Use of Cookies on our website

Cookie Policy – FAQ

What are cookies?

Cookies are small, often encrypted, text files, which are stored on your computer when you visit some websites. They are used to remember useful information which allows certain functionality within the website to work, for example remembering where you have reached within an order process, or if you’ve logged in to a site. Cookies can’t harm your computer.

For more information about cookies, please see the browser websites listed further below.

How long do cookies last?

Cookies last for different lengths of time depending on what they are used for.

Types of cookies and how davidleancinema.org.uk uses them:

Session cookies are temporary cookies and are only stored until you leave the website or when you close your web browser.

Persistent cookies last for a fixed period of time, defined within the cookie, and allow the website to recognise the device again when the user returns to that website on that device.

Cookies can be categorised by who sets the cookie and also by how the cookie will be used.

Who sets the cookie?

First party cookies – these are set by the website that you are visiting and can only be read by that website.

Third party cookies – these are set by an organisation other than owner of the website. This might be for the purposes of website measurement, being able to watch a video on the site or for the purposes of advertising.

Both first and third-party cookies are set on davidleancinema.org.uk

How cookies are used?

On www.davidleancinema.org.uk we use cookies that perform a different variety of functions. The categorisation and definitions are based on the guide published by the International Chamber of Commerce:

Strictly necessary cookies

These types of cookies are used to make sure parts of a website work and that you can use the site effectively, such as remembering certain information on a form when you go to another page before the form has been completed.

On davidleancinema.org.uk we use ‘Strictly Necessary’ cookies to:

1) Remember information you’ve entered on forms when you navigate to different pages in a single web browser session

2) Remember membership details when appropriate.

The cookies that we have defined as ‘Strictly Necessary’ cookies will NOT be used to:

1) Gather information that could be used to advertise products or services to you

2) Remember any preferences you have set beyond the current visit

If you prevent these cookies you may not be able to use certain features on davidleancinema.org.uk

Performance cookies

These cookies are used to measure the performance of websites and see how websites are used.  We use ‘Performance’ cookies to improve how the website works and measure our marketing activity. Information that is collected using these cookies are aggregated and anonymous and we are not able to identify individual users with these cookies.

On www.davidleancinema.org.uk we may use ‘Performance’ cookies to:

1) Provide aggregated statistics on how our website is used.

2) See how effective our marketing activity is (we don’t use this information to target adverts to you when you visit other websites).

3) Provide feedback to partners that one of our visitors also visited their website. This lets our partners improve their website. We don’t allow our partners to reuse this information for further advertising.

4) Help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur and also to improve the performance of the site.

5) Test different designs of page on our website.

Cookies we have defined as ‘Performance’ cookies will NOT be used to:

1) Gather information that could be used to target you with advertising on other websites.

2) Remember any preferences you have set beyond the current visit.

Functionality cookies

These types of cookie allow websites to remember choices you make (for example, your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services on the site such as watching a video. These cookies do not track your browsing activity on other websites.

We use ‘Functionality’ cookies on www.davidleancinema.org.uk to:

1) Remember settings you’ve applied such as layout and text size.

2) Remember if you have already completed any online survey that we conduct in future.

Cookies defined as ‘Functionality’ will NOT be used to

1) Gather information that could be used to target you with advertising on other websites.

Advertising or Targeting cookies

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

We use ‘Advertising’ cookies on www.davidleancinema.org.uk to:

Link to social networks like Facebook and Twitter, who may subsequently use information about your visit to target advertising to you on other websites.

Cookies used on www.davidleancinema.org.uk

On www.davidleancinema.org.uk we may use both first and third party cookies.

How to manage cookies

You can manage how you use cookies using the settings  in your web browser. Below is a list of common browsers and links through to help managing your cookie settings for them.

Information on how to manage cookies can be found using settings within other browsers, or for more cookie information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

You can also manage your preferences for what types of advertising you receive on other websites using Your Online Choices.

Note that these links will take you to other sites. The David Lean Cinema is not responsible for the information and also the setting of cookies on these other sites.

Email disclaimer

The information in any e-mail (and/or document attached) sent by or on behalf of the David Lean Cinema is confidential and may be legally privileged and/or contain copyright material of the David Lean Cinema. This information is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. If you are not the named addressee of an email from the David Lean Cinema, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose, copy or distribute the contents to any other person.

Any contractual representations contained therein on behalf of the David Lean Cinema must not be taken as final, and are entirely subject to contracts signed formally by an authorised representative of this organisation.

Whilst the David Lean Cinema takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that e-mails from the organisation are virus free, no responsibility will be taken for viruses transmitted from its systems.

ACCESSIBILITY

The site has been built according to the W3C’s Web Content accessibility Guidelines 1.0 level AA.