A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive while they are visiting a particular website. It contains simple information about the user's identity but no personal information. The benefit of using cookies is that it allows us to monitor website traffic and record user's preferences. Hobart Independent acknowledges and complies with the recent changes to the rules and regulations in regards to using cookies and similar technologies for storing information. Hobart Independent will ensure that the use of cookies is managed in accordance with national and legal guidelines, such as those that require the consent of website visitors for their use.
By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.
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The cookies used on the Hobart Independent website include:
Cookie Preference
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Purpose: This cookie is used to remember a user’s acceptance of our cookies on hobartindependent.co.uk . This cookie is used to remove the notification regarding cookies at the bottom the the screen.
Universal Analytics (Google)
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Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. Read Google’s overview of privacy and safeguarding data.
Wufoo Cookies
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Purpose: We use Wufoo to power our contact form. The cookie is set when the user visits any of our pages containing a form and is used to display the wufoo form in the page. Wufoo uses cookies both to ensure the forms functions correctly and also to help provide us with analytics around the form functions. Wufoo stores form submissions on their servers in the US - Wufoo data security meets Privacy Shield standards.
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