Cookies Policy Kirklees Library Catalogue
Protecting your personal information is important to us. We don't use any cookies on our website that contain information which identifies you personally. However, we do use cookies on our website to help make your visit more effective. This policy explains how and why we use cookies.
What cookies are and what information we gather
Cookies are little data files which are sent to your web browser (for example, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome) from a website that you visit. They are stored on your computer's hard drive. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that particular website to recognise your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information.
We gather basic information like what web pages you have looked at, your browser settings and when you visited our website.
Third party cookies
When visiting our website, you may also notice some cookies that are related to content from other websites. When you visit a page with content embedded from another site (for example, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or Vimeo) you may be presented with cookies from these other websites. Kirklees Council does not control these 'third party' cookies. You should check the other websites for more information about their cookies.
Google site search and Google Analytics
- For more information on cookies set by Google, see: Google privacy policy
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Cookies on the Kirklees Council Library Catalogue website
Essential cookies
Essential cookies enable the functionality of the website to work.
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Performance cookies
Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, so we know which pages are being viewed. This allows us to tailor the content on the website to meet the needs of the website users. These cookies do not collect or store any personal information.
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None of the above cookies are used for any advertising purposes.
You may delete and block cookies in your browser should you wish, by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies, but you will then be unable to access all of this website.
