York Illustrated 
Introduction
Like most modern websites, this website uses cookies. However, the owner of this website respects your privacy and the use of cookies is kept to the absolute minimum necessary to make the website function. If you just want to view the text and images published on this website, you do NOT need to have cookies enabled in your browser's settings. The rest of this webpage provides background information about cookies and explains precisely when, how and why this website might use them.
What are 'Cookies'?
Cookies are small text files that store information on the user's computer when websites are accessed via a web-browser.
What is this website's policy regarding the use of cookies?
The owner of this website has adopted and implemented the following key principles regarding the use of cookies:
- This website may use first-party cookies to provide core functionality, to improve the user experience and to help the owner manage the site and improve its content. (First-party cookies are the cookies set, controlled by and associated with this website.)
- This website NEVER uses third-party cookies. (As the name suggests, third-party cookies are associated with other websites.)
- This website does NOT use cookies (or anything else) to target advertising or other sponsored content at specific users or groups of users.
- This website does NOT display advertisements hosted on third-party websites.
- This website does NOT use 'Flash cookies' or other forms of 'Locally Shared Object' (sometimes referred to as 'super-cookies' or 'browser independent cookies').
- This website does NOT use 'web beacons', 'clear GIFs' or 'web bugs' to track user behaviour.
- This website does NOT use Google Analytics, or any other services provided by Google.
Do I need to enable cookies to use this website?
No. However, if first-party cookies are disabled, some webpages, images and other content may not display or otherwise work correctly on your device / in your browser.
The following 'first-party' cookies may be set by this website
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Depending on the pages viewed, the system may check to see if the user's browser has been configured to use the JavaScript (js) programming language and, if it has, the system will set this cookie. JavaScript is used in a variety of ways to improve the efficiency and functionality of websites. This website offers a better user experience if JavaScript is enabled. For more information on this subject, please refer to the JavaScript page. For most browsers, this cookie is automatically deleted when the current browser session ends. |
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This cookie contains a randomly generated session identifier that is unique to the current user and the current browsing session. It is only set when a user logs-in (so that the user's identity and 'logged-in' status can be 'remembered' and subsequently used to grant access to a personalised or otherwise restricted area of the website). During normal use of this website by members of the general public, this cookie is NOT set. For users with a login account, this cookie is automatically deleted when the user logs-out, or 3 weeks and 2 days after the account was last used or when the browser cache is cleared (whichever is sooner). |
Related pages
For full details of the information that may be obtained and recorded while using this website, plus details of how that information will be stored and used, please refer to the Privacy Policy.
External Links
General information about 'cookies'
The following page on Wikipedia provides a useful introduction to cookies and their use (and misuse):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
The international law firm Pinsent Masons have published an extremely interesting and useful website dedicated to the topic of cookies and, in particular, how to control and delete them. The legal information is specific to the UK, but the general information and advice is relevant to a much broader audience. The site's homepage can be viewed at: