Privacy & Cookies
Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
We use cookies on this site to ensure you get the best experience on our website. If you do not want to receive the cookies, select cookie settings under the privacy settings in your browser options, then add our domain to the list of websites that you do not want to accept cookies from. You can find more information on how to delete and control cookies in different browsers on the Information Commissioner's Office website.
| Cookie | Description | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitors and sessions and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years | Analytics |
| _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 1 day | Analytics |
| _gat | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute | Performance |
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Links to other websites or lists of facilities are in no way an endorsement or recommendation.
Information use
Where you voluntarily choose to give us your personal details, it will be used exclusively for providing you with information or services you have requested, unless otherwise stated on the form.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Tamworth Borough Council will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone. To access the Council’s privacy policy please follow this link to: www.tamworth.gov.uk/privacy-notice
Policy changes
By using our site you agree to accept this privacy policy and are aware that our policy may change with time. Policy changes will appear on this web page.
