Cookie policy

We put small files, known as ‘cookies’, onto your computer, tablet or smartphone. We use cookies to:

• remember your preferences
• improve site performance
• see how people use our site so we can improve it

There are two types of cookies:

• session cookies, these are deleted when you close your browser
• persistent cookies, these last longer and expire after a certain amount of time

You can manage and delete cookies. Find out how to change your cookie settings on the aboutcookies.org.uk website. There is also information about managing cookies on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website.

If you delete or disable our cookies, you might not be able to register on our site or use some of our online features.

Email Claire.Nichols@bristol.gov.uk if you find any cookies not listed here.

We use the following cookies on bristolgirlscan.co.uk

• wp-settings-{user_id}: persistent, expires after 1 year
• wp-settings-time-{user}: persistent, expires after 1 year
• wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: session, deleted when you close your browser
• wordpress_test_cookie: session, deleted when you close your browser
• cookie_notice_accepted: persistent, expires after 1 month

We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how you use our website.

This includes:

• what pages you visit on our sites
• how long you spend on each page

We do this to make sure the site meets peoples’ needs and to help us make the site better.

We use the following Google Analytics cookies:

• AMP_TOKEN: persistent, expires after an hour
• _ga: persistent, expires after two years
• _gat: persistent, expires after one minute
• _gid: persistent, expires after 24 hours

You can opt out of Google Analytics using a browser add-on, supplied by Google.

When using our website, you might notice some cookies that are not related to bristolgirlscan.co.uk. This happens when you visit a page that contains content from a third party.

We embed Youtube videos on our site. Youtube uses cookies to collect data, such as:

• the number of views a video gets
• how many different people watch a video
• where they are

Youtube uses these cookies:

• GPS: persistent cookie, expires after 30 minutes
• PREF: persistent cookie, expires after seven months
• VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: persistent cookie, expires after six months
• YSC: session cookie, deleted when you close your browser
• remote_sid: session cookie, deleted when you close your browser

Youtube is part of Google and uses their cookie policy:

How Google uses cookies
Types of cookies used by Google

If you’re signed into a Google account, these cookies will be linked with it.