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More information about the cookies that we use on this website and what they do. Why we need to obtain your consent to store a cookie on your device and information about the popup that appears.

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of the website which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. The cookies we use are ‘analytical’ cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they’re using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by making sure users are finding what they need easily.

When you access a page on our website that uses a cookie, a new popup window will appear, with a request for your permission to use the cookie. This is before the cookie is applied.

Types of Cookies

Session cookies

Session cookies allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session. They may be used for a variety of purposes such as remembering what a user has put in their shopping basket as they browse around a site. They could also be used for security when a user is accessing internet banking or to facilitate use of webmail. These session cookies expire after a browser session so would not be stored longer term. For this reason session cookies may sometimes be considered less privacy intrusive than persistent cookies.

Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies are stored on a user's device in between browser sessions which allows the preferences or actions of the user across a site (or in some cases across different websites) to be remembered.  Persistent cookies may be used for a variety of purposes including remembering users’ preferences and choices when using a site or to target advertising.

First and third party cookies

Whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the website or domain placing the cookie. First party cookies in basic terms are cookies set by a website visited by the user - the website displayed in the URL window. Third party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than the one being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and a separate company sets a cookie through that website this would be a third party cookie.

Cookies Name Details
Session cookies set by Lewes District Council
1. http://www.lewes.gov.uk/ Deleted when the visitor closes their browser
Session cookies set by third parties
1. Google Analytics script http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js Deleted when the visitor closes their browser
Persistent cookies set by third parties
1. Google Analytics script http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js Stored on the visitor's device and expire on a given date
Javascript code that sets cookies
1. Collection Day script http://www.lewes.gov.uk/js/ldc.js
2. Local Plan script http://www.lewes.gov.uk/coun/planning/
lewes_local_plan/lp.js
3. Function menu script http://www.lewes.gov.uk/Templates/
fw_menu.js
4. Twitter script http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.min.js
5. Twitter script http://www.lewes.gov.uk/js/jquery.
jtweetsanywhere-1.2.1.min.js
6. Flash player import script http://www.lewes.gov.uk/videos/swfobject.js
7. SOCITM Insight Website Take Up Service http://socitm.govmetric.com/js/
socitm_wrapper.aspx
Flash movies found
1. District News - Winter 2011 http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/
style1/v2/IssuuReader.swf
2. Flash player http://www.lewes.gov.uk/videos/player.swf