Cookies policy
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored in your browser and will be transmitted back to the website that set it when your browser makes another request for something from that website. Some other technologies also store data on your device for transmission back to the originating website, or act to identify your device in future requests (for example, Local Storage and web beacons). These are not actually cookies, but our policy and the statements here apply to all such technologies.
This site uses cookies to improve your experience in a number of ways, and to enable us to see how well the site is serving the needs of the people that use it.
What cookies does the British Academy website set?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires website owners to have a legal basis for setting any cookies that contain “personal” data – “personal” being broadly defined to include anything that could identify an individual. It does not therefore cover all cookies, and there are several legal bases for their use when they are covered, but at the British Academy we seek to give you as much choice and control as possible over the cookies used on our site. To this end we seek your explicit consent for much of the functionality that would set cookies, which we seek through our cookie consent tool. This tool groups the cookies according to their purpose, using the categories that follow.
Necessary
These we regard as essential for the proper functioning of the website (and for nothing else), and we do not provide a means to turn them off. You can use browser controls to do this but may experience problems with the site as a result. The following table shows the necessary cookies that may be set during your visit, together with the domain that they are linked to and their function.
Necessary
Cookie | Domain | Function |
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CookieControl | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Records your preferences for managing cookies on the site. |
has_js | www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Records whether your browser can run JavaScript |
DrupaltableDragshowWeight | www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Set for logged-in users to enable navigation functionality |
SSESS7dd203234f77aba567ecb2813360b7b8 | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Set for logged-in users to maintain session |
AEC | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Google uses this cookie ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user's knowledge. |
Analytics
These cookies let us monitor how many people come to the site and how they reached it, and then learn which pages they visit and how they interact with them. The cookies do not contain any sensitive information, only alphanumeric identifiers. Whilst identifiers are regarded as personal, the data are aggregated so we cannot see who has visited or what they have done.
Analytics are turned off by default when you visit the British Academy site, but can be turned on with our cookie control tool. They are first party cookies (that is, tied to the British Academy domain), which means that when you turn them off we can delete them from your browser. If you disable these cookies we cannot know that you have visited the site or improve how well it works for you. The following tables shows the analytics cookies that may be set during your visit.
Cookie | Domain | Function |
_ga _gcl_au _gid _gat_UA-1813960-1 | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Set by Google Analytics. Read more about Google Analytics Privacy. |
_ga_XXXXXXXXXX | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | GA4 |
SOCS | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Cookie Session |
CONSENT | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Cookie Session |
OTZ | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | A cookie used by Google Analytics that provides an aggregate analysis of Website visitors. |
1P_JAR | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | These cookies are used to collect site statistics and track conversion rates. |
AID | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Other Google properties, like YouTube, can also use these cookies to show you more relevant ads. |
_gaexp | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Google Analytics, Optimise |
_gaexp_rc | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Google Analytics, Optimise |
_opt_awcid | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Google Analytics, Optimise |
_opt_awmid | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Google Analytics, Optimise |
_opt_awgid | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Google Analytics, Optimise |
_opt_awkid | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Google Analytics, Optimise |
_opt_utmc | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Google Analytics, Optimise |
_opt_expid | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Google Analytics, Optimise |
_clck | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Microsoft Clarity |
_clsk | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Microsoft Clarity |
CLID | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Microsoft Clarity |
ANONCHK | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Microsoft Clarity |
MR | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Microsoft Clarity |
MUID | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Microsoft Clarity |
SM | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Microsoft Clarity |
Marketing and surveys
We use "pixels" from companies we advertise with (for example, Meta) so we can tell when people have seen one of our promotions or campaigns and understand if they are working for us.
Sometimes we run surveys to ask people about their experience and what they might like to see on the site.
Cookie | Domain | Function |
_iz_uh_ps_ _iz_sd_ss_ | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Informizely surveys |
_fbp | thebritishacademy.ac.uk ("first party") | Facebook marketing pixel |
dmSessionID | dotdigital.com("third party") | DotMailer to track users to the Site from emails sent via DotMailer |
recordID | dotdigital.com("third party") | Email Marketing (dotmailer) |
test_cookies | doubleclick.net("third party") | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users' browser supports cookies |
DSID | doubleclick.net ("third party") | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the visitor's actions after viewing or clicking on one of ads on Google with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
IDE | doubleclick.net ("third party") | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the visitor's actions after viewing or clicking on one of ads on Google with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
NID | doubleclick.net ("third party") | From Doubleclick - Security, Functionality, Advertising AdSense, Campaign Manager, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360. |
HSID | google.com ("third party") | These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. This cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube |
SSID | google.com ("third party") | These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. This cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube |
APISID | google.com ("third party") | These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. This cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube |
SAPISID | google.com ("third party") | These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. This cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube |
Maps and media
We embed some content on the site that comes from other services, namely maps (from Google Maps, to show our location), videos (hosted at YouTube and Vimeo) and audio (hosted by SoundCloud and Transistor.fm).
When embedded like this they may set third-party cookies – that is, cookies associated with the domain of a host other than thebritishacademy.ac.uk. In addition, if you are logged into one of these services then cookies from their domains may already be on your device and will be exchanged with the service when your browser requests the media.
Maps and media are turned off by default so that these third-party cookies are not set, but you can enable them if you want to see/hear the media or view the map.
Cookie | Domain | Function |
sc_anonymous_id sciocale | soundcloud.com ("third party") | Set by the SoundCloud player. Containing an anonymous identifier and language preference, respectively. Other cookies will be set if you are logged into SoundCloud already. Read more about SoundCloud cookies. |
GPS PREF VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE YSC | youtube.com ("third party") | Identifiers and preference cookies used by YouTube (Google) to measure usage and your preferred settings. If you are logged in then other cookies may be set (or will already be set) As a logged-in user you can control how YouTube and Google use your data directly. |
_ga _gid _gat_gtag_UA_102699822_1 _gat_gtag_UA_108386802_4 | transistor.fm | Google Analytics cookies for Transistor.fm, which enable them to understand how people are using their media player. Note that the Transistor.fm player includes the ability to share via Twitter. If you are logged into Twitter already then Twitter will read its own cookies, or perhaps set others. |
vuid, player, flags, [clip_id]_password, [webinar_uuid]_webinar_registrant, lc_[hash], player_clearance, _cf_bm, _cfuvid, cf_clearance | vimeo.com | Vimeo is used to play videos on our website, these cookies include Cloudflare |
Controlling cookies
The cookies itemised above, with the exception of the "necessary" category, can be managed with our cookie consent tool. You can toggle each category on or off as you please, and the tool should always be available at the lower left corner of the window for you to change your consents. Please note that the majority of cookies are "first party", meaning they are linked to the domain name of this website, and if you remove consent then the tool can delete them directly.
However the functions in the "Maps and media" category set third-party cookies and the consent tool cannot delete these once they are set. They are turned off by default, but should you enable them and subsequently wish to revoke consent and remove the cookies, you will need to do so via your browser settings or following the directions given by YouTube / Google and SoundCloud.