Our commitment to using and keeping your personal information safe.
We will:
• Value the personal information entrusted to us and make sure that we respect that trust
• Go further than the letter of the law when it comes to handling personal information, and adopt good practice standards
• Consider and address the privacy risks first when we are planning to use or hold personal information in new ways, such as when introducing new systems
• Be open with individuals about how we use their information and who we give it to
• Make it as easy as possible for individuals to access and correct their personal information
• Keep the personal information that we hold to the minimum necessary
• Have effective safeguards in place to make sure personal information is kept securely and does not fall into the wrong hands
• Provide training to staff who handle personal information, investigate any information security incidents, and treat it as a disciplinary matter if staff are found to misuse or not look after personal information properly
• Put appropriate financial and human resources in place to look after personal information so that we can live up to our commitment
• Regularly check that we are meeting our commitment and look for ways to make it even stronger.
Cookies
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your computer or mobile phone.
These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
A cookie typically contains the name of the website from which it has come, the lifespan of the cookie and a value. The value is usually a unique code that will only make sense to the website that has issued it. Cookies remember things like your colour scheme, what's in your shopping cart or that you've already logged in so you don't need to do it for every page you visit on a website.
Cookies can also be used to measure how people use websites and what kind of browsers or devices they're using.
Cookies are used to improve services for you through, for example:
•enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task
•recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't
need to do it for every web page requested
•measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use
and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
You can manage these small files yourself and learn more about them through “Internet browser
cookies – what they are and how to manage them. Visit the direct.gov website (opens in a new window).
Controlling and deleting cookies
You can set your web browser to accept or reject cookies, or tell you when a cookie is being sent. You can also delete cookies from your computer. But note, some websites may not work properly with the cookie option turned off.
The AboutCookies.org website tells you how to control and delete cookies on most browsers. To help you with cookies see the links below.
How to control cookies (AboutCookies.org, external website)
How to delete cookies (AboutCookies.org, external website)
Below is a list of the cookies used on this website. It will be updated as and when web services change or are added.
How we use cookies
The following parts of our website use cookies set by Google and Logo_Net Analytics. For a full explanation of Google Analytics cookies see Cookies & Google Analytics (Google.com external website).
•AVDC
•Invest AylesburyVale
•Public Access for planning and licensing information
•Bucks Home choice.
The cookies used for measuring and mapping the use of our website are as follows:
Name: __utmc
Description: used by Google analytics to monitor which web pages are visited.
Expires: when you exit web browser.
Name: __utmb
Description: used by Google analytics to monitor which web pages are visited.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: _utma
Description: used by Google analytics to monitor which web pages are visited.
Expires: after a year.
Name: / lgn_csc
Description: maps the pages you visit to help you find them again easily.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: Visited.0
Description: used to indicate which pages you visit on our website.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: X-Mapping-hpadogcb
Description: maps the pages you visit when on our website.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: PHPSESSID
Description: is used to identify which pages you visit to help you find them again easily.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: X-Mapping-ockjhjcd
Description: helps map pages for the ‘Your most visited’ pages
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: /lgn_csc
Description: matches the profile to the visitor so you can identify which pages are visited.
Expires: after a year.
Name: LGNref
Description: profiles the sort of information you may be interested in based on similar users.
Expires: about a year.
Cookies that help you use our website
Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Description: tracks the session as you fill in an online form.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: ASPSESSIONIDAABDBDBC
Description: enables you to pay online.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: ASPSESSIONIDQCBBTSQQ
Description: enables you to use our online forms.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: ASPSESSIONIDQCBFTSQQ
Description: enables you to complete our website satisfaction form.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: Accessibility.TextOnly
Description: enables those who wish to view the site as text only to set up the site that way.
Expires: after a year.
Name: Accessibility.TextSize
Description: enables visitors to change the text size.
Expires: after a year.
Name: Accessibility.Colour
Description: enables users to select their preferred colour scheme.
Expires after a year
Name: .ASPXAUTH.ModuleServices.Member
Description: remembers you if you register and log in.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: UserDetails
Description: enables you to register on our e-petitions section.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: LocalView.greenspaces01ecbf66-bd96-4a9b-928f-58e06405c501
Description: enables visitors to view maps of green spaces in the Vale.
Expires: after a year.
Name: LocalView.planningconstraintsweb654b3a19-9fa2-4fc2-be67-45ed7b10791d
Description: enables a quick map search of planning applications.
Expires: after a year.
Public Access for planning, building control and licensing
Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Description: identifies browsing session to server
Expires: When user exits browser
Name: JSESSIONID
Description: identifies browsing session to server
Expires: When user exits browser
Maps that use Javascript code
•Planning applications – quick search
•Report a damaged street name plate
•Olympic torch relay map
•Parking maps.
Cookies on linked sites
Name: ASPSESSIONIDAQDSDRDS
Description: gives you access to the Visit Buckinghamshire website to view tourism information.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: ASPSESSIONIDQSDTDSCQ
Description: gives you access to the Visit Buckinghamshire website to view tourism information.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: IMRID
description: enables visitors to view Environment Agency flood maps.
Expires: after a year.
Name: V5
Description: enables visitors to view Environment Agency flood maps.
Expires: after a year.
Name: X-Mapping-hckacogg
Description: maps the pages you visit on the Invest Aylesbury Vale website.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Description: enables you to apply to join the housing register.
Expires: when you exit the web browser.
Name: TRA<sessionid>
Description: identifies browsing session to TransAct server
Expires: When user exits browser
Date Updated: 19/07/12