Website and Cookie Policy
Using our website
Our acceptable use policy sets out the terms between you and the OPCC under which you may access and use our website and can be found on our acceptable use page. Please ensure that you read and understand the terms of this policy before using our site.
Information provided to the OPCC by users or visitors through the use of this website will be treated in confidence and will not be disclosed to third parties unless such disclosure accords with the terms of our privacy notice.
The OPCC website may store or capture personal information, where this is voluntarily offered (for example via complaints, feedback forms and e-mail in order to assist us to deliver or improve our services). The website will also log the user’s IP address which is automatically recognised by the web server.
We use cookies for collecting specific user information from the
site, but only that which is required for system administration of the
web server.
This statement only covers the OPCC website (http://www.cumbria-pcc.gov.uk) and does not cover other websites linked from our site. The OPCC is not responsible for the content, performance, accuracy, privacy of external websites that may be linked from its site. The views expressed on external sites and on any social networking services do not necessarily represent the views of, or endorsement by the OPCC.
Cookies
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a piece of information saved by a web site on an internet user’s hard drive through their browser. The information the cookie contains is set by the site and can be used by the site whenever the user visits the site. There’s more information here.
How this site uses them
This site uses cookie to provide essential functionality, and to help us understand how people use the site so that we can enhance it. The information stored is always anonymous.
By using this site you agree to to allow us to store these cookies. You can control cookies using your browser : see this cookie website for details.
The Cookies we use
| Source | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz, | Analytics is used by millions of sites worldwide to collect anonymous information about how visitors use the site. |
| Cookie Notification | cookieConsent | This cookie is used so that we don’t show our pop-up cookie notice to those who have already seen it. |
| Vercel | vercel.app | Used by Vercel, the web development framework that powers our website. |
Controlling Cookies
If you choose to do so you can control cookies using your browser, and opt out of Google Analytics.