Cookies used on dorsetforyou.com
A list of all cookies used on different parts of dorsetforyou.com.
You can set your web browser to refuse cookies from this site and delete any that have already been set. However, please be aware that this will result in significant chunks of functionality not working as intended.
Persistent cookies
These remember your preferences from visit to visit to remember, for example, if you have changed the font size and whether you have JavaScript enabled on your computer. These will remain on your computer unless you delete them.
Session cookies
These cookies are deleted when you leave dorsetforyou.com.
- Dorset History Centre shop
- Dorset County Council planning applications
- Library catalogue
- Purbeck e-payments
- Reporting road problems
- Newsroom
- Purbeck planning applications
- Dorset Pictures Online (archive images)
- Family Information Service (Word)
- North Dorset mapping
- Dorset County Council online payments
- East Dorset planning
-
Roktalk text to speech functionality (opens in a new window)
- North e-payments
- Christchurch planning
- Weymouth & Portland e-payments
- Christchurch e-payments
- Various Dorset County Council e-forms including the
Dorset Waste Partnership non-standard collection form. This software is supplied by Firmstep who have a
cookie statement (opens in a new window) available (cookie AWSELB doesn't apply)
Third party cookies
These are cookies set by other websites whose services we use on dorsetforyou.com
Socitm
We use a Socitm survey to ask visitors their opinion of our site. Socitm set a cookie to make sure that you are not asked to complete the survey every time you visit the site .
Google maps
We embed some Google maps on our pages to show the location of various facilities. Google uses cookies to manage locations and to provide web analytics in terms of the number of times a map has been viewed and/or shared.
Google translations
We use this functionality to automatically translate our web content into different languages
Kampyle 'give feedback' functionality
We use this functionality in the bottom right corner of every page to seek customer feedback on all aspects of this website. This helps us improve the website to meet needs
YouTube (Google)
We embed some videos from our dorsetforyou.com YouTube account to provide add value to certain areas of content. A YouTube cookie is used to provide web analytics in terms of the number of times a video has been watched and/or shared.
We embed some Twitter feeds on our pages. Twitter uses cookies to determine who follows the various links contained in these embedded feeds.
We embed some Facebook feeds on our pages. Facebook uses cookies to determine who follows the various links contained in these embedded feeds.
AddThis.com
We have "Share this page" functionality at the bottom of every page. This allows users to bookmark and share that page. Clearspring use cookies to aggregate data to offer reporting to websites that use AddThis and help their advertisers.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to gather aggregated information to understand how visitors engage with dorsetforyou.com. Knowing which areas of content are most popular allows us to organise our content accordingly, making it easier for customers to find what they are looking for. The data is collected anonymously, reporting website trends without identifying individual visitors. The data collected is very helpful to us in improving this website, but you can
opt out (opens in a new window) if you wish.
