Cookie POLICY
About cookies and technical information
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. You can accept or decline cookies through your browser settings or other software. When you visit one of our websites, we may place one or more cookies on your device. These are for purposes which include:
Improving your experience of visiting the site, including providing personalised content
Gathering information you have submitted via the site
Processing requests for information or action that you have made through the site
Processing login requests
Enabling your activity in one place to be used to decide on what information, if any, to present to you in other places
Gathered statistical information about the usage of the site
Ensuring the smooth operation of online services
Remembering whether or not you have been shown a cookie notification message on an earlier visit to the site
To make sure online adverts you may receive from us are relevant to your interests.
By using one or more of our sites, you are consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with this Notice. If you do not agree to our use of cookies, then you should set your browser or other software settings accordingly. Here are some sites which can help you:
HOW WE USE COOKIES
A cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
We use traffic cookies to identify which pages you use. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic. It also enables us to improve our website in order to tailor it to your needs. This information is only used by us for statistical analysis purposes.
This enables us to improve our website, making it as user friendly as possible, as we can monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. We do not store personally identifiable information and they cannot harm your computer. They in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
We use third party analytics tools such as Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies, to collect and analyse information about the use of our website so we can report on user traffic and content.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept them, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. You can learn more about cookies and how to disable or control them at aboutcookies.org.uk
Third party organisations
We may provide links to third party organisations with whom we have affinity arrangements, such as an online retailer. In such cases additional cookies may be placed to facilitate this arrangement and the third parties may also gather personal data about you in line with their own privacy policies. If a third party shares any personal data gathered in this way with the Liberal Democrats, it will be made clear in its own privacy policy.
We also provide options to share content on social media which may result in your being directed to the social media network’s own systems. If you proceed with this, those networks may gather personal data about you in line with their own privacy policies. On our websites or in other digital communications we may also use technologies variously described as web beacons, pixel tags, clear gifs or tracking pixels to provide us with information about how people have navigated through the site or responded to the communication.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
How to contact us
If you have any queries regarding the information set out here, if you wish to exercise any of your rights set out above or if you think that it has not been followed, please contact:
Liberal Democrats
8-10 Great George Street
London
SW1P 3AE
data.protection@libdems.org.uk
This Cookie Policy was last updated on the 19th July 2024