Last updated: 19 May 2023
Privacy
The Council's data protection policy can be found at the following link: Data Protection Policy
The Council's corporate privacy notice can be found at the following link: Corporate Privacy Notice
The Council's Surveillance procedures policy (covering Directed Surveillance, Covert Human Intelligence Source (CHIS), Communications Data & NonRIPA surveillance) can be found at the following link: Surveillance Procedures Policy
The Council's Data Protection Officer, Simon Mansell, may be contacted at dpo@scilly.gov.uk
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Cookies required for our website
Cookies set by our core www.scilly.gov.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 |
|---|---|---|
| has_js | Indicates whether javascript is enabled in the visitor’s browser. | Session |
| council-of-the-isles-of-scilly_cookiecontrol | Indicates that the cookie control function is enabled, which allows us to set our cookies options. | 3 months |
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| Drupal.tableDrag.showWeight | Set by the Drupal content management system to remember settings relating to the sorting of tables. | 1 year |
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| Name | Purpose | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gid | Stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day |
| _gat | Restrains request rate and thus limits the collection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute |