Cookie Policy

Last updated: 01/03/2023

Suffolk County Council uses cookies on the The Source Website. By using this website, you consent to the use of cookies.

Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies, and your choices regarding cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies.

A persistent cookie helps us recognise you as an existing user, so it’s easier to return to our website or interact with our services without signing in again. After you sign in, a persistent cookie stays in your browser and will be read by Suffolk County Council when you return to the website. Session cookies only last for as long as your visit to our website.

How Suffolk County Council uses cookies

When you use and access our website, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser.

We may use persistent cookies for the following purposes:

• to provide Google analytics of the site so that we can see how you are using our website by tracking which pages you visit, what devices you access them from, how long you stayed on our website for, plus much more (if setup and Installed).
• Human verification to protect the site against co-ordinated hacking attempts

What are your choices regarding cookies?

When going on to our website you can choose whether to accept or decline cookies.

Please note, if you refuse to accept our cookies, you might not be able to use all of the features the website offers, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.