Cookie Policy

At a glance

  • Website: www.eskdaleparishcouncil.co.uk
  • Responsible: Eskdale Parish Council
  • Last updated: 16 September 2026 (version 1)
  • Applies to: visitors from the United Kingdom
  • Cookie types in use: Functional, Marketing
  • Optional cookies: only used after you agree; you can change your mind at any time.

1. Introduction

Our website, www.eskdaleparishcouncil.co.uk, uses cookies and similar technologies (in this policy we call them all "cookies"). Some are placed by Eskdale Parish Council and some by third parties we work with. This policy explains:

  • what cookies, scripts and web beacons are;
  • which cookies we use, who places them and why;
  • how long they are kept;
  • how you can give, change or withdraw your consent;
  • your rights and how to contact us.

For how we handle personal data in general, please read our privacy policy.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file that a website stores on your device. It lets the website remember information about your visit. Cookies come in a few kinds:

  • Session cookies – deleted when you close your browser.
  • Persistent cookies – stay until they expire or you delete them.
  • First-party cookies – set by this website.
  • Third-party cookies – set by other services whose content appears on our pages, such as maps or videos.
  • Local and session storage – similar storage in your browser, which we treat in the same way as cookies.

3. What are scripts and web beacons?

  • Scripts – pieces of program code that make our website work properly and interactively. They run on our server or on your device.
  • Web beacons – small, invisible images (also called pixels) used to measure visits. Some store information on your device in the same way as cookies.

Scripts and web beacons that are not needed for the website to work are blocked until you give consent, in the same way as cookies.

4. The cookies we use

4.1 Functional

Needed for the website to work and to keep it secure, for example remembering your cookie choices, keeping a basket or booking together and protecting forms from spam. These are always on.

  • Your consent needed: No – these are needed for the website to work, so they are always on.
  • Used by: Cookie consent, Google reCAPTCHA, WordPress
  • Cookies listed: 7

4.2 Marketing

Used by third-party services such as maps, videos and social media, which may track you across other websites.

  • Your consent needed: Yes – they are only used after you agree.
  • Used by: Google Fonts, Google Maps
  • Cookies listed: 0

5. Placed cookies

These are the services on our website and the cookies they place, from regular automatic scans. Open a service to see:

  • what we use it for and where it loads;
  • whether data is shared with a third party;
  • each cookie, how long it is kept and what it does.

A name ending in * covers a group of cookies that start the same way.

Google reCAPTCHA Functional
  • Category: Functional
  • What we use it for: Protects forms from spam and abuse.
  • Where it loads: only on Contact Us page. Its cookies are only set when you visit those pages.
  • Data shared with third parties: Yes, with Google reCAPTCHA. Read the Google reCAPTCHA privacy statement

We use Google reCAPTCHA on our contact form to protect it, and you, from spam and automated abuse. It only runs to check that a real person is sending a message. We treat it as strictly necessary because the form cannot be offered securely without it, so it loads even if you decline optional cookies. reCAPTCHA sends information such as your IP address and how you interact with the page to Google for this check.

Name Expiration Function Type
_grecaptcha 6 months provide spam protection Local storage
rc::a Persistent Helps reCAPTCHA tell people from automated spam bots. Local storage
rc::b Session Helps reCAPTCHA tell people from automated spam bots. Session storage
rc::c Session Helps reCAPTCHA tell people from automated spam bots. Session storage
WordPress Functional
  • Category: Functional
  • What we use it for: Runs the website.
  • Data shared with third parties: No.
Name Expiration Function Type
wordpress_test_cookie session read if cookies can be placed Cookie
wpEmojiSettingsSupports session store browser details Local storage
Google Fonts Marketing
  • Category: Marketing
  • What we use it for: Loads web fonts. Google receives your IP address; no cookies are set.
  • Data shared with third parties: Yes, with Google Fonts. Read the Google Fonts privacy statement

No cookies of its own have been found for this service. It may still receive your IP address when it loads.

Google Maps Marketing

No cookies of its own have been found for this service. It may still receive your IP address when it loads.

5.1 Services we treat as functional, and why

Google reCAPTCHA

We use Google reCAPTCHA on our contact form to protect it, and you, from spam and automated abuse. It only runs to check that a real person is sending a message. We treat it as strictly necessary because the form cannot be offered securely without it, so it loads even if you decline optional cookies. reCAPTCHA sends information such as your IP address and how you interact with the page to Google for this check.

  • When you first visit, we show a pop-up explaining our cookies.
  • Until you choose, only the cookies the website needs to work are used.
  • You can accept all cookies, decline the optional ones, or choose by category or by service.
  • You can change or withdraw your choice at any time below, or with the Cookie settings button on every page.
  • Withdrawing consent does not affect anything that happened before you withdrew it.
  • We keep a record of your choice for 5 years to show that consent was given: a random consent ID, the date, what you allowed, the page and a one-way scrambled version of your IP address.

6.1 Manage your consent settings

Your current choice: Checking…

Consent ID
Date
Functional
Always on
Preferences
Statistics
Marketing

Quote your consent ID if you contact us about your choice.

Always active
About functional cookies

Needed for the website to work and to keep it secure, for example remembering your cookie choices, keeping a basket or booking together and protecting forms from spam. These are always on.

About preferences cookies

Remember choices you make, such as how a list is displayed, so the site works the way you prefer.

About statistics cookies

Help us understand how visitors use the website so we can improve it.

About marketing cookies (2 services)

Used by third-party services such as maps, videos and social media, which may track you across other websites.

Marketing services

7. Enabling, disabling and deleting cookies

As well as using the settings above, you can use your browser to:

  • delete cookies automatically or by hand;
  • block some or all cookies;
  • get a message each time a cookie is placed.

Please note:

  • if you block the cookies the website needs, some parts of it may not work;
  • if you delete cookies, we will ask for your consent again on your next visit.

How to manage cookies in the most common browsers:

8. Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the following rights over your personal data:

  • Right to be informed: to know why your data is needed, what happens to it and how long it is kept.
  • Right of access: to see the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification: to have your data corrected or completed.
  • Right to erasure: to have your data deleted.
  • Right to restrict processing: to limit how we use your data.
  • Right to data portability: to receive your data and move it to another organisation.
  • Right to object: to object to us using your data. We will stop unless we have legitimate grounds to continue.
  • Right to withdraw consent: where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time.

To use any of these rights, contact us using the details below.

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, please tell us first. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO): make a complaint to the ICO.

9. Changes to this policy

  • We check the website for cookies regularly and update this policy when they change.
  • If a change needs your consent, we will ask you again.
  • We keep a dated copy of each version of this policy.

10. Contact details

For questions about this cookie policy, please contact us:

Eskdale Parish Council
Eskdale
United Kingdom
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