Cookies

What are cookies?

A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a small text file that is generated and set by our website and placed on your computer's hard drive.

Cookies make your interaction with our website faster and easier. Without cookies, it would be very difficult for our website to remember your preferences or registration details between each web page you use and between each time you visit the site.

They are not computer programs, and they can't be executed as code. Cookies cannot access any information on your computer - so a cookie cannot read any other information saved there, such as your email address. We do not use cookies for identifying shopping habits or targeting advertising.

We use cookies mainly because they save you time and make your browsing experience more efficient and enjoyable. Without cookies you will have to reset your preferences on each page you visit. We also use cookies to record anonymous statistics on which parts of the website are popular and how many different people visit the site.

To find out more information about cookies generally, visit All About Cookies.

Cookies on the Leicester City Council Payment pages

Leicester City Council Online Payments make uses of session cookies to carry the session from page to page in the transaction flow (JSESSIONID).

These cookies are essential for the correct functioning of the payment application. The cookies contain no data that could be used by other web sites or in the future by our web site, and are normally deleted when the browser is closed.

Given the nature of these session cookies, according to guidance provided by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), they are deemed exempt from cookie legislation.