Cookies Policy
Last updated: 23 September 2026
What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They store information such as your preferences, login status and browsing behaviour. Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels and local storage that can also track activity or remember settings. These tools allow websites to function properly, remember choices and provide insights into how visitors interact with content. On a site focused on specialised training for live production decks, control rooms, multi-camera switching, live broadcasting techniques, real-time video operation and professional management of television and streaming productions, cookies help maintain the learning environment and record progress through course materials.
Why We Use Cookies
We deploy cookies to deliver core site functions, enhance user experience during course navigation, measure performance of training modules and support essential security measures. Without these technologies, features such as saving course progress, remembering video playback settings or maintaining secure sessions would not operate reliably. Cookies also allow us to understand which parts of our curriculum on live broadcasting and control-room management receive the most attention, enabling continuous improvement of our commercial training offerings.
Categories of Cookies We Use
Strictly necessary cookies enable basic site operation including secure log-in and form submission. Functional cookies remember user preferences such as language or video quality settings. Analytics or performance cookies collect aggregated data on how visitors move through course pages and complete modules on multi-camera switching or streaming production. Advertising or targeting cookies may be used by approved partners to show relevant course promotions. Social-media cookies facilitate sharing of training resources but are only active when users choose to engage with those platforms.
First-Party Versus Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are set directly by our domain and relate to core functions such as session management during live-production training sessions. Third-party cookies originate from external providers that supply analytics services, video hosting or advertising platforms. Both types may be present, yet first-party cookies generally handle essential tasks while third-party cookies support supplementary features like performance measurement or targeted course recommendations.
Session Versus Persistent Cookies
Session cookies exist only while your browser remains open and are deleted when you close it. They are commonly used for temporary tasks such as keeping you logged in during a single visit to review control-room management modules. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period, ranging from a few days to two years, allowing the site to remember preferences across multiple visits. Retention periods are set to the minimum necessary for the stated purpose and are reviewed regularly.
Data Handled and Purpose of Each Category
Strictly necessary cookies process identifiers required for security and navigation. Functional cookies store settings such as preferred video resolution for broadcasting technique lessons. Analytics cookies record page views, time spent on modules and device type to improve course delivery. Advertising cookies may capture interests inferred from visited pages to present suitable training options. All data is handled in accordance with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, with purposes limited to service delivery and legitimate business operations.
Legal Basis and Consent Requirements Under UK Law
Strictly necessary cookies operate under the strict necessity exemption of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. All other categories require consent obtained through our site-wide cookie banner. Consent is freely given, specific, informed and as easy to withdraw as to provide. We maintain records of consent choices in line with UK GDPR accountability obligations. Users located in the United Kingdom benefit from the protections of the Data Protection Act 2018 and PECR, which govern how consent is collected and honoured.
Cookie Providers and Durations
Our own domain sets session cookies for authentication that expire when the browser closes. A functional cookie named course_pref stores video settings for up to one year. Analytics providers receive data via cookies lasting thirteen months. Advertising partners may use identifiers retained for up to two years unless consent is withdrawn earlier. Full details of each provider, category and exact duration are listed in the consent manager interface accessible from the cookie banner.
How the Consent Manager Works
The cookie banner appears on first visit and allows selection of cookie categories. Choices can be reviewed or altered at any time by returning to the banner controls. Rejecting non-essential cookies prevents those technologies from activating. Withdrawing consent does not affect data already processed under previously given consent but stops future collection for the rejected categories.
Browser-Level Controls and Consequences
Most browsers allow users to block or delete cookies through settings menus. Disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent log-in or form submission on course enrolment pages. Blocking analytics cookies limits our ability to improve training content on real-time video operation. Persistent disabling of functional cookies removes saved preferences across visits. These actions remain available regardless of the consent manager and may result in reduced site functionality.
International Transfers
Some third-party providers may process data outside the United Kingdom. Where transfers occur, appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses approved under UK GDPR are in place. Further information appears in our separate Privacy Policy, which users should consult for details on data handling beyond cookies.
Changes to This Policy and Contact Information
We review this Cookies Policy periodically and update it when processing activities or legal requirements change. The version date appears at the top of the page. For questions about cookie usage or to exercise rights under UK data protection law, please use the contact form on our Contacts page or reach fameviber at [email protected], Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1LG or 01494 671234. This policy forms part of our commitment to transparent data practices for all visitors interested in professional live-production training.