Cookies are small text files which are transferred to your computer or mobile when you visit a website or app.
We use them to:
- Remember information about you, so you don鈥檛 have to give it to us again. And again. And again
- Keep you signed in, even on different devices
- Help us understand how people are using our services, so we can make them better
- To deliver advertising to websites outside of the UK
- Help us personalise the 麻豆社 to you by remembering your preferences and settings. And your progress, so you can pause and pick up where you left off watching a programme, even on a different device
- To find out if our emails have been read and if you find them useful
You can change your 麻豆社 cookie settings at any time. And you can find out how to stop your browser tracking your info here.
There are different types of cookies:
First-party cookies
These cookies are set by the website you鈥檙e visiting. And only that website can read them.
Third-party cookies
These cookies are set by someone other than the owner of the website you鈥檙e visiting. Some 麻豆社 web pages may also contain content from other sites like YouTube or Flickr, which may set their own cookies. Also, if you share a link to a 麻豆社 page, the service you share it on (for example, Facebook) may set a cookie on your browser. We have no control over third-party cookies - you can turn them off, but not through us.
Session cookies
These cookies only last as long as your online session, and disappear from your computer or device when you close your browser (like Internet Explorer or Safari).
Persistent cookies
These cookies stay on your computer or device after your browser has been closed and last for a time specified in the cookie. We use persistent cookies when we need to know who you are for more than one browsing session. For example, we use them to remember your preferences for the next time you visit.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies let you use all the different parts of the 麻豆社 website. Without them, services that you鈥檝e asked for can鈥檛 be provided. Also, as a public service, we collect data from you to help us understand how people are using the 麻豆社 online, so we can make it better. We sometimes get other companies to analyse how people are using the 麻豆社 online.
Some examples of how we use these cookies are:
- When you sign in to the 麻豆社
- Remembering security settings that affect access to certain content, for example, any parental controls
- Collecting information on which web pages visitors go to most often so we can improve our online services
Functional cookies
These help us personalise the 麻豆社 to you by remembering your preferences and settings. Some examples of how we use these cookies are:
- Remembering your choice of playlists and favourite content and help you do things like commenting on a blog
- Remembering where you paused a programme on iPlayer and then later picking up where you left off
- Remembering if you visited the website before so that messages for new visitors are not displayed to you
- Remembering settings on the website like colour, font size and layout
Performance cookies
These help us make sure that the website is working properly and fix any errors. And they let us try out different ideas.
Advertising cookies
Some websites use advertising networks to show you specially targeted adverts when you visit. These networks may also be able to track your browsing across different sites. We don鈥檛 set advertising cookies for people in the UK. 麻豆社 Studios sites like bbc.com do use advertising cookies but they won鈥檛 track your browsing outside the 麻豆社. You can find more information about how the 麻豆社 uses advertising cookies here.
Other tracking technologies
Some sites use things like web beacons, clear GIFs, page tags and web bugs to understand how people are using them and to target advertising to them.
They usually take the form of a small, transparent image that is embedded in a web page or email. They work with cookies and capture data like your IP address, when you viewed the page or email, what device you were using and where you were. You can find out how to avoid them here.