Cookies

The Adur & Worthing Councils website uses cookies to ensure that you get the best experience from our website.

You can opt out of using cookies that measure website use on the Adur & Worthing Councils cookie settings page.

Please refer to the information laid out below if you want to find out more:

Cookie usage on this site:

About cookies

A 'cookie' is a small piece of text stored on the computer, phone or whatever you used to surf the Internet. We encourage you to accept the cookies our website uses as they help us to improve the user experience for you and many others.

Adur & Worthing Councils makes some use of cookies during your visit to our site.

This page lists cookies that may be used or set and shows sample data of what is set in each cookie to show that they don't contain any personal information. Not all cookies listed below would be set when you visit our website, they are only set if you visit the area of the site they relate to.

Cookies are devices which identify your computer to our web-server and personalise our website for your future use. Cookies are only used to pass information submitted by you for use on another webpage on our site (ie during a search, or when using our GIS mapping system, or when accessing an on-line database).

Cookies are stored on the computer's hard drive. They cannot access the hard drive - so a cookie can't read other information saved on the hard drive, or get a user's e-mail address etc. They only contain and transfer to the server as much information as the users themselves have disclosed to a certain website.

A cookie will not be created to personally identify you as an individual for our purposes. Instead they may contain a number that represents your saved location used for bin collection day lookups. If you do not use the cookie, you would have to type in your postcode and select your address every time you wanted to do a bin day lookup.

Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can amend your web browser's settings or preferences so that you can accept all cookies, be notified when a cookie is about to be set or to reject all cookies, but this might affect your use and the functionality of this site and some features may not work if cookies are turned off or restricted.

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Types of cookies

Session cookies: Session cookies allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session (while your web browser remains open). 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 (when you close your web browser and come back to it at a later time or date) 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.

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How to delete cookies, reject cookies, control cookies, or amend your web browser to either prevent cookies or give consent for cookie use

There are several options open to you here ...

We would recommend:

Our recommendation is that you allow the cookies set by this website as they enhance your browsing experience, give you full website functionality and also help us provide you with a better service and improve the website for the future.

Giving consent for cookie use:

This page informs you about the cookies that may be set by our website. Using the information provided on this page allows you to decide whether to leave your browser settings as they are and thereby give consent to cookies or to amend your browser settings so that you choose and control whether to delete, restrict or block the cookies you do not wish to accept.
Please feel free to apply them how you wish using the browser settings laid out in the section below (your browser settings will allow you to control cookie use not only on this website but on any website you visit depending on how you choose to set them).

Allowing temporary cookie permission:

Alternatively, you can set your web browser to delete cookies when you stop browsing the internet and close your web browser. This is a very useful option as it allows you to make full use of a website's functionality the cookies provide, but then automatically deletes the cookies when your browser closes meaning nothing is stored for the next time you visit the internet (this effectively gives temporary cookie permission).

However, if you do not want to receive cookies from this website:

You can select 'cookie settings' under the 'privacy settings' in your web browser's options, and add our domain to the list of websites you do not want to accept cookies from, you can also delete individual cookies or any cookies that your browser has already stored.

However, please note that if you set your browser to refuse all cookies by default:

Please be aware that there will be some useful functionality on websites that either does not work or offers you only limited or restricted functionality as they require cookies to function properly.
You can find more information below on controlling cookies in different web browsers.

One final note:

By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, reject all cookies or delete the cookies you don't want to keep, or delete cookies when you exit your web browser.

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Controlling cookies in different web browsers

(including how to give consent to, delete, block or restrict cookies)

The best way for you to control cookies is by using settings in your web browser. This will allow you to control all cookies on all sites you visit by changing your cookie settings just once. You will not then have to change cookie settings on every site you visit, which could be a time consuming process.

The following external websites will tell you how to delete, block or restrict cookies depending on what web browser(s) you are using:

Cookies used on the Adur & Worthing Councils' website

Adur & Worthing councils - set your location cookies
Adur & Worthing councils - font size cookie
Adur & Worthing councils - screen contrast cookie
Adur Tenants' Self Service On-Line cookie
e-forms : Adur & Worthing Council e-forms cookie
Payments:
- e-Payments Capita cookies
- e-Payments Paycobalt (parking) cookies
Planning Public Access : Adur & Worthing Planning system cookies
Social media cookies: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr
Website statistics cookies - including:
- Why do we collect website statistics?
- What do we do with these website statistics and information?
- What if I disable the website statistics cookie on my computer?
- Google Analytics cookie

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Adur & Worthing councils - set your location cookies

When you set your location and save it the following cookies are set. These allow you to find out information on various webpages around the site that refer to services for your address (eg bin days collections) or for your district (eg Adur or Worthing) and means your preference will be remembered when you next visit the site.

aw-uprn cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	aw-uprn
Content sample	60012000
Host/domain	.adur-worthing.gov.uk
Path	/
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	1 year from set/update

aw-district cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	aw-district
Content sample	Road+Name%2C+Adur (or Worthing)
Host/domain	.adur-worthing.gov.uk
Path	/
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	1 year from set/update

aw-district-only
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	aw-district-only
Content sample	Adur or Worthing
Host/domain	.adur-worthing.gov.uk
Path	/
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	1 year from set/update

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Adur & Worthing councils - font size cookie

Setting this cookie will allow use of larger fonts across the website and means your preference will be remembered when you next visit the site.

awAccessibilityFontSize cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	awAccessibilityFontSize
Content sample	largeText - gives a larger font size, or normalText - gives the default smaller font size
Host/domain	.adur-worthing.gov.uk
Path	/
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	1 year from set/update

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Adur & Worthing councils - screen contrast cookie

Setting this cookie will allow use of your preferred screen contrast across the website and means your preference will be remembered when you next visit the site.

