Cookies Policy

Last updated: 15 September 2026

Information About Our Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. We only use cookies that are needed to make the website work unless you agree to more, and nothing optional is set until you choose.

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org.

Your Choices

When you first visit, a cookie banner lets you accept or reject optional cookies, or choose them one by one. You can change your mind at any time with the “Cookie settings” link at the bottom of every page, or here: Change your cookie settings.

If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a refusal and optional cookies stay off.

Specific Cookies Used

Strictly necessary. These keep the website secure and working. We store your cookie choices in a cookie on this website, and Cloudflare, which protects this website, may set a short-lived security cookie if it needs to check that traffic is genuine.

Analytics, only with your consent. If you accept analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4 to see which pages are visited and how the website performs, so we can improve it. Google Analytics doesn’t load, and sets no cookies, until you agree. Google signals and ad personalisation are switched off, and we don’t use Google Analytics for advertising. If you switch analytics off later, these cookies are deleted from your browser.

Videos, only if you choose. Some pages include YouTube videos. They don’t load until you select “Load video” or allow “Maps & video embeds” in Cookie settings. YouTube then sets its own cookies under Google’s privacy policy. The video thumbnails on our Videos page are images loaded from YouTube’s servers, which receive your IP address.

Strictly necessary

These keep the site secure and working and remember your cookie choices. They don’t track you and can’t be switched off.

CookieSet byPurposeHow long
cookie_consentelectrical-ewa.org.ukRemembers your cookie choices and the policy version you saw.6 months
__cf_bm, cf_clearanceCloudflareSecurity: set only when Cloudflare, which protects this website, needs to check that traffic is genuine.30 minutes
wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_*, wp-settings-*electrical-ewa.org.ukOnly if you log in: keep you signed in and remember your preferences.Session to 1 year

Analytics

Google Analytics cookies tell us which pages are visited and how the site performs, so we can improve it. They stay off unless you switch them on.

CookieSet byPurposeHow long
_gaGoogle AnalyticsTells visits from different browsers apart.13 months
_ga_59JJDQKQ5QGoogle AnalyticsKeeps track of the current visit.13 months
_ga_GQ74B25ZC3Google AnalyticsKeeps track of the current visit for a second Google Analytics property that this website’s Google tag also reports to.13 months

Maps & video embeds

Videos and maps come from YouTube, Vimeo and Google Maps, which set their own cookies when they load. While this is off, each one waits until you choose to load it.

CookieSet byPurposeHow long
YSC, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATAYouTube (Google)Set only if you load a YouTube video: count views, remember player settings and detect abuse.Session to 6 months

Change your cookie settings

Controlling Cookies in Your Browser

You can also block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Each browser is different, so please check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. Deleting cookies in your browser also clears your cookie choices, so you will be asked again on your next visit.

Changes to our cookie policy

Any changes we may make to our cookie policy in the future will be posted on this page.