to track the sequence of pages you look at during a visit.	When you close your browser

Cookies for managing your current visit

We use a number of cookies to remember your selections or preferences that you’ve made when looking at the information on this site.

Name	Typical Content	Expires
homepage%2Dstyle=search OR homepage%2Dstyle=classic	homepage options	180 days
contrast=alternative&textsize=normal	accessibility options	180 days
survey	yes / no	yes: 30 days, no: 1 day

Third Party Cookies set

We uses a number of suppliers who also set cookies on the our website on our behalf in order to deliver the services that they are providing. If you would like more information about the cookies used by these suppliers, as well as information on how to opt-out, please see their individual privacy policies.

Local Shared Objects (Flash Cookies)

We uses the Adobe Flash Player to deliver its video content services. To improve user experience, Local Shared Objects - or Flash Cookies as they are commonly known - are employed to provide features such as auto-resume and for saving your preferences. Flash Cookies are stored on a user's terminal much the same as cookies are, however it is not possible to manage them at browser level in the same way.

How to disable Flash Cookies:

The Adobe website provides comprehensive information on how to delete or disable Flash cookies either for a specific domain like bbc.co.uk or for all websites - see http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security for details. Please be aware that restricting the use of Flash Cookies may affect the features available to you for Flash based content.

Cookies set by Third Party sites

To support your experience on our website, we sometimes embed photos and video content from websites such as YouTube and Flickr. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube or Flickr, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these.

LCC Sharing Tools

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that our website now carries embedded ‘share’ buttons to enable users of the site to easily share some content with their friends through a number of popular social networks. These sites may set a cookie when you are also logged in to their service. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party website for more information about these.