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Privacy Policy
This privacy policy information covers the Air Quality on Jersey website and apps. We take privacy very seriously and only use data collected for the purpose described.
If you contact us through the website, the email address you enter is recorded and stored by the Jersey Air Quality website in order for us to respond to your query. The email address recorded is not used for any other purpose, and is never disclosed to third parties.
This privacy policy is subject to change as the website develops, so please check back on this page from time-to-time.
Introduction to cookies
In order to help provide the information on this website accessible and easy to use, small amounts of information may be placed on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
The information is used to improve the website and is collected by 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 and learn more about them from the article Internet Browser cookies - what they are and how to manage them.
If you'd like to learn how to remove cookies set on your device, visit the About Cookies website.
Cookies used on this website
General website
A cookie is set which records whether the cookie notification banner has already been seen.
| Name | Typical Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| has_seen_banner | True or false | 6 months |
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
This website uses Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it's meeting its users' needs and to understand how we could do it better.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:
| Name | Typical Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _utma | randomly generated number | 2 years |
| _utmb | randomly generated number | 30 minutes |
| _utmc | randomly generated number. | When you close the browser |
| _utmz | randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search) |
6 months |
How to control and delete cookies
We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.
However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The 'Help' function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.