Use of Cookies
Privacy PolicyThis page explains our use of website cookies and the choices you can make about allowing cookies or choosing to disable them on this website.
This website uses cookies. 'Cookies' are small text files that are stored by the browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Chrome or Safari) on your computer or mobile device. This site uses two types of cookies:
- Site performance cookies. They allow websites to store such things as user preferences, enabling it to recognise a user and respond appropriately. These cookies do not contain any personal data about you individually.
- Anonymous analytics cookies. We use Google Analytics to collect information about site usage and performance. These cookies can tell us whether or not you have visited the site before and how the site is used. This helps us better understand our users and their needs so that we can continue to improve the services we provide. These cookies cannot be used to identify individuals.
Third party cookies
Certain areas of the website will also contain third party cookies, e.g. embedded YouTube or Soundcloud content. Also, when you share any content on the website using a social media sharing button, the social network will record that you have done this.
Birmingham Museums is not responsible for these cookies. Please refer to the appropriate third party website Privacy Policy for further information about them and their terms.
Disabling Cookies
When you visit the Birmingham Museum website, if your browser is using the standard settings and it is accepting cookies, you are giving consent for our website cookies to be stored on your computer.
If you do not wish for this to happen, you can disable them in the settings of your browser. The Birmingham Museum website works more efficiently if receipt of cookies is enabled, but it will still operate correctly if you disable cookies. For more information about how to disable cookies in different browsers, visit the About Cookies website.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please e-mail: hello@birminghammuseums.org.uk
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | .vimeo.com | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. | 1 hour | Necessary |
| _cfuvid | .vimeo.com | This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare - Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators. | session | Other |
| _gcl_au | .birminghammuseums.org.uk | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment Marketing efficiency of websites using their services. | 3 months | Analytics |
| _ga | .birminghammuseums.org.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytics |
| _gid | .birminghammuseums.org.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day | Analytics |
| _gat_UA-* | .birminghammuseums.org.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie for user behaviour tracking. | 1 minute | Analytics |
| _ga_* | .birminghammuseums.org.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytics |
| __qca | .birminghammuseums.org.uk | The __qca cookie is associated with Quantcast. This anonymous data helps us to better understand users' needs and customize the website accordingly. | 1 year 26 days | Marketing |
| _fbp | .birminghammuseums.org.uk | Facebook sets this cookie to display Marketings when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. | 3 months | Analytics |
| sp_landing | .spotify.com | This cookie is set by the provider Spotify. This cookie is used to implement audio content from spotify on the website. It also helps in collecting information on user interaction with this audio content. | 1 day | Functional / Marketing |
| sp_t | .spotify.com | This cookie is set by the provider Spotify. This cookie is used to implement audio content from spotify on the website. It also helps in collecting information on user interaction with this audio content. | 1 day | Functional / Marketing |
| guest | .jotform.com | Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization. | 1 month | Marketing / Analytics |
| userReferer | .jotform.com | Determines how the user accessed the website. This information is used by the website operator in order to measure the efficiency of their marketing. | 1 month | Marketing / Analytics |
| IDE | .doubleclick.net / Google | This cookie provides ad delivery or retargeting. | 13 months | Marketing |
| YSC | .youtube.com | This cookie stores and tracks interaction. | Session | Marketing |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | This cookie uses advertising, personalised YouTube recommendations based on past views and searches. | 6 months from user's last use | Marketing |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | This cookie uses advertising, personalised YouTube recommendations based on past views and searches | 13 months | Marketing |
| NID | .google.com | This cookie provides ad delivery or retargeting, store user preferences. | 6 months from a user’s last use | Marketing / Analytics |
| AEC | .google.com | This cookie ensures requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. This cookie prevents malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. | 6 months | - |
| SOCS | .google.com | This cookie stores the user's state regarding their cookies choices. | 13 months | - |
| APISID | .google.com | - | 2 years | Marketing |
| HSID | .google.com | This cookie provides fraud prevention. | 2 years | Necessary |
| SAOISID | .google.com | - | 2 years | - |
| SID | .google.com | This cookie provides ad delivery or retargeting, provide fraud prevention. | 2 years | Marketing |
| SIDCC | .google.com | This cookie provides the identification of trusted web traffic. | 1 year | Necessary |
| SSID | .google.com | - | 2 years | - |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | .soundcloud.com | This cookie enables the website not to show the message more than once. | 1 year | Necessary |
| OptanoConsent | .soundcloud.com | This cookie stores information about the categories of cookies and if users have given or withdrawn consent for each category. | 1 year | Necessary |
| __eoi | .soundcloud.com | This cookies detects spam and improves the website's security. | 6 months | Security |
| ajs_anonymous_id | .soundcloud.com | This cookie stores last visit. | 1 year | Analytics |
| datadome | .soundcloud.com | - | - | |
| eupubconsent-v2 | .soundcloud.com | This cookie stores information for remarketing purposes. | 1 year | Marketing |
| __gads | .soundcloud.com | - | 13 months | Marketing |
| __gpi | .soundcloud.com | - | 13 months | Marketing |
| __qca | .soundcloud.com | This cookies is used to store and track audience reach. | 5 years | Marketing |
| _fbp | .soundcloud.com | This cookie stores and track visits across websites. | 3 months | Marketing |
| _ga | .soundcloud.com | This cookie stores and track visits across websites. | 1 year | Analytics |
| _ga_* | .soundcloud.com | - | - | - |
| _gcl_au | .soundcloud.com | - | 90 days | Analytics / Marketing |
| _gid | .soundcloud.com | - | 24 hours | Analytics |
| cookie_consent | .soundcloud.com | - | session | - |
| datadome | .soundcloud.com | - | - | - |
| rubicon_last_sync | .soundcloud.com | - | - | - |
| sc_anonymous_id | .soundcloud.com | This cookie provides functions across pages. | 10 years | Functional |
| sc_session | .soundcloud.com | - | 8 days | - |