Cookies are pieces of data that are often created when you visit a website, and which are stored in the cookie directory of your computer. A number of cookies are created when you visit the Worcestershire website.
The cookies do not contain any personal information about you, and they cannot be used to identify an individual user.
You can set your browser not to accept cookies. If you do not know how to do this, contact us, giving details on the type of browser you are using, and we will do our best to help. Please note that if you do set your browser not to accept cookies many of the enhanced features may not work correctly.
We recommend you allow the cookies we set by this web site as they help us to provide you with a better service.
If you do not want to receive cookies from this website:-
You can find more information on how to delete and control cookies at AboutCookies.org
If you set your browser to refuse cookies, please be aware that there may be functionality on various web sites that does not work.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics website statistic which uses cookies to help us to gauge the number of people that visit the council's website and to analyse how they use it (e.g. we can determine which pages on our site are the most popular ones).
The information generated by the cookies about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties when required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, we would recommend looking athttp://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
The Council does not use Analytic cookies for any other purpose than reporting site use and does not share information with anyone outside of the Council.
Social Media Links
The Social Media buttons in the page footer pass temporary cookies to the social media sites (Facebook, Twitter etc) which just includes the address of the page you wish to share.
These cookies should not be saved to the computer as they are "cached" in the browser.
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Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitor have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
More information:
An overview of privacy at Google
