HEREFORDSHIRE Council has taken action to ensure its website fully complies with laws to protect visitors’ privacy.
A survey by the BBC found two out of three councils in the country – including Herefordshire – were not asking visitors for consent on installing ‘cookies.’
These are special tracking files placed on your computer when you visit a website. They can be used to try to improve the website for the visitor, but also for advertising.
Since the survey the council has rolled out a prompt which gives visitors a choice.
A spokesperson said: “Cookies are restricted to those which improve the visitor’s experience.
“Positive customer experience is a priority.”
Unlike many councils, Herefordshire does not allow third party adverts.
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