Cookie Policy
The use of Cookies is governed by Article 6 of PECR (The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations) which states that websites must:
• tell people the cookies are there;
• explain what the cookies are doing and why; and
• get the person’s consent to store a cookie on their device.
PECR sits alongside the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and provides the specific rules in relation to privacy and electronic communications.
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) guidance on cookies (dated 3 July 2019) addresses cookies and similar technologies in detail and we regularly review our policy in line with guidelines issued and in accordance with the appropriate legislation.
A cookie is a small file, usually consisting of just letters and numbers that we send to your computer or other device, such as a mobile phone, when you access the North West England District (NWED) website. Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally making the interaction between users and websites faster and easier.
On the NWED website, these cookies collect information about how visitors use our website e.g. which pages visitors use most often and to count the numbers of visitors to the website. These cookies enable NWED to analyse how to serve our visitors and improve the website. These cookies do not collect information that would identify who the visitor to the website was. All the information is anonymous. The NWED website uses a small number of cookies, which are:
‘_ga’,
‘_gat’; and
‘_gid’.
Google Analytics generates anonymous statistical and other information about website use through cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to the NWED website is used by NWED to create reports about the use of the NWED website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://google.com/privacypolicy.html
Additional cookies may sometimes be set by third-party services used through the NWED website, over which we have no control. These include but are not necessarily limited to Google and YouTube. These cookies can be turned off or disabled.
None of the analytical cookies set out above contain any personal data or information that could be used to identify a user personally. The sole purpose of the cookies is to improve the functionality and quality of service of the NWED website.
The NWED website uses two Strictly Necessary Cookies’ which are not optional. These cookies are created when a visitor access the site and are necessary to allow the visitor to navigate the website, and for the website to function.
The NWED website uses the following Strictly:
Necessary Cookie:
| Cookie name: | ASP.NET_SessionId |
| Provider: | tis.tmcp.org.uk |
| Type: | HTTP |
| Expiry: | Session |
If I accept the cookies can I then choose to disable the cookies at a later date?
Yes. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept any cookies.
Analytics cookies
New users to the NWED website will be given the choice to accept the analytic cookies or not. We will also regularly ask users to reconfirm consent, especially if any changes are made to the way we collect or use the data from the cookies. The user also has the option to manage cookies through their internet browser.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, please visit the browser developer’s website.
You can also withdraw consent to the NWED website collecting analytic cookies through Google Analytics by visiting http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Further information
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
ICO guidance on Cookies and similar technologies: ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/guidance-on-the-use-of-cookies-and-similar-technologies-1-0.pdf