Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Alerts | TbyAlert |
Allows users to dismiss alerts on the website so they don't reappear. |
| CAN Advertising | COKENBLD |
We and our third-party suppliers collect Non-Personal Information about a visitor’s interactions with websites on our network and with the advertising we place on the network. For example, we use cookies to identify a visitor’s interests by gathering web viewing data. We also aggregate Non-Personal web viewing and computer data and combine this with information provided by other entities. |
| Cookie preference | cookie_preference |
These cookies are used to remember your choices about cookies on torbay.gov.uk. Where you have previously indicated a preference, it will be stored in a cookie. These cookies expire after 90 days. |
_fbp |
This cookie is used to provide you with more relevant advertising across Facebook. |
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| School admissions | ASP.NET_SessionID |
This is a session cookie, which is a temporary cookie. It does not collect personal data from your computer. |
| Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
How do I change my cookie settings?
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