Cookies used on this website
This page gives information about the cookies used when you visit this website.
Why we use cookies
When you visit www.walthamforest.gov.uk we use cookies to store details about your visit. We do this to:
- Store information needed to make the website and the applications on it work properly
- Customise the site and its services so they remember your preferences
- Find out how people are using the site
We encourage you to accept the cookies our website uses as some are needed for the site to work for you. And they also help us to improve the services the site and the Council provides you with.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server. Only the server that set the cookie will be able to retrieve or read its contents.
Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It contains anonymous information such as a unique identifier, the site name and some digits and numbers.
Information about your visit to our site is collected in a such a way that no-one is personally identified. And we do not associate any data gathered from the site by cookies with any information that identifies you from any source.
Controlling and deleting cookies
Please see www.aboutcookies.org for details of how to delete and control the cookies that are stored on your computer.
Websites linked to from this site
Other websites to which this site links to linked, may also make use of cookies. Please check those sites for their own cookie policy.
More information
- More information about cookies is available on www.aboutcookies.org.
- Guidance on the new EU e-Privacy Law can be found on the Information Commissioner's Office website
- Our privacy policy and website disclaimer
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | More details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capita payment facility | JSessionId | Session cookie essential for the correct functioning of the Capita payment application. It is deleted when you close your browser. It contains no data that could be used by other web sites or, once you have completed your payment, by this web site. | Overview of privacy at Capita |
| Children and Young People's Directory: Information about local services for children, young people and their families |
__KBCookie__/ walthamforest/fsd/ JSESSIONID |
Session cookie used to maintain the user's session while they navigate through the directory. They are essential for the directory to work | |
| eCitizen: Online services for benefits, council tax and business rates |
UNIQUEREQID JSESSIONID |
Session cookies essential for the correct functioning of the eCitizen service. They are deleted when you close your browser. It contains no data that could be used by other web sites or, once you have completed your payment, by this web site. | |
| eClaim - online application form for housing benefit, council tax benefit, free school meals & Local Housing Allowance | ASPSESSIONID | Session cookie essential for the correct functioning of the eClaim system. It is deleted when you close your browser. It contains no data that could be used by other web sites or, once you have completed your payment, by this web site. | |
| Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz |
Used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information logged to Google Analytics to help us improve the site. The cookies collect anonymous information about the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Overview of privacy at Google Opt-out of Google Analytics cookies |
| JobsGoPublic: Council job vacancies |
_aspire_session | Session cookie used to maintain the user's session while they navigate through the JobsGoPublic site. It is essential for JobsGoPublic to work | |
| Modern.gov: Council meetings, minutes and agendas |
ASP.NET_SessionId | Session cookie used to maintain the user's session while they navigate through Modern.gov. It is essential for modern.gov to work | |
| Online library system | ASP.NET_SessionId | Session cookie used to maintain the user's session while they navigate through the library site. It is essential for the site to work | |
| My Place: Location based information for local residents |
uprn | Used to store your location so that My Place so can customise the pages you look at on the site based on your location | |
| Online appointment booking: Used by the Registrar's office and hall bookings |
ASP.NET_SessionId SessionId eRegistrar.Waltham ForestSessionId |
Session cookie used to maintain the user's session while they navigate through the e-booking system. They are essential for the booking system to work | |
| Parking ticket payment system | PHPSESSID | Session cookie used to maintain the user's session while they make a payment. It is essential for the payment system to work | |
| Planning Explorer: Details of local planning applications |
MVMSession | Persistent cookie used by Planning Explorer to remember the pages and options you have selected. It is essential essential for Planning Explorer to work | |
| Your Choice: Information about local services providing social care services |
ASP.NET_SessionId | Session cookie used to maintain the user's session while they navigate through Your Choice. It is essential for Your Choice to work |
