Cookies
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small anonymous text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improving your user experience.
Cookies can be categorised according to the purpose they serve. Some cookies are strictly necessary other are used to provide personalised functionality or to monitor the performance of the website.
Cookies on this site aren't used to identify you personally and they are not used to store any personal data. The collection of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation and explained in our site privacy policy.
We've provided links to useful websites that can explain cookies in more detail.
How to manage or delete cookies
- How to manage and delete them
- How to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites
- How to manage your cookies – GOV.UK
How we use cookies
Bradford Council is committed to only using cookies that are either essential (they are required to make something work) or that help us to make your experience of using the website better.
Cookies used on this website
Asp session cookie
Cookie set by www.bradford.gov.uk asp pages. It is stored on the user's PC to allow values to be passed from page to page, it does not contain any information that could identify the user.
Expires: The cookie is automatically deleted if a user has not requested or refreshed a page in the online application for 20 minutes.
ASP.NET_SessionId
This cookie is essential for the website to operate and is set upon your arrival to the Bradford Council website. The cookie stores a randomly generated 20 character value.
Expires: The cookie is deleted when you close the browser.
ASP.NET_SessionId
A cookie used by the online sports and leisure booking website. It is essential for the website to operate.
Expires: Deleted when browser closed
ASP.net Session ID
A cookie used by the PC Bookings website. It is essential for the website to operate.
Expires: Deleted when browser closed
COLLECTIONDATES
This is used by the bin dates form to remember your address, so you do not have to enter your address the next time you check your bin dates.
Expires: After 1 year.
CookieControl
This cookie is set to remember your preferences about cookies.
Expires: 3 months
ebaseCookieTest
This cookie is used a the browser check on our online forms at onlineforms.bradford.gov.uk to test for cookie support in the browser. It contains no personal data.
Expires: Deleted when browser is closed.
JSESSIONID
This cookie is essential for the correct functioning of the Capita payment website. It contains no data that could be used by other web sites, and the data cannot be used by this website once your payment is completed. View an overview of privacy at Capita
Expires: Deleted when you have completed your payment or you close your browser.
JSESSIONID
This cookie is used by our online forms at onlineforms.bradford.gov.uk. It sets a user session and communicates with the server. No personal data is stored.
Expires: Deleted when browser is closed.
JSESSIONID
This is used by the online planning and building control website (Public Access). This sets a user’s session and communicates with the server. No personal data is stored.
Expires: Deleted when the browser is closed.
Session
Used by the Libraries Catalogue.
Expires: Deleted when browser is closed.
ReachDeck (Browsealoud) cookies
From ReachDeck 3.0.0 onwards, user preferences are no longer stored in Cookies. They are now persisted in Local Storage in the web browser. Local Storage is considered to be equivalent to cookies under EU Cookie Law. For more information, visit the Texthelp website.
API_SETTINGS V2
Stores an object containing user specific API settings for the Browsealoud toolbar such as voice and language selection, user preferences set in the toolbar settings panel and selected styles for word highlighting.
No personally identifiable data is stored.
Cleared only through JavaScript, or clearing the Browser cache / Locally Stored Data
JSON object
Expires: No expiration date
audioalert
Stores a value 'audioalert = true' after the first Browsealoud audio alert.
Cleared only through JavaScript, or clearing the Browser cache / Locally Stored Data
JSON object
Expires: No expiration date
TH_TOOLBAR_SETTINGS
Stores an object containing user specific settings for the Browsealoud toolbar such as dialog positions and button states. No personally identifiable data is stored.
Cleared only through JavaScript, or clearing the Browser cache / Locally Stored Data
JSON object
Expires: No expiration date
Google Analytics and Site Analyze cookies
We use web analytics to help us improve the website.
_ga, _gat, _gat_gtag, _gid
Google Analytics cookies used to distinguish visitors and sessions
Expires: Two years
nmstat
This SiteAnalyze cookie contains a randomly generated ID used to recognise your browser when you read a page. The cookie contains no personal information and is used only for web analytics.
Expires: 1,000 days after your last visit.
Newsquest cookies
nq_pixel_consentnq_pixel_consent
Used for advertising. Find out how we use the Newsquest Pixel on our Clean Air Zone Privacy Notice page
Social media cookies
We provide access to content from social media and networking websites such as YouTube. Please check with these websites to find out how your information is used.
PREF from youtube.com
YouTube embedded content.
Expires: 6 months
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE from youtube.com
A cookie used to remember your previous selections or preferred settings made when looking at information or using a service. Cookies remain for up to eight months when they expire. They are then deleted. You can also delete these cookies at any time.
Expires: 10 years
SocialSignIn
SocialSignIn is a social media management platform.
ssi_customer, ssi_tracker
These cookies enable us to see which social media posts brought visitors to this site and what pages were visited. You can delete these cookies at any time.
Third party cookies
Some of our pages use content from other websites, such as Google Maps. Bradford Council does not have any control over these cookies. You should check the websites of these 'third parties' to find out how your information is used.
PREF, NID, SNID, MPRF
A unique reference is given to each computer to allow analysis of requests to Google Maps. Data is only used for overall visitor analysis. Cookies remain for up to two years when they expire. They are then deleted. You can also delete these cookies at any time.
Expires: Up to two years
Newsroom cookies
For details of the cookies used on our Newsroom website, please visit the Vuelio cookie policy.
How we use Google Analytics data
All of the data collected is anonymous and cannot identify an individual and no personal details are stored. We have given examples of how this data has helped us make improvements to our website.
Data collected on search terms
We review the search words and terms that uses put users put into our search engine and test these against the content on our website to ensure that the correct page content is being returned to the user.
Data collected on page views
We have used the data obtained on page views to analyse what task a user comes to the website to perform.
We are changing our website in a number of ways in order to promote this content and make it easier for you to find your way around our website.
Other data collected
We can use the data collected about browser version and devices that are being used by citizens to access Bradford Council's website to inform our web strategy and future development plans.
This page was last updated on :
Mon, Apr 7, 2025