Cookie Policy

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device. These include small files known as cookies.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:

• enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task
• recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested
• measuring how many people are using online services, to help us improve the website

By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set or to reject all cookies. However, you should be aware that if cookies are rejected you will not be able to use some of the online services provided by this site. For more information on cookies please visit the 'about cookies' website.

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, in order to find out how visitors interact with Bridgend County Borough Council website so we can improve it. Information is collected anonymously and website trends are reported without identifying individual visitors.

We use the Facebook Pixel to record information on how visitors use our website and for targeting, advertising and analytical purposes. We use the Facebook Pixel with both first and third party cookies which allows us to follow the actions of users after they are redirected to our website by clicking on a Facebook advertisement.

You can view your Facebook ad settings and update your preferences at any time.

Below is a list of cookies used on our website, grouped by what they do.

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