A new European privacy law came into force in the UK on 25 May 2011 which aims to give website users more control over the information websites collects about them.
The Kings Hall website uses cookies to store information on your computer. This allows us to improve our website, and without them, parts of the site would not operate. We have plans to implement an opt-in feature for cookies and are awaiting installation of a new system for this. You can find more information on how to remove cookies at aboutcookies.org
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. They aren’t used to identify you personally and you can delete any cookies that your browser has stored. The cookies that we use our typically a set of randomly generated numbers.
We are not responsible for the content of websites linked to from this website.
How do we use cookies?
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.
Other ways that we use cookies and why:
| Name | Expires | |
|---|---|---|
| Mapping (Google Maps) | ||
| We use Google Maps on some of our websites and Google use cookies. Please refer to Google’s privacy policy for more information. | SNID | 6 months |
| NID | 6 months | |
| Khcookie | When you close your browser | |
| Essential and session cookies | ||
| Session cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around certain parts of the website. Without these cookies, services that you have asked for like online forms cannot be provided. | ip.e-paycapita.com | When you close your browser |
| PHPSESSIONID | When you close your browser | |
| PHPSESSID | When you close your browser | |
| php_user | When you close your browser | |
| For more information on how session cookies work, please visit allaboutcookies.org | ASP.NET_SessionId | When you close your browser |
| Measuring website usage (Google Analytics) | ||
| We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do better. | _utma | 2 years |
| _utmb | 30 minutes | |
| Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are. | When you close your browser | |
| You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, simply download this tool from Google. | _utmz | 6 months |
Social buttons
We use social buttons on some pages which link to websites such as Facebook and Twitter. These websites use cookies and are used when you click on the link. You should view the respective privacy policies for information on how your information is used and how you can opt-out.
Need more information
If you have any questions or need further guidance please contact us at webteam@canterbury.gov.uk
