Cookie policy

The information below gives an overview of types of cookies. It also provides details of cookies set by the Healthy Cornwall website and third parties when using our website.

Types of cookies

There are 2 different types of cookie that can be placed in your browser by a website:

Session cookies are only used for the period you use the website. They are deleted when you close your web browser. A new cookie would then be placed in your web browser if you were to visit the same website again in the future.
Persistent cookies remain in your browser once you have left the site and closed your web browser. The next time you visit the site the information in the cookie will be used to ensure the website works as set up at the previous visit. For example to display certain things on the homepage. Persistent cookies will expire if the website that set them is not visited again within a certain timescale.

1st and 3rd party cookies

1st party cookies are cookies set by the www.healthycornwall.org.uk website or a subdomain of it.
3rd party cookies are placed by another 3rd party system when browsing the www.healthycornwall.org.uk website. For example by embedded content within a Healthy Cornwall web page such as YouTube.
Some cookies that are essential for sites to work properly could be set by one or more of the Cornwall Council websites.

Cookies on our website

You can block cookies by third party websites in the cookie options available from the top of every page.
Cookies set by our core www.healthycornwall.org.uk website are not used to identify you personally. They are cookies that are required to make the website work as needed.

Name	Purpose	Lifespan
ASP.NET_SessionId	User session control	Removed at end of user session
_RequestVerificationToken	Security for pages that include forms	Removed at end of user session
HC-third party	controls if the user agrees to third party content	18 days
HC-saved	Part of the cookies control	18 days
HC-analytics	Part of the cookies control	18 days

Google analytics cookies

The google analytics cookies record usage of the website and systems. They only capture anonymised information. We make no attempt to find out the identities of those visiting any of our websites, We do not share this information with anyone.

Google publish information on how they manage the data they collect, on their google safeguarding data page.

Cookies set by embedded third party content

We embed some content in the website including:

Videos
Facebook Pixel – to help us understand which parts of our website visitors use for marketing purposes. Users can choose to block this via cookie consent

However, they are not provided directly by us. These systems often set cookies on your machine. In some cases these cookies will be used by the third parties to personalise content for you. You can choose to block third party cookies in the cookie settings available from the top of every page.

Please note that some of the content will not display if you choose to block these cookies.

Below are links to privacy policies from the organisations that we embed content from.

Provider	Use on website	Policy
YouTube	Videos	YouTube privacy policy - Please note most of our YouTube videos use privacy mode which means no cookies are set until you choose to play a video
Vimeo	Videos	Vimeo cookie policy
Mailchimp	Remember preferences for mailing lists	Mailchimp's cookie statement

Managing cookies

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies visit the about cookies website. You can find out what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them.

You can choose to block the cookies that are set by the Cornwall council website. However you must be aware that doing so may mean that parts of the site will not work correctly.

You can also choose to block only cookies from third parties.