Cookie Policy
This policy specifically explains how we and our partners deploy cookies and the options you have to control them.
Our use of cookies
To help make our website more responsive to the needs of our visitors, we use a standard feature of browser software, called a cookie, to assign each user a unique, random number that resides on your computer.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or other device, when a website is loaded on your browser. A cookie is widely used to "remember" you and your preferences. Cookies cannot access any information on your computer and most web browsers automatically accept cookies. To learn more about cookies visit allaboutcookies.org (External website).
Information collected and our purpose for using cookies
We may use cookies to record anonymous, non-personal information about your visits to this website in order to measure engagement interest.
We may also collect non-personal information about your visit to our website, based on your browsing (click stream) activities. This information includes pages browsed, projects viewed, tools used and other analytical data. We use these details to improve how our website functions and to understand how users interact with them.
We make use of different third-party applications and services to enhance the experience of website visitors. These include social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter (through the use of sharing buttons), or embedded content from YouTube and Vimeo. As a result, cookies may be set by these third parties, and used by them to track your online activity. We have no direct control over the information that is collected by these cookies.
We use the following cookies
Some of these cookies are 'strictly necessary' to provide the basic functions of the website and can not be turned off, while others if present, have the option of being turned off.
Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for enabling the core functionality of the site. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Analytical Cookies: Analytical cookies help us to analyze user behaviour, mainly to see if the users are able to find and act on things that they are looking for. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it.
Tools used: Google Analytics
Social Media Cookies: We use social media cookies which allows you to share certain pages of our website on social media. This includes Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn cookies.
Contact Us
For further information about our policy and related information practices, or to make a complaint, please contact us on webmaster@cochrane.ca.
Please contact The Town of Cochrane’s FOIP Coordinator at FOIP@Cochrane.ca or call 403-932-2674 regarding access to information or privacy issues under FOIP, and for assistance in updating, deleting, or adding your personal information to The Town of Cochrane’s databases.