Privacy Policy

We do not automatically capture your personal information when you visit our website unless the information is volunteered.

We only collect personal data when you:

complete an online form
you send us an email

Non-personal information 

You can use our website without disclosing personal data. This may be done by not using an online form or service, or by not sending us emails.

We only use non-personal information to:

  • make the website as responsive to your needs as possible
  • know how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques to help us improve the website

Non-personal information is recorded automatically in two ways:

  • by the web server that powers this website (which records the pages visited by an individual, the user's IP address, the time of the visit, and the order of pages viewed)
  • by Google Analytics (which uses ‘cookies’ to help analyse how people are using the web site.

Cookies used on this site

Cookies are small files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.

We use cookies on our sites to:

  • Store information needed to make the site work properly
  • Remember your preferences and data you’ve given (for example, your address) so you don’t need to keep entering it
  • Find out how people are using the site

Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally.

Unless the law allows us to, we do not:

  • Share any of the data we collect about you with others, or
  • Use this data to identify individuals

Cookies on this site: Essential cookies

These cookies are essential in order for the website to work properly.

List of essential cookies set by this website.
Name Description Provider Expiration
cookie-agreed,
cookie-agreed-version
Used by the cookie consent banner to record whether a user has seen it's message. Council website 4 months
CONSENT Used by YouTube to detect if a user has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for YouTube's GDPR-compliance. YouTube 2 years

Personalisation cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make on the site and provide enhanced, more personal features.

List of personalisation cookies set by this website.
Name Description Provider Expiration
yt-remote-cast-available Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video YouTube Session
yt-remote-cast-installed Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video YouTube Session
yt-remote-connected-devices Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video YouTube Persistent
yt-remote-device-id Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video YouTube Persistent
yt-remote-fast-check-period Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video YouTube Session
yt-remote-session-app Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video YouTube Session
yt-remote-session-name Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video YouTube Session

Analytics cookies

These cookies help us understand how the website is working, how people interact with it, and whether there may be technical issues.

List of analytics cookies set by this website.
Name Description Provider Expiration
_ga Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Google Analytics 2 years
_gat Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate Google Analytics 1 day
_gid Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Google Analytics 1 day
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. YouTube 179 days
YSC Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. YouTube Session
yt.innertube::nextId Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. YouTube Persistent
yt.innertube::requests Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. YouTube Persistent

Disclosing your information

When you submit personal information to us, you are consenting to that information being used by us for the purpose of that service.

All our employees and processors who have access to, or process your personal data are obliged to respect your confidentiality. Information will not be passed onto third parties unless you grant permission.

The information will only be used for the purpose it was collected for.

We may pass your details on to third party service providers who are contracted by us to deliver services on our behalf in the course of dealing with your request. These third parties are obliged to keep your details securely and will use them only to fulfil the request. They will dispose of the information at the appropriate time.