Cookies

Fermanagh & Omagh District Council (FODC) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Cookie Policy sets out how FODC uses and protects any information we collect from you, or that you provide to us, when you use our website www.fermanaghomagh.com.

Please read the policy to understand our views and practices regarding cookie data and how we will treat it. By using our site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them.

In order to provide full access to our website we sometimes need to collect information about you and how it will be used. This Cookie Policy provides details on the use of cookies on the website and how you can control and delete these cookies. This policy therefore applies to information we collect about:

  • Visitors to our website;
  • Feedback information you provide to us through the website;

Visitors to our website

When someone visits our website at www.fermanaghomagh.com we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting any part of our website. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and we will explain what we intend to do with it.

The list below explains the cookies we use and why:

  • Google Analytics -www.surveymonkey.com: Collects information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
  • Google Analytics -www.fermanaghomagh.com: Collects information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
  • Google Analytics -www.gmodules.com:   Collects information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
  • Flash Cookies:    Flash animation was found which could indicate the use of Flash Local Stored Objects – commonly known as Flash Cookies.
  • Advisory Messages including Surveys:   Advisory Message cookie checks to make sure the current visitor has been presented with a an advisory message such as a survey opportunity, when on the Homepage. Once the user has indicated they have seen the message, it will no longer be presented on revisting the Homepage / Website. The cookie expires after 14 days.
  • StatCounter:    StatCounter is used to monitor actual human activity in real-time
  • Microsoft Translator:    The Microsoft translator installs a cookie ‘csId’, which is used as part of the ‘Translate’ function and is provided by Microsoft. It stores a unique visitor id.

Use of cookies and how to control and delete cookies

FODC 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 FODC website, 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 computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the website.

Third Party Cookies

We use Google Analytics to supply site analytics for our website usage to improve the way we present our website. Google – www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html

When you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube or Twitter, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. FODC does not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these and urge you to review these as they will govern the use of information you submit or which is collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout