CREWE TOWN COUNCIL
COOKIE POLICY
Adopted by Council: 24 September 2024
Review Date: September 2026
Introduction
This Policy supplements our Website Privacy Notice. Cookies are small files saved to the users’ computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the users’ interactions and usage of the website. They’re stored on your computer and can only be accessed by the website that created them or your web browser. It is possible to change the cookie settings of your browser to allow or block cookies depending on your preference.
This website uses a number of different cookies depending on how you use the website, for example:
– Google Analytics (a third party cookie) – These cookies are set by Google and are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information [http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].
– Session cookies – These cookies are set by the Crewe Town Council website and are essential so that this website can provide visitors with the information they request as they navigate through the website.
How and why we use Cookies on this website
This website uses one or more cookies to help us improve your experience when using this website. By visiting our website with your Internet browser set to accept cookies, this tells us that you consent to the use of our website, cookies and other technologies.
Cookies and Browser settings
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computer hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors. We have included below some instructions on how to do this for two of the popular browsers and you can also search ‘block cookies’ and name whichever browser you use, and you can then access instructions as to how to block the cookies for your particular browser:
Google Chrome
1. Open the Chrome browser and click on the three dots at the top right hand corner which accesses ‘Customise and Control Google Chrome’.
2. Click on ‘Privacy and Security’.
3. Click on ‘Third Party Cookies’ where you can select your preferred cookie options.
Microsoft Edge
1. Open the Microsoft Edge browser and click on the three dots at top right hand corner and select ‘Settings’.
2. Select ‘Cookies and Site Permissions’ .
3. Select ‘Manage and delete cookies and site data’ where you can select your preferred cookie options.