March 2025 - we are in the process of updating our cookie controller, some elements are not working as intended (turn off advertising). We aim to fix this within 4 weeks. You can also choose to deny cookies within your browser settings. For now our advertising banner is set to only show our own council adverts and promotions, in the future when the control is in place, national ads will also be included, but you can choose if you want to see these.
What is a web cookie?
A web cookie is a small file which contains information stored on your computer by a website you visit. It acts as your identification card, and often stores your settings for the website, which can be used for authentication, identification of a user session, shopping basket content or user's preferences such as text size, language or location.
When you return to the site, your browser sends back the cookie that belongs to the site. This allows the website to present you with information customised to fit your needs or settings.
Our cookie controller is set to only allow 'necessary cookies' by default, no complicated choices for you, we understand that most users will keep the default setting.
You will have to explicitly opt-in, if you want to allow 'additional cookies'. This includes, analytics, advertising and remarketing and also allowing read and write to Third party cookies that track your activity and originate from other websites.
The following cookies are used to improve your experience using our www.peterborough.gov.uk website.
Additional cookies
These only apply if you explicitly choose to 'Opt-in to additional cookies' within our cookie controller. Additional cookies are denied by default. These cookies can help us to understand more about you and how you use our website, for example track paid for advertising, so that we can improve our content and services and provide relevant re-marketing to you. Allowing additional cookies will also enable 'third party cookies'. Below is an example of some of the additional cookies you could expect to see.
Cookie name | Expires | Information |
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_gat_gtag | 1 minute | Google Tag Manager - Used to collect information about how you use our website. The information includes number of visitors, pages visited and time spent on the website. The information is collected is aggregated and anonymous |
_ga | 2 years | Google Analytics 4 - This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
AWSELBCORS | Session | Amazon web service 'Load balancer' |
_fbt | 3 months | Facebook - store and track activity on webpages and across websites for marketing and ad campaigns |
+ AWSELB | Session | 3rd party cookie - The AWSELB cookie ensures that all page views for the same visit (user session) are sent to the same endpoint. This enables us to determine the sequence of a user's page views needed for features like Behaviour Tracking and Funnels. |
MUID | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity - Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. |
CLID | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity - Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. |
Third party advertisements on our website
We allow 3rd party cookies so we can show you personalised advertisements. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
If you would like to prevent these cookies being applied and personalised/3rd party advertisements being displayed, you can select "reject all cookies" on our consent management banner or specifically turn off just advertising cookies.
We only allow these cookies if you choose to "accept all cookies" on our consent management banner which pops up when you first visit our site. The following cookies are set when you click to accept:
Cookie | Usage |
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__gads | Targeting/Advertising |
__gpi | Targeting/Advertising |
__qca | Targeting/Advertising |
_ga | Performance |
_gat_CANTracker | Performance |
_gat_gtag_UA_71520058_1 | Performance |
_gid | Performance |
_pbjs_userid_consent_data | Functionality |
ad-id | Targeting/Advertising |
ad-privacy | Targeting/Advertising |
audit | Targeting/Advertising |
bcookie | Performance |
cpSess | Functionality |
cref | Targeting/Advertising |
dsp_pubmatic | Targeting/Advertising |
dsp_TTD | Targeting/Advertising |
euconsent-v2 | Targeting/Advertising |
IDE | Targeting/Advertising |
KADUSERCOOKIE | Targeting/Advertising |
khaos | Targeting/Advertising |
lang | Targeting/Advertising |
li_gc | Targeting/Advertising |
lidc | Performance |
mc | Targeting/Advertising |
TDCPM | Targeting/Advertising |
TDID | Targeting/Advertising |
D | Targeting/Advertising |
DSID | Targeting/Advertising |
dsp_app_nexus | Targeting/Advertising |
dsp_id5 | Targeting/Advertising |
dsp_smart_ad_server | Targeting/Advertising |
__Secure-ENID | Targeting/Advertising |
CONSENT | Targeting/Advertising |
AEC | Targeting/Advertising |
OTZ | Targeting/Advertising |
DV | Targeting/Advertising |
NID | Targeting/Advertising |
SOCS | Targeting/Advertising |
Our website may link to a range of web services and applications or other domains, each of these should have a separate cookie policy and cookie controller.
How to disable cookies
By default, your browser's cookies are enabled. You can delete cookies from your computer or you can set your browser to reject cookies.
Disabling cookies all together is not advisable, because some websites may not function properly. However, if you really need to disable cookies, check your browser's guidance on their official website:
Your privacy
Cookies can store a wide range of information, including personally identifiable information such as your user name or email address. For that reason, the European Union has issued an ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC), which regulates the use of cookies and storing personally identifiable information.
Our use of cookies doesn't give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
Find out more about cookies on the Information Commissioner's Office website.