Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit.
They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
You do not have to allow cookies to be placed on your machine.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.
You can set your browser to notify you before receiving a cookie so that you can decide whether to accept it or you can refuse all cookies although this can adversely affect the operation of some websites.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit the All About Cookies.
If you refuse to accept a cookie it will not prevent you from using the website.
For information on our privacy notice please visit www.harrogate.gov.uk/privacynotice
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. It helps us see how many people are using our site, and helps us improve the site by analysing the way people navigate through it.
Google will store this information.
We want to provide online services that are easy to use, useful and reliable.
This can involve placing cookies on your computer or other device.
Cookies cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast
Privacy notice information can be found by visiting ico.org.uk/global/privacy-notice