Cookie Policy

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze swapmyvote.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. You can learn more how to manage cookies in the Browser Cookies Guide.

Types of cookie

We use the following types of cookie:

Essential cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to secure areas of our website, and access features specific to you.

Analytical cookies

These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies

These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you. Currently we only use a functionality cookie to record whether you have consented to the use of cookies, but in the future we may use more to do things such as greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Cookie list

Cookie	Name	Description
Session	_swapmyvote_session	This cookie is essential since it allows us to associate you with both your login information and your preferences.
Cookie consent	_swapmyvote_cookie_consent	The cookie consent cookie means you have accepted cookies, so that we hide the annoying "accept cookies" message.
Google Analytics	_ga	The Google Analytics cookie allows us to store anonymised data for our analytics of how the website is used.

Privacy policy

See also our privacy policy for full details of how we manage personal data.