5 Third parties
We use a variety of third party functions and applications to enrich and improve our content. While we try to limit the setting of cookies by these applications where possible, some cookies are unavoidable. Where these third party services are used on the website they may also receive the IP address of the device you are using.
West Sussex County Council does not collect personally identifiable information of visitors to our site. We will not:
- associate any data gathered with any personally identifying information
- link or seek to link an IP address with the identity of a computer user.
Below is an outline of third party functionality used across our websites and how to find out more information.
Job search
- Our job search functionality is provided by Lumesse. This sets a number of session cookies to aid the search and application process. You can find out about Lumesse's cookies on its Privacy Policy page.
YouTube
- We embed our video content using YouTube. Information on how this website uses cookies can be found on Google's privacy pages. We have used YouTube's 'no-cookie' domain to stream videos on our site. This means that cookies will only be set by YouTube if you elect to play the video.
Citizen Space and Survey Monkey
- We use Citizen Space (and occasionally Survey Monkey) to publish surveys. Information on their use of cookies is available on the Citizen Space and SurveyMonkey websites.
GovDelivery
- We use GovDelivery to send out our email alerts. Its sign-up process uses a session cookie relating to the subscription concerned and also sets a tracking cookie so it can understand activity in order to improve the product. This cookie expires after a year. Information on GovDelivery's use of cookies can be found on the Legal and privacy page of its website.
- The GovDelivery signup overlay, which displays on some pages on our site, uses your browser's local storage to store when you last saw the overlay and when it should be shown again. By default you should only see the overlay once a month when using the same browser on the same device.
Twitter and Facebook
- A small selection of pages have Twitter or Facebook activity streams and badges embedded in them. We also use Facebook's targeted advertising service on a small number of pages. These use cookies, set by the respective service.
Google Maps
- Where we have embedded Google Maps in our pages, cookies may be set by Google. Information on how Google uses cookies can be found on the Google privacy pages.
You can prevent Google Maps from loading on our site by deselecting the 'Performance' option on our cookie banner (see update cookie preferences section).
Google reCAPTCHA
- We use Google reCAPTCHA on our feedback forms to prevent spam. Information on how Google uses cookies can be found on the Google privacy pages.
Library catalogue (Arena)
- Arena (the library catalogue) use essential cookies which enable features such as wish lists and secure areas. It also uses third party cookies to link to social media services.
Booking Bug
- We use a service provided by Booking Bug for some of our appointment booking functionality.
Soundcloud
- Some of our pages have audio clips embedded. These are hosted by Soundcloud, which sets a number of cookies.
Apprenticeships
- We embed an apprenticeships search tool within our site provided by apprenticeships.org.uk. This may set a number of cookies.
Open Street Map
- On some pages we use mapping services provided by Open Street Map.
Sharing buttons
- Most of our web pages feature buttons to allow you to share the content on social media. Using these buttons will take you to the relevant social media website, which may set cookies.
Simpli.fi
- We use a targeted advertising service provided by Simplifi Programmatic Network on a small number of pages. You can learn more through Simplifi's privacy policy.