Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function correctly, improve user experience, and provide information about how visitors use the site.
Withyham Parish Council uses cookies on its website to ensure the website operates effectively and to understand how visitors use our online services.
How we use cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
Essential cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic features such as page navigation, security, and access to certain areas of the website. These cookies do not collect information that can identify you personally.
Website analytics cookies
We may use analytics tools to collect information about how visitors use our website. This helps us understand which pages are most useful, identify areas for improvement, and ensure that our website remains accessible and easy to use.
Information collected may include:
- the pages you visit;
- how long you spend on the website;
- the type of device and browser you use;
- general location information, such as town or region;
- how you reached our website.
This information is collected in an aggregated form and does not identify individual visitors.
Managing cookies
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change your browser settings to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being placed on your device. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some websites.
You can find out more about managing cookies through your browser’s help settings.
Third-party cookies
Some services embedded within our website may place cookies on your device. These may include services such as maps, social media links, document viewing tools, or other external services. These third parties are responsible for their own cookie practices and privacy policies.
Where possible, Withyham Parish Council will ensure that third-party services used on its website are appropriate and comply with applicable data protection requirements.
Changes to this cookie information
We may update this section of our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies used on our website or changes in legal requirements. Any updates will be published on this page.
Contact us
If you have any questions about the use of cookies on the Withyham Parish Council website, please contact:
Withyham Parish Council
Old Station Community Hub
Station Road
Groombridge
East Sussex
TN3 9QX
Email: clerk@withyhamparishcouncil.gov.uk
I would recommend checking the actual website cookie banner/settings before publishing, as the wording should match the cookies your website provider (for example HugoFox, WordPress, Parish Council Websites, etc.) actually uses. If you tell me who hosts the Withyham Parish Council website, I can tailor this to the exact cookies and make it ICO compliant.
For a WordPress parish council website, I would slightly adjust the wording because WordPress itself usually places some essential cookies, and additional cookies may be added by plugins, embedded content, analytics tools, forms, maps, or accessibility tools.
You can use the following section:
Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies allow a website to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit. They help websites work effectively, improve user experience, and provide information about how visitors use the website.
How Withyham Parish Council uses cookies
Withyham Parish Council uses cookies on its website to support the operation and security of the website, improve accessibility, and understand how visitors interact with our online information.
The cookies used on this website may include:
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function correctly. They support basic website functions, such as security, page navigation, and ensuring that content displays correctly. These cookies cannot usually be switched off because the website cannot operate properly without them.
Website performance and analytics cookies
Where enabled, we may use analytics tools to collect information about how visitors use our website. This helps us understand website traffic and improve the information and services we provide.
Information collected may include:
- the pages visited;
- the date and time of visits;
- the type of device and browser used;
- how visitors found the website;
- general geographical information.
This information is collected in a way that does not directly identify individual visitors.
WordPress and third-party services
Our website is built using WordPress. WordPress and any additional features or plugins used on this website may create cookies that help with website security, functionality, performance monitoring, or the delivery of specific services.
We may also include content from third-party services, such as:
- embedded documents;
- maps;
- social media content;
- online forms;
- videos or other media.
These services may place their own cookies on your device. Withyham Parish Council does not control cookies placed by third-party websites and recommends that you review their own privacy and cookie information.
Managing cookies
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or receive a warning before cookies are stored.
Please note that restricting cookies may affect the functionality of some websites and online services.
Further information about managing cookies can be found through your browser provider’s guidance.
Changes to this cookie information
We may update this section of our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies used on our website, changes to website functionality, or updates to legal requirements.
Any changes will be published on this page.
Contact
If you have any questions about the use of cookies on the Withyham Parish Council website, please contact:
Withyham Parish Council
Old Station Community Hub
Station Road
Groombridge
East Sussex
TN3 9QX
