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Melksham Town Council Cookie Policy

What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small file placed on your computer's hard drive. It enables our website to identify your computer as you view different pages on our website.

Cookies allow websites and applications to store your preferences in order to present content, options or functions that are specific to you. They also enable us to see information like how many people use the website and what pages they tend to visit.

How we use Cookies
We may use cookies to:

Analyse our web traffic using an analytics package. Aggregated usage data helps us improve the website structure, design, content and functions.
Identify whether you are signed into our website. A cookie allows us to check whether you are signed into the site.
Test content on our website. For example, 50% of our users might see one piece of content, the other 50% a different piece of content.
Store information about your preferences. The website can then present you with information you will find more relevant and interesting.
To recognise when you return to our website. We may show your relevant content or provide functionality you used previously.Cookies do not provide us with access to your computer or any information about you, other than that which you choose to share with us.

Controlling Cookies
You can use our on-page control to set how we use cookies during your visit to this website. You can access the Cookie Control panel which always opens automatically on first visit or is always available via the "Cookie cog" icon in the corner flash at the bottom right hand side of your screen.

Alternatively, your web browser's cookie settings to determine how our website uses cookies. If you do not want our website to store cookies on your computer or device, you should set your web browser to refuse cookies. However, please note that doing this may affect how our website functions - for example some pages and services may become unavailable to you.

Controlling information about you
When you fill in an e-form or provide your personal details on our website, you may see one or more tick boxes allowing you to:
Opt-in to receive marketing communications from us by email, telephone, text message or post.
Opt-in to receive marketing communications from our third-party partners by email, telephone, text message or post.
If you have agreed that we can use your information for marketing purposes, you can change your mind easily, via one of these methods:
Send an email to us.
Write to us.
Any personal information we hold about you is stored and processed under our data protection policy, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Security

We will always hold your information securely.
To prevent unlawful disclosure or access to your information, we have implemented strong physical and electronic security safeguards.
We also follow stringent procedures to ensure we work with all personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Links from our site

Our website may contain links to other websites.
Please note that we have no control of websites outside of the https://melkshamtown.co.uk/ domain. If you provide information to a website to which we link, we are not responsible for your data protection and privacy.

Always be wary when submitting data via interactive website templates. Study the website data protection policy and the status of the website itself - is it padlocked or using https:// or green bar transfer protocols? This indicates an encrypted site which is more secure (than one published at http://)