Cookie Statement
COOKIES
A "cookie" is a small file stored on your computer by a web site that assigns a numerical user ID and stores certain information about your online browsing. Waltham Forest Council only uses "cookies" to ensure the integrity of user experience on the web site. No personal information is retained and the session identification number automatically assigned to you when you use our web site is deleted at the end.
WHY ARE COOKIES USED?
Most websites will use cookies in order to improve the user experience by enabling the website to remember the user, either for the duration of the visit or for repeat visits.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, such as:
- remembering what items a user may have added to a shopping basket or an itinerary as the user moves between pages on a website
- saving a user's preferences to allow them to customise a website
- measuring what users do on a website to ascertain which parts of a website are popular, how long they spend on a website, how often users return, where they come from etc
WHAT COOKIES ARE USED ON THIS SITE?
Cookies are set by this website (first party cookies) but may also be set by other websites (e.g. You Tube) that run content on the website's pages (third party cookies).
Cookies can be set to remember a visitor for the duration of their visit (session cookies) or to remember a visitor for repeat visits (persistent cookies).
The following categories of cookies are used by this website:
Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies allow core website functionality such as user login and account management. The website cannot be used properly without strictly necessary cookies. These cannot be turned off in our systems.
Examples:
- Cookie consent preferences (receive-cookie-deprecation).
- General purpose platform session cookie (ASP.NET_SessionId).
- Cookies to distinguish between humans and bots (__cf_bm).
Performance
Performance cookies are used to see how visitors use the website, eg. analytics cookies. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor. This helps us improve functionality and performance of the website.
Examples:
- Google Analytics (_gid / _ga).
- Analytic purposes (__adal_ses / __adal_cw / _aeaid).
Targeting
Targeting cookies are used to identify visitors between different websites, eg. content partners, banner networks. Those cookies may be used by companies to build a profile of visitor interests or show relevant ads on other websites.
Examples:
- User interactions and engagement (__adal_id).
- Views of embedded videos (YSC / VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE).
- Targeted advertising and retargeting (TAPID / _gcl_au).
- Advertising campaign conversions and effectiveness (__adal_ca).
- Views of documents being read (iutk).
Functionality
Functionality cookies are used to remember visitor information on the website, eg. language, timezone, enhanced content.
Examples:
- Reading interface settings (aelreadersettings).
- Embedded media preferences (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo - _cfuvid).
- Browser version identity (browser_version_alert).
Unclassified
Unclassified cookies are cookies that do not belong to any other category or are in the process of categorization.
Third party cookies
This website uses third-party services including Simple View and Data Thistle, and also others such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Google Maps. Third parties will also have in place cookies through our site. These services have their own privacy policies and cookies declarations. Please reference their policies directly.
HOW TO MANAGE AND DISABLE COOKIES?
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings or via our cookie banner when you first visit the site. You can also adjust your preferences at any time by clicking on the cookie banner button at the bottom left-hand side of this website.
If you would like more control or information about cookies on your computer, please refer to the Aboutcookies.org website for instructions on this for a number of Internet Browsers widely used today.
UPDATES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY
We may update this cookie policy from time to time. Please re-visit this page regularly to stay informed.