Cookies

We want to make services we deliver on the internet easy and our content richer and relevant.  This sometimes involves placing cookies on your computer or mobile device.

Cookies are simple pieces of data stored on your hard drive. They are safe as they cannot be used to disseminate viruses and they can't be executed as code.

The cookies that we use cannot be used to identify you personally as no personal information such as telephone numbers or email addresses are stored within these cookies.

Cookies used on our website

We will save the following cookies on your computer:

Essential

Name	Purpose	Expires
ASP.NET_SessionId	A unique identifier given to you for the duration of your site visit. It is used to ensure that you and only you are shown information relevant to you. It contains no personally identifiable information, but is temporarily linked to your user account if you log in.	Until you close your browser

Online Forms

Name	Purpose	Expires
ASP.NET_SessionId	A unique identifier given to you for the duration of your site visit. It is used to ensure that you and only you are shown information relevant to you. It contains no personally identifiable information, but is temporarily linked to your user account if you log in.	Until you close your browser
firmstep2session	A unique identifier given to you for the duration of your site visit. It is used to ensure that you and only you are shown information relevant to you. It contains no personally identifiable information, but is temporarily linked to your user account when you log in.	Until you close your browser
irmstep2server	Used to direct your request to the appropriate server. No personal information is stored.	Until you close your browser

Council Tax login

Name	Purpose	Expires
LoginForm	Cookies used when log in to your council tax account.	Until you close your browser

Stats cookies

We use Google Analytics to collect statistical data about our visitors. We collect this information in a way that does not identify you and the data is not shared with anybody else.

Name	Purpose	Expires
__utma	Keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred.	2 years from set/update
__utmb	Records moment in time when a visitor enters a site and expires at the end of the session.	30 mins from set/update
__utmc	Records moment in time when a visitor leaves a site and expires after 30 minutes.	until you close your browser
__utmv	Keeps track of which events (pdf, word documents or external links) are being used on our site, to help improve customer experience.	6 months from set/update
__utmz	Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked on and what keyword was used.	2 years from set/update

Managing your cookies

You can delete cookies stored on your computer at any time. You can also change your privacy settings to block websites from storing cookies on your computer by visiting your browser's website on how to manage cookies.

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer v 9.0
• Internet Explorer v 7 and 8
• Mobile Safari
• Safari v 5.1

For more information on cookies visit www.aboutcookies.org. 

Opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics

Information on how to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites and Google use of cookies:

Google Analytics Opt-out

Google privacy pages

If you set your browser to refuse cookies, please be aware that there will be parts of this website that will not function correctly.

Third party cookies

Our site has a number of pages with embedded videos or other content from a third party. Cookies placed on your computer or mobile device from a third party are not related to www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk.

The West Dunbartonshire Council does not control how a third party uses their cookies. Please check third party websites' privacy policies:

Twitter privacy policy

FaceBook Data use policy

FlickR privacy policy

YouTube privacy policy