Cookies
Date updated: 9 September 2025
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, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These small amounts of information are known as cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are pieces of data created when you visit a site, and contain a unique, anonymous number. They are stored in the cookie directory of your device. Some expire at the end of your website session; others remain on your device for slightly longer.
Cookies do not contain any personal information about you and cannot be used to identify you personally. You may safely turn off cookies on our web site without affecting how our web pages are displayed or function.
How are cookies used?
Cookies are used to improve our website and your experience when using it through, for example:
- recognising that you may already have entered a username and password, so you don’t need to enter it every time you need to logon.
- measuring how many people are using our web pages, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
- analysing data to help us understand how people interact with our web pages so we can make them better.
How does the Sculpture in the City website use cookies?
Cookies enable us to identify your device, or you when you have logged in. We use cookies that are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the site or to provide certain basic features.
We use cookies to enhance the functionality of the website by storing your preferences, for example. We also use cookies to help us to improve the performance of our website to provide you with a better user experience.
Target our marketing and advertising campaigns and those of our partners more effectively by providing interest-based advertisements that are personalised to the user’s interests; and make the online experience more efficient and enjoyable)
We don’t sell the information collected by cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law.
Types of cookies
First party cookies
First party cookies are cookies placed by the specific website visited – the website displayed in the browser’s address bar. In our case that’s www.cityoflondon.gov.uk.
Linked to third party cookies
Linked to third party cookies are cookies placed by a third-party website that the City of London’s website provides a link to. External links they are marked with an icon ( ) to help you identify them.
What cookies does the Sculpture in the City website put on my device?
| Cookie
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Domain
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Description
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Duration
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Type
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| _ga_* | sculptureinthecity.org.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days
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Analytics |
| _ga
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sculptureinthecity.org.uk | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days
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Analytics |
| rc::a | google.com | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | never | Necessary |
| rc::c | google.com | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | session | Necessary |
How to manage your cookies
Web browser cookies
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website this can be done through the Cookie Controller which is accessible via the cog icon at the bottom left of your screen.
Additionally, you can do this for our website, or indeed any other website, through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how.
Feedback
If you have any questions about how we use cookies on our website, please contact: