Cookie Policy

Cookies and how this website uses them

The tameside.gov.uk website uses cookies; most browsers accept these cookies automatically. You may change your browser settings to erase cookies / prevent automatic acceptance and / or block cookies altogether. By continuing to browse the tameside.gov.uk website without modifying your browser settings, you are agreeing to the use of cookies on the Tameside council website.

What are Cookies

To make this website easier to use, we sometimes place small text files on your device (for example your iPad or laptop) called cookies. Most websites do this too.

They improve things by:

• Remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
• Remembering information you’ve given (eg your postcode) so you don’t need to keep entering it
• Measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs.

By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device. We do not use cookies on our main website that collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising relevant to you and your interests.

Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org or watch a video about cookies.

How you use this website (something called Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do it better.

Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

We also collect information on the number of times particular search terms are used and the number of failed searches. We use this information to improve access to the site and to identify gaps in the information content so we can plan appropriate expansion of the system.

Unless the law allows us to, we do not:

• Share any of the information we collect about you with others
• Use this information to identify individuals

Turning off cookies

You can stop cookies being downloaded on to your computer or other device by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. If you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

There is more information about how to delete or stop using cookies on AboutCookies.org.uk. You can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics.

Further guidance on the use of personal information can be found at www.ico.org.uk