Cookies Policy
Use of cookies by Fife Council
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 | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
Cookie preference | CookieControl (fife.gov.uk) cookieconsent_status compliance_cookie (online.fifedirect.org.uk) | This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on fife.gov.uk and online.fifedirect.org.uk. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. | Necessary |
Social Media (opt in) | _sm_opt_in | It is set to value of '1' if user enables the Social Media cookies (cookie is set to 365 days) If the slider is disabled, this cookie is removed | Necessary |
Language | Cdn.syndication.twimg.com (fife.gov.uk) | This cookie remembers the user’s selected language version of the website. | Necessary |
Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga _utma _utmc _utmz _ga_(fife.gov.uk) | 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, where | Analytics |
Google Analytics (opt in) | _gat_opt_in (fife.gov.uk) | Stores information about user's opt-in for Google Analytics Tracking. Sets value to: | Necessary |
Content Management System | SQ_SYSTEM_SESSION SimpleSAMLAuthToken SimpleSAMLSessionID (fife.gov.uk) | Cookies required by the Content Management System and mygov.scot my account. | Necessary |
MyAccount | cp_ssor cookieconsent_status (fife.gov.uk) | Cookie stores a 'cookie consent' status and controls if user accepted the usage of cookies on MyAccount Portal. Cookie stores information on where to redirect user after the successful login via SAML. It stores an ID of service from which users started the login process. | Necessary |
| Power BI |
ARRAffinitySameSite WFESessionId | This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. Read Cookiepedia’s overview of this cookie here | Necessary |
| Verint Forms |
DformsLocaleCookie DFORMS_SESSIONID | Cookie stores information and remembers the information when completing online forms. Cookie expires after the session. | Necessary |
| NID | Users who use Google services have a cookie called ‘NID’ or ‘ENID’ in their browsers, depending on their cookies choices. These cookies are used to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, how many results you prefer to have shown on a search results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. Each ‘NID’ cookie expires 6 months from a user’s last use, while the ‘ENID’ cookie lasts for 13 months. | Third Party | |
FifeDirect Account | Cfauthorization_fdOnline Cfid Cftoken | Cookie stores information on where to redirect user after the successful login. | Necessary |
Embedded content and social media cookies
Our site has a number of pages with embedded videos or other content that utilise cookies from a third party to enable this.
- Twitter privacy policy
- YouTube privacy policy
- Facebook Data use policy
- Vimeo Privacy Policy
- Sway.office.com
How do I change my cookie settings?
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘C’ icon. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Save and close’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
