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sites use cookies?</a></li> <li><a href="#9">How to see your cookie code</a></li> <li><a href="#10">List of bbc.co.uk cookies</a></li> </ol> <h2><a name="1" id="1">1.</a> Introduction</h2> <p class="indented">This policy covers the BBC's use of personal information that the BBC collects when you use bbc.co.uk. The policy also gives you information about cookies; BBC and third parties' use of cookies; and how you may reject such cookies.</p> <p class="indented">From time to time, you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services on our website. Such services include newsletters, competitions, live chats, message boards and bbc.co.uk membership.</p> <p class="indented">By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable the BBC and its service providers to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide such personal information, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy. When using your personal information the BBC will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.</p> <h2><a name="2" id="2">2.</a> Visitor Information</h2> <p class="indented">During the course of any visit to bbc.co.uk, the pages you see, along with a short text file called a 'cookie', are downloaded to your computer. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the computer (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.</p> <p class="indented">Information supplied by cookies can help us to provide you with a better online user experience and assist us to analyse the profile of our visitors. For example: if on a previous visit you went to our education pages, we might find this out from your cookie and highlight educational information on your second and subsequent visits.</p> <p class="indented">Nielsen//Netratings and SageMetrics, two independent measurement and research companies, gather non-personal information regarding the visitors to our website on our behalf using cookies, log file data and code which is embedded on our website. The BBC uses this type of information, as with that obtained from other cookies used on the site, to help it improve the services to its users. If you wish to reject Nielsen//Netratings' cookie and SageMetrics' cookie, you can use the process set out below in point 7. To Totally Opt-Out of Nielsen//Netratings collecting any data regarding your interaction on bbc.co.uk, use the Opt-Out in their Privacy and Cookie Policy at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070118041433/http://www.netratings.com/privacy.jsp?section=leg_scs">http://www.netratings.com/privacy.jsp?section=leg_scs</a>. To Totally Opt-Out of SageMetrics collecting any data regarding your interaction on bbc.co.uk, use the Opt-Out in their Privacy Statements and Policies at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070118041433/http://www.sagemetrics.com/popup-dynamic.asp?pagename=privacy_main">http://www.sagemetrics.com/ popup-dynamic.asp?pagename=privacy_main</a>.</p> <h2><a name="3" id="3">3.</a> What is a cookie?</h2> <p class="indented">A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.</p> <p class="indented">Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.</p> <p class="indented">Cookies record information about your online preferences. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these, of course, means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user user and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the bbc.co.uk features. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.</p> <p class="indented">If you have set your computer to reject cookies you can still browse bbc.co.uk anonymously until such time as you wish to register for bbc.co.uk services. For further information on cookies please visit <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070118041433/http://www.aboutcookies.org/">http://www.aboutcookies.org</a>.</p> <h2><a name="4" id="4">4.</a> Use and storage of your personal information</h2> <p class="indented">When you supply any personal information to bbc.co.uk (e.g. for competitions, bbc.co.uk Community services or bbc.co.uk membership) we have legal obligations towards you in the way we use those data. We must collect the information fairly, that is, we must explain how we will use it (see the notices on particular webpages that let you know why we are requesting the information) and tell you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else.</p> <p class="indented">In general, any information you provide to the BBC will only be used within the BBC and by its agents and service providers. Your information will be disclosed where we are obliged or permitted by law. Also, if you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to bbc.co.uk or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on bbc.co.uk, the BBC can use whatever information that is available to it about you to stop such behaviour. This may involve informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school e-mail/Internet provider and law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.</p> <p class="indented">We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you use the service you have requested, and remove it in the event that the purpose has been met, or, in the case of bbc.co.uk membership you no longer wish to continue your registration as a bbc.co.uk member. For safety reasons, however, the BBC may store messaging transcript data (including message content, member names, times and dates) arising from the use of bbc.co.uk Community services such as Connector for a period of six months. Where personal information is held for people who are not yet registered but have taken part in other bbc.co.uk services (e.g. competitions), that information will be held as long as is necessary to ensure that the service is run smoothly. We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.</p> <p class="indented">If you are notified on a bbc.co.uk site that your information may be used to allow the BBC to contact you for "service administration purposes", this means that the BBC may contact you for a number of purposes related to the service you have signed up for. For example, we may wish to provide you with password reminders or notify you that the particular service has been suspended for maintenance. We will not contact you for promotional purposes, such as notifying you of improvements to the service or new services on bbc.co.uk unless you specifically agree to be contacted for such purposes at the time you submit your information on the site, or at a later time if you sign up specifically to receive such promotional information.</p> <h2><a name="5" id="5">5.</a> Access to your personal information</h2> <p class="indented">You have the right to request a copy of the personal information the BBC holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. (We charge £10 for information requests.)