Cookies on the LCC website
This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help us customise your experience. Find out more about cookies and how you can control them.
This page contains information on what ‘cookies’ are, the cookies used by the LCC’s website, how to switch cookies off in your browser, and some useful links for further reading on the subject. If it does not provide the information you were looking for, or you have any further questions about the use of cookies on the LCC’s website, please email .
What are ‘cookies’?
‘Cookies’ are small text files that are stored by the browser (for example, Internet Explorer or Safari) on your computer or mobile phone. They allow websites to store things like user preferences. You can think of cookies as providing a ‘memory’ for the website, so that it can recognise you when you come back and respond appropriately.
How does the LCC’s website use cookies?
The only cookies used on the LCC website are the following Site Performance type cookies:-
Cookie | Application | Function | Cookie Life |
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PHPSESSID | Picture Gallery (Public Area) | PHP session ID maintained for admin purposes. | End of Session |
LCCsetrows1 | Data listings in Members Area | Records default number of rows to be displayed per page in data result pages. | 2 Months |
LCCshowphotos | Member Directory in Members Area | Records default of whether to display photos in the member directory pages. | 2 Months |
Forum | Members Area Forum | Keeps track of messages posted since the user's previous visit and maintains their personal display preferences. | 12 Months |
WebBBS+Master | Members Area Forum | Maintains the users login ID to recognise their return. | 12 Months |
cookieconsent_status | All of Website | Records consent to cookie usage. | 12 Months |
cpg15x_data | Members Pictures (Members Area only) | Records settings for Coppermine application (which also sets a session cookie for login details). | 1 Month |
No Tracking, Analytics or Third Party cookies are used in any part of the LCC website.
How do I turn cookies off?
It is usually possible to stop your browser accepting cookies, or to stop it accepting cookies from a particular website. All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, or you can use the ‘Help’ option in your browser for more details. Note that if you disable cookies for the LCC website, the functionality of the relevant elements of the website may be impaired.
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS.
Useful links
If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on the Internet, you may find the following links useful:
The IAB has provided the following website to give information specifically about privacy issues around Internet advertising:
For further legal information about privacy issues, you may find these links useful:
This policy effective from 24/02/2018. We reserve the right to amend this policy without further notification.