Cookies

We use "cookies" on our websites.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files placed by websites on to a user's computer. These programs are generally used to identify a user's computer or provide website functionality.

Why do we use them?

Cookies help deliver a better website.

Cookies can, for example, store site preferences, saved locations, wishlists, shopping baskets or favourites to help make a website work better for you.

Cookies can also be used to log visits to websites suing "analytic" tools. Such tools help the website owner manage the site and ensure that users can find the content or service they need.

Are cookies safe?

Cookies do not store personal information. The cookies we use are not used to deliver web banners or adverts.

How do I control cookies?

We recommend that you allow cookies to be used, but you may choose to block or control cookies through the settings in your web browser.

Read more about cookies:

How we use cookies

We use Google Analytics on our website, which counts the number of visitors to the site and individual pages and helps us redesign the website to provide a better service. We do not use cookies to collect personal information.

All other cookies are set by third party services. These cookies do not collect personal information.

The full list of cookies:

Google Analytics

Google Analytics sets cookies to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage. This to ensure that the service is available when you want it and fast.

Name: _utma
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 2 years

Name: _utmb
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 30 minutes

Name: _utmc
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: when user exits browser

Name: _utmz
Typical content: randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (that is directly or via a link, organic search or paid search)
Expires: 6 months

For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics, please refer to Google Code.

If you wish to opt out of Google Analytics, you can use Google's opt out tool.

Licensing website

Name: JSESSIONID
Typical content: randomly generated number – site will not function without cookie
Expires: when user exits browser

Public registers

Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Typical content: randomly generated
Expires: when user exits browser

Name: MVMSession
Typical content: randomly generated
Expires: 24 hours

Payments website

Name: ASPSESSIONIDACSDTBTT
Typical content: randomly generated
Expires: when user exits browser

Twitter

Name: guest_id
Typical content:
Expires: when user exits browser

Name: original_referer
Typical content:
Expires: when user exits browser

Name: _twitter_sess
Typical content:
Expires: when user exits browser

Name: k
Typical content:
Expires: 7 days

Openspace (Ordnance Survey) – Find your nearest

BIGipServerprod_as101202_http_pool
Typical content:
Expires: 1 hour

Screen reader

Name: _utma
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 2 years

Name: _utmb
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: 30 minutes

Name: _utmc
Typical content: randomly generated number

Name: _utmz
Typical content: randomly generated number + info on how the site was reached (e.g. directly or via a link, organic search or paid search)
Expires: 6 months

Name: JSESSIONID
Expires: when user exits browser

YouTube – embedded videos

Name: GEO
Typical content:
Expires At End Of Session

Name: PREF
Typical content:
Expires 7 days

Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Typical content:
Expires 9 months

Name: recently_watched_video_id_list
Typical content:
Expires At End Of Session

Name: use_hitbox
Typical content:
Expires At End Of Session

Contact information

To contact the webteam:

Telephone: 01271 388434
For Typetalk: precede with 18001
Email: webmaster@northdevon.gov.uk

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Our office hours are 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday.