Use of cookies by North Devon Council
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Cookie preference | CookieControl | This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on northdevon.gov.uk. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. |
| Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
| _gali | Read Google's overview of privacy and safeguarding data | |
| _gat | ||
| _gid | ||
| YouTube cookies | GEO* | We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. |
| PREF* | Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page. | |
| VSC* | ||
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE* | GEO - * Expires At End Of Session | |
| remote_sid* | PREF - * Expires after eight months | |
| recently_watched_video_id_list* | VSC - * expires at the end of your session | |
| use_hitbox* | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE - *expires after eight months | |
| remote_sid - * expires at the end of your sessionrecently_watched_video_id_list - * Expires At End Of Session | ||
| use_hitbox - * Expires At End Of Session | ||
| Openspace - Ordnance Survey – Mapping | BIGipServerprod_as101202_http_pool | Expires: 1 hour |
| Payments website | ASPSESSIONIDACSDTBTT | Expires: when user exits browser |
| Public registers | ASP.NET_SessionId | Expires: when user exits browser |
| MVMSession | ||
| Licensing website | JSESSIONID | Expires: when user exits browser |
| guest_id | Expires: when user exits browser | |
| original_referer | ||
| _twitter_sess | ||
| k* | * expires after 7 days | |
| GovDelivery | t | expires after 100 years |
Cookies in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Voice
| Cookie name | Description | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| AADNonce.forms | Unique identifier of one authentication session to prevent replay. | Session |
| DcLcid | Saves language preference. | 90 days |
| MS0 | Stores the session identification cookie. | 90 days |
| MSFPC | Critical service cookie to analyze service usage anonymously and aggregated for statistical purpose. | 1 year |
| MUID | Used to identify different anonymous users. Critical service cookie to analyze service usage anonymously and aggregated for statistical purpose. | 1 year |
| _RequestVerificationToken | Used by the antiforgery system. | Session |
| AADAuth.forms | Azure Active Directory authentication token. | 90 days |
| AADAuthCode.forms | An authentication code used to redeem Azure Active Directory authentication token. | 90 days |
| AADSID.forms | Azure Active Directory authentication session ID. | 90 days |
| AADState.forms | Authentication state to indicate whether user is authenticated. | 90 days |
How do I change my cookie settings?
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by re opening the blue 'Hide or Show privacy settings' ribbon tab. By clicking the Accept button, you agree for us to collect cookies. We do not collect unless you click accept, and when you click the the 'hide' button on the blue banner Cookies are not collected. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
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