Cookies on hantsfire.gov.uk

Cookies are small text files that are saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you use a website service.

Below is a list of the cookies we use on our website and for what purpose.

We cannot use cookies to identify you.

Analytics cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics software to collect anonymous information about how you use our website. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make it better. We do not allow Google to use or share this data with anyone else or for its own advertising purposes. Our cookies are marked as ‘no consent’ which means that Google can only use them to provide us with analytics information and nothing else.

Google Analytics stores information about:

• how you got to the site
• the pages you visit on our site and how long you spend on them
• what you click on while you are visiting the site

Below are the cookies Google uses on our site:

• _ga – this is used to distinguish users – expires after 6 months
• _ga_<container id> – this is used to determine the session on our website – expires after 6 months

You can opt-out of any Google Analytics by using the plugin provided by Google which is designed to work with a number of browsers.

You can also control your browsers use of cookies on other websites, please check your browser help pages for further information on how to use those settings.