Our website puts small files (known as 'cookies') onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site. Find out more about the cookies we use, what they are for and when they expire.

Cookies that measure website use

We use Google Analytics software to collect anonymised information about how you use my.crawley.gov.uk.

We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements to the site.

We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use my.crawley.gov.uk.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • how you got to the site
  • the pages you visit on my.crawley.gov.uk and how long you spend on them
  • what you click on while you're visiting the site

Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

Name
Purpose
Expires
Name:
_ga
Purpose:
These help us count how many people visit my.crawley.gov.uk by tracking if you've visited before
Expires:
2 years
Name:
_gid
Purpose:
These help us count how many people visit my.crawley.gov.uk by tracking if you've visited before
Expires:
24 hours
Name:
_gat_gtag_[property_id]
Purpose:
The tracking ID connects the data about website visits to our Google Analytics account
Expires:
1 minute

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies do things like remember your preferences and the choices you make, to personalise your experience of using this website.

Cookies message

You may see a banner when you visit our website inviting you to accept cookies or review your settings. We will set cookies so that your computer knows you have seen it and not to show it again, and also to store your settings.

Name
Purpose
Expires
Name:
COOKIE_MESSAGE
Purpose:
When you visited this website for the first time, you were asked for your permission to use several services (including those from third parties) that require data to be saved in your browser (cookies, local storage). Your decisions about each service (allow, deny) are stored in this cookie and are reused each time you visit this website
Expires:
6 months

Content Management System

We use a Content Management System to manage content on our website which maintains a user session.

Name
Purpose
Expires
Name:
localtime
Purpose:
This is used to calculate local time from Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) time.
Expires:
At the end of session
Name:
product
Purpose:
This is used to store the name of portal you are accessing.
Expires:
24 hours
Name:
_lastlogin
Purpose:
When you last logged into the website.
Expires:
At the end of session

Changing your browser settings for cookies

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Opt out of Google Analytics

You can opt out of Google Analytics on any desktop browser by installing the add on.

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