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Cookie Policy

Use of cookies by Meic

Cookies are small text files sent to your computer or mobile device by the websites that you visit. They help make websites work better and provide information to the owners of the site. For instance, we use language cookies to know what language you would like the web site displayed to you in, we also use YouTube cookies to embed videos in pages and Google Analytics cookies to track users’ behaviour whilst on the site. By understanding how people use our site, we can improve the navigation and content to better meet people’s needs. The information collected by Meic includes IP address, pages visited, browser and operating system. The data will not be used to identify any user personally. The cookies we use on our site are:

Cookie Name Purpose Expires
Language version langPrefWAG This cookie is created by the content management system and is essential for the site to display to correct language version of the site. When you close your browser
Session Tracking JSessionID To track a session when cookies are disabled. This allows the browser to preserve your session. At end of session
GoogleAnalytics _ga This cookie is used to find out how visitors use our site. We use the information to help us improve the site. The cookie collects information in an anonymous form, including demographic information, the number of visitors to the site, whether they have visited before and the pages they visit. 2 years
CookieControl civicAllowCookies
civicShowCookieIcon
This cookie records whether a user has accepted the use of cookies on our site. 10 hours
YouTube VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

PREF

These cookies are essential for the display of YouTube videos on our site. 8 months
YouTube use_hitbox At end of session

Web browsers allow some control of cookies through browser settings. To find out more about cookies and how to manage them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

What information do we collect?

We monitor user activity to enhance content provided on this site. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (‘Google’). Google Analytics uses ‘cookies’ and JavaScript code to help analyse user activity on websites. The information generated about your use of the website (including your anonymised IP address) will be transmitted to and stored on Google servers in the United States.

Google will use this information to produce user activity reports for this website. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

Google will not associate your IP address with any other data previously held. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note that if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Read Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Terms of Service for detailed information.

This site, from time to time, links to SurveyMonkey forms for data collection. This data is processed in the US and its handling satisfies the provisions of GDPR.

Your interaction with this website

We collect 2 kinds of electronic information direct from visitors to this website; feedback and email subscription details.

Search engine

Our website search and decision notice search is powered by a Google Search Appliance (GSA). Search queries and results are logged anonymously to help us improve our website and search functionality. No user-specific data is collected by either Meic or any third party.

E-newsletter

We use a third party provider, GovDelivery, to deliver our monthly e-newsletters. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies including clear gifs to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see GovDelivery’s GDPR policy. Their general Privacy Policy can also be seen here.

Consultations and online survey tools

We collect information volunteered by members of the public using an online survey tool hosted by Smart Survey, who acts as data processor for Meic and only process personal information in line with our instructions. Smart Survey hosts in the United States, but has issued assurances that they meet GDPR standards, which can be seen in their Privacy Policy.

We occasionally carry out surveys using Survey Monkey. Survey Monkey has issued assurances that they meet GDPR standards, though they also host all their data in the United States. Please also see Survey Monkey’s Privacy Policy.