Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. Using this website controlled by British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) sometimes involves placing cookies on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. Cookies can either be “session-based” – which means they are deleted when you leave the BASE website, or “persistent’ – which means it will stay on your device after you leave: this allows the website to remember you when you come back. Cookies are used in other ways to improve your experience of the BASE website.

Our use of cookies

Some of the cookies we use are essential for the BASE website to function properly. Without them, your experience of the sites won’t be complete. Others are to improve the performance of the website, and a few are provided by third parties.
The BASE website uses cookies to:
  • populate the website with Twitter and LinkedIn feeds;
  • respond to your actions on the website such as browsing the website;
  • enable the function of Google Analytics. This enables us to improve the website and experience;
  • measure the effectiveness of online marketing campaigns.
If you would like a full list of the cookies we use, please email [email protected]

Your privacy is important to us

The law states that we can store cookies on your machine if they are essential to the operation of the BASE website, but that for all others we need your permission to do so.
The cookies we use can’t harm your computer. We don’t store personally identifiable information such as your name or address, in cookies we create. We do not use cookies to identify you personally and we never share this information with other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes. Restricting, blocking or deleting cookies. However, if you’d prefer to restrict, block or delete cookies from the BASE website (or any other website), you can use your internet browser to do so. Each browser is different, so check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone’s handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
For more information, including how to control and delete cookies, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org