Cookie Policy
This cookie policy explains how Barnacre-with-Bonds Parish Council uses cookies and similar technologies on barnacre-with-bonds-pc.gov.uk.
Cookies and similar technologies help websites work properly, remember your preferences, improve performance and, where you choose to allow it, load optional third-party content.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while others remain on your device for longer.
Similar technologies can also be used to store or access information on your device. Throughout this policy, we use the term cookies to refer to cookies and similar technologies more generally.
How We Use Cookies
Barnacre-with-Bonds Parish Council uses cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
- To make the website work properly
- To remember your cookie preferences
- To help protect website forms from spam and abuse
- To understand how the website is used, where you have accepted optional analytics cookies
- To load optional third-party content such as maps, videos, widgets and other embedded services, where you have chosen to allow it
Types Of Cookies And Similar Technologies We Use
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies are required for essential website functions. They may be used to remember your cookie choices, support core website features, and help keep the website working securely.
These cookies do not require consent where they are strictly necessary to provide the service you have requested.
Analytics Cookies
This website may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to help Barnacre-with-Bonds Parish Council understand how visitors use the website and how the site can be improved.
Analytics cookies are only used if you choose to accept optional cookies through the website’s Cookie Settings.
Third-Party Embedded Content
Some pages may include optional third-party content or services, such as maps, videos, weather widgets or other embedded content.
These services are only intended to load when you choose to allow the relevant optional cookies or settings. If loaded, the provider may process technical information such as your IP address, browser information, device information and details of the page you are visiting.
Form Security
This website uses Google reCAPTCHA v3 to help protect forms from spam, misuse and automated abuse.
reCAPTCHA is used as a security measure for website forms. It may process technical, device and interaction data to help determine whether a submission is made by a genuine user or an automated system.
Google Fonts
This website may use Google Fonts so text can be displayed consistently across different devices and browsers.
When Google Fonts are loaded, your browser may connect to Google’s servers to retrieve font files and related resources.
Consent
When you first visit this website, you will be asked to choose whether to accept optional cookies and similar technologies.
Necessary cookies do not require consent, but analytics cookies and optional third-party content are only intended to be used or loaded where you have made a positive choice to allow them.
Changing Your Cookie Preferences
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by using the website’s Cookie Settings.
If you withdraw consent for optional cookies or embedded content, some optional website features may no longer be available until you choose to enable them again.
Third-Party Services
Depending on the content and features used on a particular page, this website may use third-party services provided by organisations such as Google or other embedded content providers.
These services may use cookies or similar technologies and may process data outside the UK. Where this happens, those providers are expected to use appropriate safeguards in line with applicable data protection law.
More Information
For more information about how Barnacre-with-Bonds Parish Council handles personal data, please read our Privacy Policy.
If you need to contact Barnacre-with-Bonds Parish Council about this cookie policy or about how your information is used, please use the contact details published on this website or visit the contact page.
Changes To This Cookie Policy
We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes in legal requirements, website functionality or council practices.
Any updates will be published on this page.