Cookies policy

Protecting your personal information is important to us. We don’t use any cookies on our website that contain information that identifies you personally. However, we do use cookies on our website to help make your visit more effective. This policy explains how and why we use cookies.

What cookies are and what information we gather

Cookies are data files that are sent to your web browser (for example, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome) from a website that you visit. They are stored on your computer’s hard drive. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that particular website to recognise your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information.

Third party cookies

When visiting our website, you may also notice some cookies that are related to content from other websites. When you visit a page with content embedded from another site (for example, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or Vimeo) you may be presented with cookies from these other websites. Kirklees Council does not control these ‘third party’ cookies. You should check the other websites for more information about their cookies.

Necessary

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

Functional

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

Functional cookies
Cookie Duration Description
elementor Never The website’s WordPress theme uses this cookie. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website’s content in real-time.
_ga_L4YE9TP469 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state
Performance cookies
Cookie Duration Description
_ga 1 year 2 month This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
wpEmojiSettingsSupports Session WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly.