Purpose and legal basis for using cookies
Like many other websites, this website uses cookies to improve your browsing experience and help the site run smoothly. For more details about what each cookie does, see the table below.
When you visit this website, a notice informs you that the site uses cookies. If you accept cookies, your consent is the legal basis for their use. By accepting, you confirm that you have read the information about cookies, why they are used, and when information is shared with third parties.
Data Protection Officer — Riga City Council’s Data Protection and Information Technology Security Centre, Dzirciema street 28, Rīga, LV-1007, email dac@riga.lv
About cookies
You accessed our website using a browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera, or another browser.
Cookies are pieces of information that your browser collects and stores while you use our website. When you next visit, your browser can remember your actions and carry out some of them for you, such as selecting your preferred language or determining whether to display the cookie notice. Cookies allow the website to save and recognise your browser settings and respond accordingly.
Types of cookies and how they are used
Types of cookies
There are two types of cookies — session cookies, also referred to here as strictly necessary cookies, and persistent cookies. Cookies are also classified as first-party or third-party cookies. The sections below explain these terms and why we use these cookies.
Session cookies, or strictly necessary cookies
Session cookies allow the website to recognise your browser, your device, and the Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to it when you visit. They remember changes you make or choices you select so these can carry over to other parts of the website. For example, once you sign in, they let you access restricted sections until you log out. This lets you move quickly and easily between pages without signing in again for each protected section. Session cookies expire when you close the browser you used to visit the website or end your session on the site.
Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies are stored on the device you use to visit the website for a predefined period, measured from the end of your browsing session. They allow the website to remember your choices or actions each time you return.
First-party cookies
First-party cookies are set by our website. You can identify them by our website’s domain name.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies come from websites owned by other parties. Those websites use domain names different from ours. Third-party cookies may also be stored on the device you use to browse our website.
Cookies used on staroriga.lv
| Website name | Cookie | Cookie type | Cookie purpose | Cookie lifetime |
| staroriga.lv | _ga _gid _gat _gid |
Third-party cookie | These cookies help us improve our website by analysing how people use it. They provide information such as the number of visitors, the sites they visit, and the total time they spend on our website. For more information, see Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites. | Persistent |
| staroriga.lv | PHPSESSID | Session cookie | A session cookie, or strictly necessary cookie, that allows the website to recognise your browser, your device, and the Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to it during your visit. Session identifiers are needed when the communications infrastructure uses a protocol such as HTTP to exchange information. | Session
Deleted when you close the browser. |
| staroriga.lv | ldz_cp | Website cookie | Records whether you accepted the terms for using cookies and determines whether to show the cookie notice again. | 1 year |
| staroriga.lv | SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, HSID, NID, PREF | Google Maps tracking cookies | These Google Maps cookies record use of the map. For more information, see Types of cookies used by Google. | 10 years for most cookies |
How we record your consent to cookies
Our website records information such as your IP address and the date and time when you consent to the website setting cookies on your device. It also records this information when you withdraw your consent.
Withdrawing consent and restricting the use of cookies
You can change your cookie settings at any time in your device’s web browser. For example, you can withdraw your consent to storing cookies by enabling the browser option to block all cookies. You can find these settings in your browser’s “Options” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on configuring your browser, see the links below.
- Chrome: Google Chrome Help Center
- Firefox: Cookies – Information that websites store on your computer
- Safari: Safari for macOS Sierra: Manage cookies and website data using Safari
- Edge: Microsoft Edge, browsing data, and privacy
- Opera: Security and Privacy in Opera (Referrals, redirections, and cookies)