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Cookies

Like most websites, we place small information files called 'cookies' on your computer.

We use cookies to:

remember your settings, such as your location and language. This means you don’t have to keep entering these details when you visit a new page
find out how you use the site – this helps us update and improve it.

Location cookies – opt in or out

The website can show you specific information for your local area, if we know your location.

For example, you can see nearby groups, services and events without having to sift through information for other areas.

Location cookies are the only ones we use that collect your personal information.

Other cookies we use

The 2 types of cookies we use are:

required functionality cookies – essential for the website to work.
performance and feature cookies – these help to improve the performance and feel of this website, for example, providing you with personalised services.

The cookies message you might have seen at the bottom of your screen uses cookies itself.

Take a look at a list of cookies we use on our website:

Name	Type (required functionality or performance and feature)	How we use it	How long we use the information for
ASP.Net_Sessions	Required functionality	This cookie is necessary for site functionality. It stores a unique identifier for each visit to retain session state across multiple pages.	Just for the time you are on our website.
ServerID	Required functionality	This cookie is necessary for site functionality to provide load balancing functionality.	Just for the time you are on our website.
_ga	Required functionality	To track the effectiveness of our website using Google Analytics.	2 years

Third party cookies

There are links and content from other sites and services on our website. These sites and services set their own cookies.

Below are a list of cookies that the other sites and services use:

Service name	Purpose	More information
Google analytics (_utma/b/c/z/_ga/_gid/_gat)	These are used to compile reports for us on how people use this site. Cookies of the same names are also used for the same purpose by other websites such as Building Futures, Countryside Management Service and Hertfordshire LIS.	Visit the Google Analytics website for more information about the cookies they use.
Google Translation - googtrans	This cookie is used to remember which language to translate each page into if you have chosen to do so.	It expires at the end of your browser session.
Bing	We use a Bing cookie to track the success of our marketing campaigns and make them more efficient.	Visit Bing to find out more about their cookies.
Google	We use a Google cookie to track the success of our marketing campaigns and make them more efficient.	Visit Google to find out more about their cookies.
Facebook	We have a number of presences on Facebook, which we may link to. Facebook may set some of its own cookies if you follow these links. We use Facebook Pixel to track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and make them more efficient.	Visit Facebook to find out more about their cookies.
Twitter	We have a number of presences and feeds on Twitter, which you may wish to follow or read from this website. Twitter may set some of its own cookies.	Visit Twitter to find out more about their cookies.
YouTube	We have a YouTube channel, which we may link to. YouTube may set some of its own cookies if you follow those links.	Visit YouTube to find out more about their cookies.
LuckyOrange	This session cookie is set to let Lucky Orange know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate heatmaps and funnels.	Visit Lucky Orange to find out more about their cookies.
Siteimprove	These cookies are set to help us report on how people are using the site so we can improve it.	Visit Siteimprove to learn more about their cookies.

How to change your cookies settings

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking or tapping on the ‘C’ icon. Adjust the sliders to On or Off, then click or tap ‘Save and close’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.

Alternatively, 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, visit www.aboutcookies.org.

Turning off some cookies may stop you from using some of the online features and services on this website.

Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you how Hertfordshire Climate Change and Sustainability Partnership uses your personal information as part of its work and progress.

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

personal identifiers, contacts, and characteristics (for example, name and contact details)
any organisation name and website that you may be representing.

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Your personal information is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

to communicate with you on the work and progress of the partnership
to invite you to provide feedback (for example, stakeholder engagement on the partnership’s work)
to share information about events, resources, publications, and other relevant information.

We may share this information with officers whose work interacts with climate change, sustainability or public health within our organisations in Hertfordshire to help coordinate efforts to improve our climate change response with the community across the county.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent. You can remove your consent at any time by contacting hccsp@eastherts.gov.uk.

International data transfers

The council does not share your information with countries outside of the UK without ensuring that sufficient safeguards are in place that are equivalent to the UK Data Protection legislation or the UK GDPR. For this purpose, we do not share your data internationally.

Automated decision making

There are restrictions on automated decisions based solely on automated means without any human involvement, including restrictions on profiling. It is not anticipated that your data will be subject to automated decision making or profiling for this purpose. However, if you have any queries about this, please contact the council’s Data Protection Officer using ‘Our contact details’ below.

How we store your personal information

Please see East Hertfordshire District Council's corporate privacy notice.

How long we keep your information

Your information will be retained until your consent is revoked. We will write to you regularly to ensure that your consent remains valid.