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Cookie Policy

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Bishop’s Stortford Musical Theatre Company (“us”, “we”, or “our”) uses cookies on this website and by using this website, you consent to the use of cookies – you can opt out of cookies in the cookie consent bar at the bottom of all pages (this disappears when you click one of the buttons to consent).

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser, if you allow it and allows the Service or a third-party to recognise you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.

Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.

Cookies are either:

Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. They usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log into each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer.

Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.
Cookies can also be categorised as follows:

Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service, and therefore cannot be turned off. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.

Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.

Targeting cookies: These cookies record visits to your to our website the pages pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
First and third party cookies: First party cookies are cookies set by our website third party cookies are on our website that are set by a website other than our website, such as where we have adverts on our website or use Facebook pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.

WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES REGARDING COOKIES?

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. You can alter your cookie preferences for this site at anytime by changing the settings on our cookie consent tool. Please refresh your page to ensure the new settings have taken effect. If the cookie consent tool does not appear on our site then clear your cookies and try again. Please get in touch through the contact page if you have any questions regarding this policy.