Cookie Policy
Last updated: August 8, 2026
KamloopsCity.com uses cookies and similar technologies to keep the website working, remember your preferences, understand how the site is used, and support features such as user accounts, personalized local information, advertising, and third-party services.
This policy explains what cookies are, how KamloopsCity.com uses them, and the choices you have.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.
They can be used to remember things such as whether you are signed in, your preferences, which pages you visit, and whether you have already made a privacy or cookie choice.
Some cookies disappear when you close your browser. Others remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
We may also use similar technologies, such as local storage, pixels, tags, or scripts, where they serve a similar purpose.
How KamloopsCity.com uses cookies
KamloopsCity.com may use cookies for the following purposes.
Essential cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly.
They may be used to:
- keep you signed in;
- maintain account and session security;
- remember privacy and cookie choices;
- prevent abuse or fraudulent activity;
- process forms and account actions; and
- provide features that would not work properly without them.
Because these cookies are necessary to operate the website, they cannot normally be disabled through our cookie settings.
You can still block them through your browser, but parts of KamloopsCity.com may stop working.
Preference cookies
Preference cookies remember choices you make so the website can provide a more useful experience.
For example, they may remember display preferences, interface settings, or other choices you have previously made.
Personalized local information
If you have a KamloopsCity.com account and choose to provide location information, the site may use that information to provide features relevant to where you live, such as:
- garbage, recycling, and organics collection;
- nearby transit information;
- road closures;
- power outages;
- watering information; and
- other current local information.
Cookies may be used to support your signed-in session while these features are provided.
Your saved home address is not intended to be placed in a cookie or exposed to other users. Location-based features are associated with your account and are processed by the website as required to provide those services.
Analytics cookies
We may use analytics tools to understand how people use KamloopsCity.com.
These tools can help us understand things such as:
- which pages are visited;
- which features are used;
- how visitors arrive at the site;
- general device and browser information;
- approximate geographic information; and
- website performance and errors.
We use this information to improve the website and understand what is useful to the Kamloops community.
Where required, non-essential analytics cookies will only be used after you provide consent.
Advertising cookies
KamloopsCity.com may display advertising.
Advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies to measure advertisements, limit how often an advertisement is shown, prevent fraud, or provide advertising that is more relevant to visitors.
These technologies may involve third parties and are subject to those providers’ own privacy and cookie practices.
Where consent is required for advertising cookies, they will not be activated until that consent has been provided.
Third-party services
Some parts of KamloopsCity.com may rely on services operated by other organizations.
Examples may include services related to:
- maps and directions;
- social sign-in;
- embedded media;
- analytics;
- advertising;
- spam and security protection; and
- other website functionality.
For example, following a directions link may take you to Google Maps. Once you leave KamloopsCity.com or interact directly with a third-party service, that provider may set its own cookies according to its own policies.
KamloopsCity.com does not control cookies placed directly by third-party websites.
Account and login cookies
If you sign in to KamloopsCity.com, WordPress and our authentication systems may set cookies that identify your signed-in session.
These allow the website to recognize you as you move between pages without requiring you to sign in repeatedly.
Signing out normally removes or invalidates the cookies associated with your authenticated session.
If you use a third-party login provider such as Google, that provider may also use its own cookies during the authentication process.
Comments, submissions, and forms
When you submit content or use forms on KamloopsCity.com, cookies may sometimes be used to remember information or support security features.
They may also help prevent spam, automated abuse, or repeated submissions.
How long cookies remain on your device
The amount of time a cookie remains on your device depends on its purpose.
Session cookies normally expire when your browser session ends.
Persistent cookies may remain for days, months, or longer depending on their purpose.
We try to retain cookies only for as long as they are reasonably needed for the function they serve.
Your cookie choices
Where applicable, KamloopsCity.com provides controls that allow you to accept or reject categories of non-essential cookies.
Changing your preferences does not necessarily remove cookies that have already been placed on your device. You may need to delete those through your browser settings.
Essential cookies required for the operation and security of the site may continue to be used.
Managing cookies in your browser
Most browsers allow you to:
- see which cookies are stored;
- delete individual cookies;
- delete all cookies;
- block cookies from particular websites;
- block third-party cookies; or
- block cookies entirely.
Blocking all cookies may prevent features such as account login and personalized services from functioning correctly.
The exact controls depend on the browser and device you use.
Do Not Track and browser privacy signals
Browsers and privacy tools may send signals indicating that a user does not want certain types of tracking.
Where legally required or technically supported by the services we use, KamloopsCity.com may honour recognized privacy preference signals.
Because standards and browser support continue to change, the way these signals are handled may also change over time.
Changes to this policy
KamloopsCity.com will continue to evolve, and the technologies used by the website may change.
We may update this Cookie Policy when we add or remove services, change how cookies are used, or when privacy requirements change.
The date at the top of this page will show when the policy was most recently updated.
Questions
If you have questions about cookies or privacy on KamloopsCity.com, please contact us through the website.
Our goal is simple: use cookies where they make KamloopsCity.com work better, be clear about why they are used, and give visitors meaningful control over non-essential tracking.
