Cookie Policy

About this cookie policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies ?

As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use ?

Essential

Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow us to retain your cookie policy choices.

Statistics

These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Google Analytics

Cookie name: _ga
Expires: 2 years
Usage: Used to distinguish users.

Cookie name: _gid
Expires: 24 hours
Usage: Used to distinguish users.

Cookie name: _gat
Expires: 1 minute
Usage: Used to throttle request rate.

How can I control the cookie preferences?

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies from the cookie declaration on our website. To do this, clear your browsing history including cookies and visit the site again. On the cookie declaration, select the 'No' option. If you have not visited the site for more than one month, the cookie declaration will appear again asking for consent.

Your consent applies to the following domain: www.civicvenuescheshire.co.uk

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.