Cookie policy
Cookies are small files put onto your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
We use cookies to collect information about how you use the theoep.org.uk website, such as the pages you visit. You’ll normally see a message on the site before we store a cookie on your device. Find out more about the cookies we use, what they’re for and when they expire.
Review or update your cookie preferences
Cookie settings
We use 2 types of cookies.
Cookies that are strictly necessary
These essential cookies do things like remember your progress through a form (for example a complaint). They always need to be on.
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Purpose |
Expiry |
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HACIVIC |
This cookie is used by the website's load balancer to identify the server that is active for your request on the cluster. Its purpose is to improve the performance of the website. The cookie is essential to the operation of the site and is always set by the load balancer, but does not store any personal information. |
Session |
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CookieControl |
Cookie Control cookies. This cookie is set to remember the user's preferences about cookies. |
3 months |
Cookies message
You will see a banner when you visit theoep.org.uk inviting you to accept cookies or review your settings. We’ll set cookies so that your device knows you’ve seen it and not to show it again, and also to store your settings.
Cookies that measure website use
We use Google Analytics software (Universal Analytics) to collect anonymised information about how you use theoep.org.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 and to government digital services.
We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit on theoep.org.uk and how long you spend on them
- what you click on while you’re visiting the site
Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
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Purpose |
Expiry |
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_ga |
These cookies are set only after you have given your consent to use analytical cookies. |
1 day |
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_gid |
These cookies are set only after you have given your consent to use analytical cookies. |
2 years |
YouTube videos
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Purpose |
Expiry |
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CONSENT |
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting/Advertising |
17 years, 10 months |
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Lets YouTube count the views of embedded YouTube videos |
9 months |
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YSC |
This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. The main purpose of this cookie is: Performance |
End of the browsing session |
For more information on YouTube’s use of cookies, read its parent company Google’s Privacy Policy, which includes a section about YouTube.
OEP Complaints Portal
When submitting an environmental complaint via the external Jira portal, the portal contains essential analytics cookies. By accessing the portal, you agree to use of these cookies.
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Purpose |
Expiry |
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| AWSALB | Essential analytical cookie | 1 week |
| AWSALBCORS | Essential analytical cookie | 1 week |
| JIRA_PRD | Essential analytical cookie | Session |
| JSESSIONID | Essential analytical cookie | Session |
| atlassian.xsrf.token | Essential analytical cookie | Session |
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You can change which cookies you’re happy for us to use.