Data policies - third party cookies and analytics

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Open Rights Group

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

I am writing as a research volunteer at the Open Rights Group. We are conducting a study to better understand the data policies of public websites.

We would like to know, in relation to your publicly accessible Internet networks, or Internet networks for your clients:

1) What your policy is regarding cookies, other persistent storage and fingerprinting technologies, specifically referring to cookies set by third parties. In particular:
a) What instruction do you give to the operators of website services under their purview regarding cookies?
b) Is this instruction publicly available online and if not, why not?

Note - we are not asking you to send us your cookie policy, but to give information about your policy for creating/managing such a policy, so to speak.

2) Whether you use analytics based on cookies or any other persistent storage concerning users of these public website services. Specifically:
a) If applicable, what Google Analytics data sharing settings do you use?
b) Are your analytics settings, or use of analytics more broadly, publicly available online and if not, why not?

3) What correspondence or advice you have received from the Information Commissioner’s Office concerning cookies. This can be narrowed to a reasonable search for the word “cookie” or “e-privacy” in correspondence between the ICO and your team/department that developed your policy on cookies or the use of cookies. This can be further narrowed down to the timeframe when the policy was under active development.

Yours faithfully,

Charlie Parker
Researcher
Open Rights Group

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