Cookie Information
We want to make services we deliver on the internet easy and our content better and relevant, to do this we would like to save cookies on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are very small files that are stored on your computer when you visit most websites. They are sent back and forth between the website’s server and your Internet browser to allow the website to remember actions you’ve made.
We use cookies and other local storage means to help improve the performance of this website by measuring web traffic and tracking user journeys. Cookies we use cannot be used to identify you personally as no personal information such as telephone numbers or email addresses are stored within these cookies. Most of these only contain randomly generated numbers, and cookies cannot carry viruses or install malware on your computer.
Cookies set by this website
Content Management System
Cookie: TestCookie
This cookie is used to determine whether a user's browser accepts cookie.
Cookie: has_js
This cookie is controlled by the Content Management System (CMS) to check whether JavaScript is enabled in the user’s browser for PHP uses and looks to be used for the CMS’s batch processing and updating. This cookie does not store historical data about users.
Cookie: $sid = $_COOKIE['PHPSESSID'];
These cookies are set by our Content Management System upon arrival to the Edinburgh Leisure website. They allow site administrators to stay logged in to the system as they move between pages, as well as being used to manage user sessions on specific functionality such as our Profiling tool. If blocked, error messages that may be generated by this tool or other pieces of site functionality which use user sessions will not be visible, although you will still be able to use them. The session cookie is deleted when you quit your browser.
What are session cookies used for?
These cookies are set to expire as soon as a user quits their browser. These cookies are required for our site to operate and do not contain personal data. We therefore consider these cookies necessary in order to provide a service to the user.
Google Analytics
Cookies: _utma; _utmb; _utmc; _utmz
Expiry: 2 years; 30 minutes; when you quit your browser; 6 months (respectively)
Purpose: These cookies collect information about how our visitors use this site. This data is collected anonymously, and is used to help improve this website’s functionality. For more information, see Google Analytic’s page on safeguarding your data.
Information on how to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites and Google use of cookies:
Third party cookies
Our site has a number of pages with embedded videos or other content from a third party. Cookies placed on your computer or mobile device from a third party are not related to edinburghleisure.co.uk.
Edinburgh Leisure does not control how a third party uses their cookies. Please check third party websites' privacy policies:
Managing cookies
Most Internet browsers allow users to control the acceptance of cookies via the browser’s settings. Visit allaboutcookies.org to find out how to configure these settings on a number of major browsers.
You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on.
You could also delete cookies from your device and change cookies setting in your chosen browser - How to delete cookies.
Changes to this privacy notice
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 22 May 2012.
