Cookie statement

This statement applies to the Kirkstall Art Trail website, the domain is kirkstallarttrail.co.uk 

Cookies

Cookies are small files saved on a phone, tablet, or computer when a website is visited. A cookie allows the website to recognise your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

Under the following UK lawful regulations, consent must be obtained before placing cookies on a visitor’s device, unless they are strictly necessary.

• Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR)
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

First party cookies

Necessary

Some essential cookies are used to make this service work. Necessary cookies are essential for the website to function properly and securely. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Some cookies below are only set when a committee member logs in via the Committee members area, and are not encountered by general visitors.

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Duration
wpEmojiSettingsSupports		Uses browser session storage to determine if your browser can display emojis properly. We use WordPress to create this website	Session
cmplz_banner-status, cmplz_functional, cmplz_marketing, cmplz_preferences, cmplz_statistics, cmplz_consented_services, cmplz_policy_id	Complianz	Remembers the visitor’s cookie consent choices, so the banner and preferences do not need to be set again on every visit	1 year
wordpress_logged_in_[hash], wordpress_sec_[hash]		Keeps a committee member signed in securely to the Committee members area	Session (up to 14 days if ‘Remember Me’ is selected)
wordpress_test_cookie		Checks whether the visitor’s browser has cookies enabled, used during login	Session
wp-settings-[UID], wp-settings-time-[UID]		Stores a logged-in committee member’s admin interface preferences	1 year

Third party cookies

The newsletter signup form in our footer is provided by Sender.net, a company based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Its form includes a Google reCAPTCHA check to stop automated signups. These cookies and browser storage entries only load if you consent to marketing cookies.

Our other forms use Friendly Captcha, a service that checks that submissions are human. Friendly Captcha does not set cookies, so it adds nothing to this section.

Depending on how Sender has configured the form, it may also connect to third-party analytics and advertising services, such as Google Analytics, Hotjar, Segment, Meta or Google Ads, which can set their own cookies. These also only load if you consent to marketing cookies.

Functional

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Duration
_grecaptcha	Google reCAPTCHA	Uses browser storage for reCAPTCHA’s risk analysis, which helps decide whether the signup is from a human or a bot	Persistent, until deleted
rc::a	Google reCAPTCHA	Uses browser storage to help distinguish between humans and bots. Set by the Google reCAPTCHA check in the newsletter signup form in our footer	Persistent, until deleted
rc::b, rc::c	Google reCAPTCHA	Session storage that helps confirm whether the visitor is a human or a bot during the same visit. Set by the newsletter signup form	Session
rc::f	Google reCAPTCHA	Set when you submit the newsletter signup form, as part of the final bot check on the submission	Session
userLanguage	Sender.net	Stores the visitor’s detected or selected language for the newsletter signup form	1 year
sender_subscriber_id	Sender.net	Remembers that you have already subscribed to the newsletter, so the signup form works correctly on your next visit	30 days
sender_ecommerce_params	Sender.net	Stores a reference to our Sender.net account, used by the tracking features in the newsletter signup form	Persistent, until deleted

Cookie and browser storage terms

Types of cookies

• Necessary cookies are required to let the basic features of a website work. This could include providing a secure log-in or adjusting consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
• Functional cookies help a website do useful things, for example collecting feedback or sharing the content of the website on social media platforms.
• Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. They help provide information such as the number of visitors, where in the world they come from, and what pages they visit, and they help deliver a better experience for visitors.
• Marketing cookies are used for activities that promote an organisation, for example showing visitors customised advertisements based on pages they have previously visited, or providing a newsletter signup form.

How long cookies last

• Persistent cookies are stored on a device between sessions. They can allow preferences or actions across a site, or across different websites, to be remembered.
• Session cookies, are also known as ‘temporary cookies’. Once the web browser is closed, these cookies are deleted.

Who sets cookies

• A first-party cookie is created by the website you are visiting.
• A third-party cookie is created by a different website. This happens when a service from someone else is added to the website’s pages, for example an embedded newsletter signup form. Third-party cookies can be used to remember your actions, or to learn about what you do on other websites. Other websites might include third-party cookies for things like social media feeds, embedded videos, or advertisements.

Browser storage

Some services store small amounts of information in the browser’s local or session storage instead of using cookies. This is sometimes used for tasks like remembering your preferences, or checking that you are a human rather than an automated program. The same consent rules apply as for cookies.

How to change your cookie choices

You can change your cookie choices at any time by selecting the ‘manage consent’ tab in the bottom right corner of the screen. This opens our cookie banner. You can then move the marketing slider to ‘on’ or ‘off’, and select ‘save preferences’. Your necessary cookies are always active and cannot be switched off. You may need to refresh the page for your choices to take effect.

Most web browsers also let you control cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see which cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Find out how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera
• Apple Safari
• Samsung Internet

To find information about other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.

Monitoring and review

The website is monitored as pages and posts are added, and when new plugins or features are introduced. Cookies set by the site are periodically audited by inspecting the Application (or Storage) panel in browser developer tools, which lists every cookie present along with its domain, expiry, and other attributes. This statement is reviewed yearly, or earlier if required.

Checklist for reviews

1. Re-run the incognito audit: cookies and browser storage, with consent denied and accepted, including a form submission.
2. Verify the statement’s tables match the audit findings.
3. Confirm the Complianz banner still matches the statement’s description of the ‘manage consent’ tab, buttons, and sliders.
4. Confirm Friendly Captcha still sets no cookies or browser storage, and check the request count against the 1,000/month free-tier cap.
5. Check every link in the statement, including the browser help pages.
6. Record the check in the verification log, and update the review date below.

The statement was last reviewed on 10 October 2026.