Cookie Policy

This policy forms part of our privacy policy contained here and must be read in accordance with that policy and our website use policy contained here. You will be prompted in our site’s message bar pop up to accept or decline our site’s use of cookies prior to use. If you do not agree to the cookies we use then you must not use our site. Use of our site constitutes acceptance of these terms. Our site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. We use the following cookies:

  1. Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our site, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  2. Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  3. Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  4. Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Google Analytics

We also use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), which sets first party cookies through JavaScript code on every page of our site, four of which are automatic and one subject to opt-in (which relates to sharing information about your traffic with Google on servers located in the US). Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our site, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our site. By using our site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

CookieNameDurationPurposeMore information
ASP.NET SessionASP.NET_SessionIdSessionThese cookies are used by our website to store anonymous session and login tokens and to make sure we are sending the correct information to your web browser. They may identify you as a single user when you move between pages, but carry no personally identifiable information and are destroyed when you close your browser, unless you actively choose to be remembered for easier login on your next visit.Further information about this cookie can be found at https://www.nwlcommunityportal.co.uk/Cookies
ASP.NET Session.AspNet.ApplicationCookieSessionThese cookies are used to remember a user who is logged into the service and to track users as they navigate the web-site.  It is removed when the browser is closed.Further information about this cookie can be found at https://www.nwlcommunityportal.co.uk/Cookies
Google Analytics_ga2 yearsThis cookie is used with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie allows Google to track unique users via a client identifier that is randomly generated.Further information about this cookie can be found at https://www.nwlcommunityportal.co.uk/Cookies
Google Analytics_gat10 minutesThis cookie is used with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie is used to monitor and track visitors behaviour on the site anonymously.Further information about this cookie can be found at https://www.nwlcommunityportal.co.uk/Cookies
Addthis.com__atuvc2 yearsThe __atuvc cookie is created and read by the AddThis social sharing site JavaScript on the client side in order to make sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behaviour for users.Further information about this cookie can be found at http://www.slovenia-convention.com/cookies/
Addthis.com__atuvs30 minutesThe __atuvs cookie is created and read by the AddThis social sharing site JavaScript on the client side in order to make sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behaviour for users.Further information about this cookie can be found at http://www.slovenia-convention.com/cookies/
Cookiecuttr jscc_cookie_declineSessionThis cookie is used by our cookie control tool to store your cookie preference. It simply stores a “yes” or “no”, depending on whether you choose to accept or deny cookies on the site.Further information about this cookie can be found at http://readyprint.co.uk/privacy.php
Cookiecuttr jscc_cookie_accept1 yearThis cookie is used by our cookie control tool to store your cookie preference. It simply stores a “yes” or “no”, depending on whether you choose to accept or deny cookies on the site.Further information about this cookie can be found at http://readyprint.co.uk/privacy.php
 
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Date last revised: January 2025