Cookies notice
The Chief Constable of South Wales Police (“we”, “our” or “us”) is committed to providing clear and transparent information on the use of cookies and other similar technologies on our website.
This page is about what cookies are, why we use them, the types of cookies that we use and your options for managing data collected by them.
This applies to South Wales Police and all pages on this website. This notice does not cover and we are not responsible for ‘third party’ websites which may be linked to or accessible through this website. You should review the cookies notice for any other third-party website you use.
For information on how we process your personal data, please see our Privacy notice.
On this page:
| What are cookies | Cookies we use |
| How to change your cookies settings | Contact us |
| Changes to this notice |
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that are stored on your computer, mobile phone or tablet when you visit a website.
When you visit our website, we use cookies to collect information such as the device and browser you are using, your IP address, the previous website you visited and your browsing behaviour.
Cookies can stay on your device for different periods of time.
Some cookies are called "session cookies". These cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted when you close your browser or when your session ends.
Other cookies are called "persistent cookies" and are stored on your device until you delete them or your browser clears them when the cookie reaches its expiration date.
"First-party cookies" are stored directly on your device by the website you are visiting. We use first-party cookies to remember things like your language settings to improve your experience of using our site and to support some of its basic functions.
"Third-party cookies" are stored on your device by another company or domain when you visit our website, for example service providers, social media platforms, and third-party advertising companies.
These companies can use these cookies and the data they collect to know which sites you visit so they can deliver targeted adverts to you on behalf of their customers.
Please be aware that some content on our website may be provided by a third party who may set their own cookies or other tracking technologies on your device when you visit some of our webpages.
We take the privacy of the visitors to our website very seriously. We will only use cookies in accordance with your preferences and we explain in this notice and our cookies management page the cookies we use and why. Depending on the reasons for why we use certain cookies, we may not use these cookies on all of our webpages.
Cookies we use
We use the following types of cookies and technologies.
Essential
Essential cookies are needed to support the operation of our website. They make the core functionality and important functions like security measures work.
We do not need to ask for your permission to use them.
You may be able to disable them by changing your browser settings. This may affect how the website works and some functions may not work.
Please note: if you accept only "essential cookies" you may still see third party trackers that are enabled by services we use on our website, including Google components like reCAPTCHA.
This is because these services may also use tracking technologies that they have classified as essential.
The following categories of cookies (Functional, Performance and Marketing) will be blocked if you choose to refuse the use of cookies on our website (see the “How to change your preferences” section).
Functional
These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website, which enables us to personalise your visit and remember your preferences, for example, your choice of language. Without these cookies, we cannot remember the settings you have previously set or personalise your experience on our website.
Performance
These cookies help us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and to understand how visitors use our website so we can improve their experience.
These cookies are also used by us and our service providers to collect analytics and information to compile reports, which helps us to improve and optimise the performance of our website.
Without these cookies, we cannot evaluate the performance of our site or make improvements.
Marketing
We are not currently using marketing cookies.
How to change your preferences
You can change your preferences at any time using our cookies management page.
You can also restrict, block or delete cookies from our website (and other websites) through your browser.
Every browser is different, and your browser's "Help" function will tell you what to do.
Please note that disabling essential cookies will affect the proper functioning of our website.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this notice or our use of cookies, please contact us.
Changes to this notice
We may update this notice at any time. When we make changes, we will update the effective date below.
Last updated: 27 February 2024.