Cookies Policy

Last Updated

This Cookies Policy was last updated on 8 October 2026. It explains how celebcircleki uses cookies and similar technologies on our website for visitors in the United Kingdom.

What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember actions and preferences over time. Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels and local storage that can store or access information on your device. These tools can record details such as your browser type, device identifiers, IP address, pages visited and interactions with content. In the context of our specialised courses on live production decks, multi-camera switching and real-time video operation, cookies help maintain secure sessions during enrolment and streaming of training materials.

Why the Site Uses Cookies

We use cookies to operate the website effectively, improve user experience and comply with legal requirements. Necessary cookies enable core functions such as navigating course listings, submitting contact forms and accessing protected training resources. Without them, features like login for enrolled students studying live broadcasting techniques would fail. Analytics cookies measure how visitors interact with pages describing professional management of television productions, allowing us to refine content. Functional cookies remember preferences such as video quality settings for streaming course demonstrations.

Categories of Cookies We Use

Strictly necessary cookies are essential for basic site operation and cannot be disabled. Functional cookies enhance usability by storing choices like language or region. Analytics or performance cookies collect aggregated data on site usage to identify improvements in sections covering real-time video operation. Advertising or targeting cookies may personalise promotions for upcoming courses on control rooms, but only with consent. Social-media cookies facilitate sharing of course information if integrated platforms are used. Each category serves distinct purposes tied to delivering high-quality education in live production.

First-Party Versus Third-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are set directly by celebcircleki and relate to our own domain. They handle tasks such as session management for students accessing modules on multi-camera switching. Third-party cookies originate from external providers, for example analytics services that track performance across our course catalogue. These may include providers supporting video delivery for broadcasting technique tutorials. We limit third-party use to essential partners and ensure they follow UK data protection standards.

Session Versus Persistent Cookies and Retention Periods

Session cookies exist only while your browser is open and are deleted when you close it. They support temporary activities like completing an enrolment form for a course on television productions. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until manually removed, with typical durations ranging from one day to two years depending on purpose. Analytics cookies often persist for up to twenty-four months to enable long-term usage trends. Retention is always limited to what is necessary for the stated purpose under UK GDPR and PECR rules.

Data Handled and Specific Purposes

Cookies may process identifiers, browsing behaviour, device information and interaction data. Necessary cookies process minimal data to authenticate users studying professional management of streaming productions. Analytics cookies handle aggregated statistics on which course pages receive most attention, such as those explaining live broadcasting techniques. No sensitive personal data is stored in cookies. All processing aligns with the purposes of site functionality, performance monitoring and consented marketing related to our specialised training.

Legal Basis for Each Category Under UK Law

Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations and UK GDPR, strictly necessary cookies rely on the legitimate interests basis or strict necessity exemption because they are required for the service to function. Analytics, functional and advertising cookies require prior consent, which we obtain through our site-wide cookie banner. You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal. Consent records are retained for accountability purposes as required by the Data Protection Act 2018.

Cookie Providers, Categories and Durations

Our necessary category includes session identifiers from celebcircleki lasting only for the browser session. Analytics providers may set cookies such as performance trackers lasting up to thirteen months. Functional cookies for video preferences from first-party storage expire after thirty days. Advertising partners, if active, use targeting cookies with durations up to two years subject to ongoing consent. Full lists of active providers and exact expiry dates are available through the consent manager interface on our site.

How the Consent Manager Works and Managing Choices

Our cookie banner appears on first visit and allows granular acceptance or rejection of non-essential categories. You can revisit the banner via a link in the footer to change preferences at any time. Rejecting optional cookies prevents those providers from setting new cookies while still permitting necessary operation. Withdrawal of consent is immediate and does not require creating an account. The manager logs choices to demonstrate compliance with PECR transparency obligations.

Browser-Level Controls and Consequences of Disabling Cookies

Most browsers allow blocking or deleting cookies through settings menus. Disabling necessary cookies may prevent access to secure course areas or contact forms. Blocking analytics cookies reduces our ability to improve content on real-time video operation but does not stop core functionality. Persistent cookies can be cleared manually, though this resets preferences and may require repeated consent actions. We recommend reviewing browser help resources for specific instructions on managing storage.

International Transfers

Some third-party cookies may transfer data outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses approved under UK GDPR. Details of any such transfers are summarised in our separate Privacy Policy, which you can request by contacting [email protected].

Policy Changes and Contact Information

We may update this policy to reflect changes in technology or law. Material revisions will be highlighted on this page with a new last-updated date. For questions about cookies or to exercise rights under data protection law, please use the contact form on our Contacts page or email [email protected]. Our postal address is National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1LG and telephone contact is available at 01494 671234. This policy forms part of our commitment to transparent data practices for all visitors interested in our courses on live production and control rooms.