awAccessibilityContrast cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	awAccessibilityContrast
Content sample	normalContrast - gives black text on white, or highContrast - gives white text on black
Host/domain	.adur-worthing.gov.uk
Path	/
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	1 year from set/update

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Adur Tenants' Self Service On-Line cookie

The Adur Tenants' Self Service On-Line portal may set two cookies:

JSESSIONID: This is used to keep track of the session and expires when the session does
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	JSESSIONID
Content sample	4F07580E4978681245DDE275421ACB91
Host/domain	adcaccess.adur.gov.uk
Path	/ssp
Send for	Encrypted connections only
Expires	At end of session

userTxtSize: This is used to store the txt size preference for that user and expires after 3 months of inactivity
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	userTxtSize
Content sample	16px
Host/domain	adcaccess.adur.gov.uk
Path	/ssp/
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	3 months from set/update

Also sets these cookies :

Web analytics cookie

Go to the Adur Tenants' Self Service On-Line

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e-forms : Adur & Worthing Council e-forms cookie

We use e-forms around the website may set the following cookie:

OFSessionHash cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	OFSessionHash
Content sample	6d9c926b31f740ca9b82cc06afd027334a5a63e1
Host/domain	www.adur-worthing.gov.uk
Path	/eforms/
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	At end of session

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e-Payments Capita cookie

The code provided by Capita to allow you to make e-Payments may, by default, set cookies.

These are beyond our control, but are required to allow you to use our e-Payments by Capita.

Capita payments may set this cookie:

JSESSIONID cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	JSESSIONID
Content sample	7BBCD735A82B9A5E5E87B85CF09AF569.ip-node1
Host/domain	ip.e-paycapita.com
Path	/AIP
Send for	Encrypted connections only
Expires	At end of session

Go to ourpayments pages

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e-Payments Paycobalt (parking) cookie

The code provided by Paycobalt to allow you to make e-Payments relating to parking may, by default, set cookies.

These are beyond our control, but are required to allow you to use our parking e-Payments by Paycobalt.

Paycobalt may set this cookie:

PHPSESSID cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	PHPSESSID
Content sample	o13r9u33jtmkshfq3qa20opum3
Host/domain	www.e-paycobalt.com
Path	/
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	At end of session

The Paycobalt third party product also uses Google Analytics web statistics

Go to our payments pages

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Planning Public Access: Adur & Worthing Planning (Public Access) system cookie

The Adur & Worthing Planning (Public Access) system uses 'Session Cookies' which are stored on your computer at the beginning of your session and deleted by your browser when the session terminates.

If you do not wish the on-line Planning System to save these session cookies onto your computer then you may adjust your browser settings to prevent their use, however this may affect your usage of the system. Please consult your browser's help for guidance on how to do this.

The Adur & Worthing Planning (Public Access) system may set these cookies:

JSESSIONID cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	JSESSIONID
Content sample	919122D3142DFDBA15186BA9A7490447
Host/domain	planning.adur-worthing.gov.uk
Path	/online-applications
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	At end of session

If you view associated documents (plans, etc) this cookie may be set:

ASP.NET_SessionId cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	ASP.NET_SessionId
Content sample	ozq0eu20d5qmski5ep5n54i2
Host/domain	194.201.99.229
Path	/
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	At end of session

The Planning Public Access Adur & Worthing Planning (Public Access) system also sets these cookies:

Google Analytics cookie

Go to the Adur & Worthing Planning system:

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Social media cookies

Adur & Worthing Councils make use of various external social media websites and they may set their own cookies which are beyond our control. You can find out about if you use their services:

Facebook cookies - on the Facebook website
- See our Facebook page
Flickr cookies - on the Yahoo! website
Twitter cookies - on the Twitter website
- See our Twitter page
YouTube cookies - on the Google website
- See our YouTube page

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Website statistics

Why do we collect website statistics?

The website statistics software only gathers information about how our website is being used, eg the webpages visited, and the route(s) taken to get there.
The website statistics software does not collect personal information about you or any personal data you may enter on our website, eg it does not collect names or addresses in forms, account numbers, payment details, etc.

What do we do with these website statistics and information?

Using these website statistics and information we can:
- determine which areas of the site are most heavily used
- improve the way our website works
- improve the website's navigation
- detect and fix broken links and other errors
This helps us to improve your user journey and experience of our website making it easier for you to find things which in turn makes it more efficient for you to use.

What if I disable the website statistics cookies on my computer?

If you disable the website statistics cookies we will not get this valuable information about how people are using our website and what sections of it are being used most (or least).
We will therefore find it harder to improve our website and your user experience.

We currently use the following statistics software:

Google Analytics

Note: Adur & Worthing Councils' websites do not use Google website statistics directly, but some of the 3rd party products we link to may make use of Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ('Google').

Google __utma cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	__utma
Content sample	1.143612833.1350037319.1350037319.1350037319.1
Host/domain	this will vary depending on which site stats are being gathered for
Path	this will vary depending on which site stats are being gathered for
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	2 years from set/update

Google __utmb cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	__utmb
Content sample	1.1.10.1350037319
Host/domain	this will vary depending on which site stats are being gathered for
Path	this will vary depending on which site stats are being gathered for
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	30 minutes from set/update

Google __utmc cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	__utmc
Content sample	1
Host/domain	this will vary depending on which site stats are being gathered for
Path	this will vary depending on which site stats are being gathered for
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	At end of session

Google __utmz cookie
Cookie detail	Cookie content or sample content
Name	__utmz
Content sample	1.1350037319.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)\|utmccn=(direct)\|utmcmd=(none)
Host/domain	this will vary depending on which site stats are being gathered for
Path	this will vary depending on which site stats are being gathered for
Send for	Any type of connection
Expires	6 months from set/update