Cookie Policy for British Aviation Archive (BritishAviationArchive.com)
Last Updated: [Date]
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how the British Aviation Archive ("we", "us", "our") uses them on our website at https://www.britishaviationarchive.com, and your choices regarding cookies.
This policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, which provides further details on how we process personal data.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.
Cookies can be:
- "Persistent" cookies: These remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
- "Session" cookies: These are temporary and are deleted automatically when you close your browser.
Web beacons, pixels, and other similar technologies (collectively, "cookies" in this policy) may also be used for similar purposes.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential/Strictly Necessary Cookies: To enable core website functionality, such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these.
- Performance/Analytics Cookies: To help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the structure and content.
- Functionality/Preference Cookies: To remember choices you make (such as your preferred language or region) and to provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: To deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests, and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
The table below details the specific cookies we use on the British Aviation Archive website.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Type & Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | British Aviation Archive | Strictly necessary session cookie used to maintain user session state (e.g., for login functionality, form submissions). | Session Cookie |
| cookie_consent | British Aviation Archive | Stores your cookie consent preferences. | Persistent (1 year) |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish unique users and calculate visitor, session, and campaign data. | Persistent (2 years) |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish unique users for 24-hour periods. | Persistent (24 hours) |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate to Google Analytics servers. | Persistent (1 minute) |
| _fbp | Meta (Facebook) | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products, such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. | Persistent (3 months) |
| NID | Used by Google to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language or number of search results per page. | Persistent (6 months) |
This list is not exhaustive and may be updated periodically. Third-party services (like Google and Facebook) may also use additional cookies not listed here.
4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
For visitors from the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom, our use of cookies is based on the following legal grounds under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: We process data from these cookies based on our legitimate interest in providing a secure and functional website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- Performance, Functionality, and Targeting Cookies: We require your explicit consent before placing these cookies on your device (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). This consent is obtained via our cookie banner when you first visit our site.
5. Your Cookie Choices and Controls
You have several options to manage cookies:
- Cookie Consent Banner: On your first visit, you will be presented with a banner allowing you to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences. You can change these preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link, typically found in the website footer.
- Browser Settings: You can set your web browser to refuse all or some cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. Guidance for popular browsers:
- Third-Party Opt-Outs:
- Google Analytics: You can opt out of tracking by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Advertising Networks: You can opt out of interest-based advertising from many companies via the Your Online Choices (UK) or Digital Advertising Alliance (USA) websites.
6. Data Transfers
Some of our third-party cookie providers (e.g., Google, Meta) are based outside the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area. When data is transferred internationally, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the use of Standard Contractual Clauses approved by relevant authorities.
7. Data Retention
Cookie data is retained for different periods, as indicated in the table above. Persistent cookies remain on your device until their expiry date or until you delete them. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Analytics data is typically aggregated and anonymized, and we retain it for analysis purposes for up to 26 months.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate.
- Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, including for direct marketing.
- Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
- Your right to withdraw consent – Where we rely on your consent (e.g., for non-essential cookies), you can withdraw it at any time via the Cookie Settings.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact us using the details in Section 10 to make a request.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
9. Policy Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies, or your data protection rights, please contact us:
By Email: privacy@britishaviationarchive.com
By Post: Data Protection Officer, British Aviation Archive, [Insert Registered/Postal Address].