</p> <p class="indented">Please address requests to the Data Protection Officer, MC3 D1, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ (Email: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070118041433/mailto:dpa.officer@bbc.co.uk">dpa.officer@bbc.co.uk</a>).</p> <h2><a name="6" id="6">6.</a> Users 16 and under</h2> <p class="indented">If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to the BBC's website. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information.</p> <h2><a name="7" id="7">7.</a> How to find and control your cookies</h2> <div class="indented"> <h3>If you're using <strong>Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Tools, then</li> <li>Internet Options</li> <li>Click the Privacy tab</li> <li>Click on Custom Level</li> <li>Click on the 'Advanced' button</li> <li>Check the 'override automatic cookie handing' box and select Accept, Block or Prompt for action as appropriate.</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Firefox 2.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Tools, then</li> <li>Options</li> <li>Click the Privacy icon</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Firefox 1.0 or 1.5</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Tools, then</li> <li>Options</li> <li>Click the Privacy icon</li> <li>Click the Cookies tab</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Opera 8.0 or 9.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Tools, then</li> <li>Preferences</li> <li>Advanced</li> <li>Cookies</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Opera 7.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose File, then</li> <li>Preferences</li> <li>Privacy</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Netscape 6.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Edit, then</li> <li>Preferences</li> <li>Click on Advanced</li> <li>Click on Cookies</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Tools, then</li> <li>Internet Options</li> <li>Click the Security tab</li> <li>Click on Custom Level</li> <li>Scroll down to the sixth option to see how cookies are handled by IE5 and change to Accept, Disable, or Prompt for action as appropriate.</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Internet Explorer 4.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose View, then</li> <li>Internet Options</li> <li>Click the Advanced tab</li> <li>Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and choose one of the three options to regulate your use of cookies.</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Internet Explorer 3.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose View, then</li> <li>Options</li> <li>Click on Advanced</li> <li>Click on the button that says Warn before Accepting Cookies.</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Netscape Communicator 4.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Edit, then</li> <li>Preferences</li> <li>Click on Advanced</li> <li>Set your options in the box that says Cookies.</li> </ol> <p><small><a href="#top">[Top]</a></small></p> </div> <h2><a name="8" id="8">8.</a> How do you know which of the sites you've visited use cookies?</h2> <div class="indented"> <h3>If you're using <strong>Internet Explorer 5.0, 6.0 or 7.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Tools, then</li> <li>Internet Options</li> <li>Click the General tab</li> <li>Click Settings</li> <li>View Files</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Firefox 2.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Tools, then</li> <li>Options</li> <li>Click the Privacy icon</li> <li>Show Cookies</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Firefox 1.0 or 1.5</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Tools, then</li> <li>Options</li> <li>Click the Privacy icon</li> <li>Click the Cookies tab</li> <li>View Cookies</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Opera 8.0 or 9.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Tools, then</li> <li>Advanced</li> <li>Cookies</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Opera 7.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose File, then</li> <li>Preferences</li> <li>Privacy</li> <li>Click on Manage Cookies</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Netscape 6.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose Edit, then</li> <li>Preferences</li> <li>Click on Advanced</li> <li>Click on Cookies</li> <li>Click the View Cookies button</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Internet Explorer 4.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose View, then</li> <li>Internet Options</li> <li>Under the tab General (the default tab) click</li> <li>Settings</li> <li>View Files.</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Internet Explorer 3.0</strong>:</h3> <ol> <li>Choose View, then</li> <li>Options</li> <li>Advanced</li> <li>View Files.</li> </ol> <h3>If you're using <strong>Netscape Communicator 4.0</strong>:</h3> <p class="indented">Netscape bundles all cookies into one file on your hard drive. You'll need to find the file, which it calls Cookie.txt on Windows machines. <small><a href="#top">[Top]</a></small></p> </div> <h2><a name="9" id="9">9.</a> How to see your cookie code</h2> <p class="indented">Just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie. </p> <h2><a name="10" id="10">10.</a> List of bbc.co.uk cookies</h2> <p class="indented">This is a list of the main cookies that bbc.co.uk sets, and what each is used for:</p> <dl class="indented"> <dt>BBC-UID cookie</dt> <dd>A unique identifier given to each computer to allow log analysis to determine the number of unique users for various parts of bbc.co.uk. Data is only used in aggregate.</dd> <dt>BBCMediaselector cookie</dt> <dd>Used to store your user preferences for Audio-Video content from bbc.co.uk - format (Real player or Windows Media player) and quality (narrowband or broadband).</dd> <dt>BBCPostcoder cookie</dt> <dd>Used to store your user preferences for geographic specific content on bbc.co.uk - allows pages to present information for your local area, primarily on the homepage, but also in other areas like bbc.co.uk/arts.</dd> <dt>BBCWEACITY cookie</dt> <dd>Used to store your user preferences for home city - allows the the weather site to present information for your local area.</dd> <dt>BBCNewsAudience cookie</dt> <dd>Used to store your user preferences for which edition (domestic UK or International) of the BBC homepage, Radio, TV and Weather homepages, News site and Sport site you wish to view when visiting www.bbc.co.uk.</dd> <dt>BBCNewsAudcWght cookie</dt> <dd>Used to record the degree of certainty of the domestic UK or International edition preference ascribed to you. 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