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Data Protection and Privacy Statement
Any personal data held and processed by Royal Armouries is in accordance with all current legislation relating to data protection and the database is registered under the terms of the 1998 Data Protection Act. Royal Armouries will only use personal data for the purpose for which you provide it and will not pass it to any other parties without your permission.
Any third party accessing the Royal Armouries Website must also use data taken from this source in accordance with the 1998 Data Protection Act. Data may NOT be used for commercial purposes.
Information we collect
When you use a Royal Armouries website, we may collect personal information about you when you contact us using an online form and every time you email us your details. We use this information to:
- contact you to respond to your queries (if you email us with a question, for example)
We only collect information about you when you enter it into an enquiry form on the website or create user accounts and login to the following website services:
- Royal Armouries Online Shop
- E-news subscriptions
Access to information
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information Royal Armouries holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. Email address will need to be provided.
Users 16 and under
If you are aged 16 or under, you must get your parent/guardian's permission before you provide personal information to Royal Armouries websites. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.
Cookies
ROYALARMOURIES.ORG puts small files (known as 'cookies') onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site. Find out more about the cookies we use, what they're for and when they expire.Cookies that measure website use
We use Google Analytics software (Universal Analytics) to collect anonymised information about how you use ROYALARMOURIES.ORG. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements to the site.
We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use this site.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit on ROYALARMOURIES.ORG and how long you spend on them
- what you click on while you're visiting the site
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | These help us count how many people visit ROYALARMOURIES.ORG by tracking if you've visited before | 2 years |
| _gid | These help us count how many people visit ROYALARMOURIES.ORG by tracking if you've visited before | 24 hours |
| _gat | This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to limit requests (throttle request rate) | 1 minute |
| _gat_gtag_UA_[Property-ID] | This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to limit requests (throttle request rate) | 1 minute |
We use the Facebook pixel to collect anonymous information about how you use ROYALARMOURIES.ORG. This to helps us to create more effective and relevant adverts.
Facebook stores information about:
- social media account details
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit on ROYALARMOURIES.ORG and how long you spend on them
- what you click on while you're visiting the site
- which website you visit next
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | To count which pages are most popular on ROYALARMOURIES.ORG by tracking if you have visited before | 1 year |
| fr | This cookie is read by Facebook to enable ad delivery or retargetting, it stores social media account details | 3 months |
Click Dimensions
We use Click Dimensions software to manage our Customer Relationships database. The tracker on this website can collect information about how you use ROYALARMOURIES.ORG. We do this to provide better customer service. If you opt out of tracking then no data is collected. However, if you accept the tracking then Click Dimensions will collect the following data:
- how you got to the site
- the pages you visit on ROYALARMOURIES.ORG and how long you spend on them
- what you click on while you're visiting the site
- name and email address if entered and submitted on a form
- IP address of your computer
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cusid | This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with the site. When a user views a page on the site, the script code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a new session is established. Each time a user visits a different page on the site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on the site for longer than 30 minutes. | 30 minutes |
| cuvid | This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to the site from that web browser. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits the site, a new __cuid cookie is written with a different visitor unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to the site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that the application uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure. | 2 years |
| cuvon | Used to signal the last time a visitor viewed a page. | 30 minutes |
Embedded content
Some ROYALARMOURIES.ORG pages may contain content from other sites, like AddThis, which may set their own cookies. These sites are sometimes called 'third party' services. This tells us how many people are seeing the content and whether it's useful. In addition, if you share a link to a ROYALARMOURIES.ORG page, the service you share it on (for example, Facebook) may set a cookie. We have no control over cookies set on other websites - you can turn them off, but not through us.
AddThis
We use AddThis to enable social sharing to various platforms and to inform users the number of times the content has been shared. AddThis sets cookies the following cookies when you visit ROYALARMOURIES.ORG.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| loc | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in our site to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores the visitors geolocation to record location of sharer. | 2 years |
| uvc | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in our site to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. Tracks how often a user interacts with AddThis. | 2 years |
| __atuvs | This cookie is created and read by the AddThis social sharing site in order to make sure you see the updated count if you share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. | 1 month |
| __atuvc | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. | 30 minutes |
Cookies that remember your settings
These cookies do things like remember your preferences and the choices you make, to personalise your experience of using ROYALARMOURIES.ORG. We set the following cookies to record your preferences.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| cd_optout_royalarmouriesorg_[Property_ID] | This cookie is generated if a visitor chooses to opt out of tracking and as long as it is present, we will not generate any web tracking data for this visitor. | 6 months |
| socialsharing | Used to record consent to social sharing cookies | 3 months |
| analytics | Used to record consent to analytics cookies | 3 months |
Change your settings
You can change which cookies you're happy for us to use by opening the cookie control panel at the bottom right corner of the page.Disabling cookies
If you stop all cookies from being place on to your computer you can disable them by adjusting the settings on your browser. However this will affect the functionality of the websites you visit.
For more help on how to disable your cookies or delete them visit www.aboutcookies.org
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Visitors can easily stop AddThis from collecting any information about them for online behavioral advertising by opting out. This will prevent advertisers from receiving any data that could be used to tailor advertising to you. This will also prevents us from learning about your interests, as well as personalizing your content or services for them.