What the cookie policy is
This cookie policy explains how Renfrewshire Council (referred to in this policy as ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘the Council’) collects and stores information about how you use the Renfrewshire.gov.uk website.
What cookies are
Renfrewshire.gov.uk uses cookies.
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
They perform important functions such as remembering preferences and help us to measure the performance of the website so that we can continue to improve it.
Our cookies are not used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. You can manage and/or delete these files as you wish.
We will not use cookies on this website that collect information about what other websites you visit (often referred to as privacy intrusive cookies).
What types of cookies we use
This website uses the following cookie
Strictly necessary cookies
These are required cookies that this website cannot function without.
Cookie consent
- This cookie is set to remember the user's preferences about cookies
- Expiry for CookieControl : 3 months.
Session cookies for Drupal Content Management System users
- These cookie is only set for users that log into the Drupal Content Management system that allows us to manage this website
- Expiry for SSESS*: 3 months
- Expiry for Drupal.visitor.autologout_login: 1 year.
Spam protection
- This cookie is used for Cloudflare spam protection
- Expiry for cf_clearance: 14 days.
Dismissing notifications
- This cookie is used to keep track of which notifications a visitor has dismissed
- Expiry for hide-notification-token: 30 days.
Analytical cookies
We use Analytics cookies to help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use statistics cookies to analyse anonymised usage patterns.
Google analytics
We use Google Analytics Cookies to compile visitor statistics such as how many people have visited our website, what type of technology they are using (e.g. Mac or Windows which helps to identify when our site isn't working as it should for specific technologies), how long they spend on the site, what page they look at etc. This helps us to continuously improve our website. These cookies also tell us, on an anonymous basis, how people reached this site (e.g. from a search engine) and whether they have been here before.
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You can opt-out of having your anonymised browsing history within our website recorded by analytics cookies. You can learn more about their privacy policy and how to opt-out of their analytics cookies by clicking on following links:
How to manage cookies
You can prevent the downloading of cookies on your device, block their use or receive notification that cookies are being downloaded by changing the settings on your web browser. However, please be aware that blocking or restricting the use of cookies may prevent you from benefiting from some of our website’s features.
You can manage your analytical and marketing cookie settings for Renfrewshire.gov.uk directly on this website.
You can also manage cookies on popular browsers:
Further guidance on the use of personal information, and on cookies and similar technologies, can be found at the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and allaboutcookies.org.