When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These are small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

Types of Cookies

• Analytical Cookies - These cookies allow us to count the number of visitors to our website, and to see how they use it. These cookies don’t gather information that identifies you. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how our website works.
• Functional Cookies - These cookies remember your preferences everytime you visit our website (i.e. language, font size, etc.).
• Essential Cookies - These cookies are essential as they help our website function properly. They enable you to complete our online forms, make a payment, submit applications, etc. They do not contain any personal information.
• Other Cookies - Some of our web pages use embedded content from third party sites (such as Twitter and Flickr) and these sites may use cookies. Torbay Council does not control how third party sites use their cookies. For more details you need to check their privacy polices.