Cookie Policy

1. About this policy

This Cookie Policy explains how the Cultural Data Trust website uses cookies and similar technologies.

It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of information that websites can store on your device and access later.

Websites may also use similar technologies such as local storage, scripts, tags or pixels. In this policy, we use the term "cookies" to include these technologies where appropriate.

3. How we use cookies

We use cookies for two main purposes:

Strictly necessary cookies

These are required for the website to operate properly or to remember your privacy choices. They include storage used by our cookie-consent system to record whether you have accepted or rejected analytics cookies.

Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the website and to improve the site and our communications.

Google Analytics will only be enabled after you have given consent through our cookie banner.

We do not use behavioural advertising or third-party marketing cookies on the Cultural Data Trust website.

4. Cookie consent

When you first visit the website, you will be shown a cookie banner.

You will be able to:

• accept analytics cookies;
• reject analytics cookies; and
• change your choice at any time through the Cookie Settings control on the website.

Rejecting analytics cookies will not prevent you from accessing any content or features on the website.

We do not activate Google Analytics before the required consent has been obtained.

5. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect aggregated information about how visitors use the website.

Depending on our implementation, Google Analytics may collect information such as:

• pages visited;
• time and interaction information;
• browser and device information;
• approximate location (derived from IP address);
• referring website or campaign information; and
• technical information used to understand website performance.

We use this information solely to improve the website and understand which content is useful to the cultural sector.

Google Analytics is provided by Google. Google may process information in accordance with its own privacy terms.

6. Cookies we expect to use

The production website uses the following cookies and storage elements:

7. Changing your cookie choices

You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time using the button below or via the persistent Cookie Settings link in the website footer:

Withdrawing consent will prevent new analytics information from being collected through cookies after your choice is updated, and existing Google Analytics tracking cookies will be cleared.

You can also delete cookies directly through your web browser settings.

8. Browser controls

Most web browsers allow you to block or delete cookies via their privacy settings.

Please note that blocking all cookies and local storage in your browser may affect basic features, including remembering your privacy preferences across visits.

9. Third-party services

If we add third-party embedded services in the future (such as video players, interactive map providers or embedded tools), those services may seek to use cookies.

We will review any such technologies before implementation and update our consent controls and this policy accordingly.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy if:

• the website changes;
• we introduce or remove technologies;
• our analytics implementation changes;
• a supplier changes; or
• legal or regulatory requirements change.

The date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated.

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