Cookies Policy
Last updated: 21 September 2026
What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?
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 IP address, browser type, device identifiers, pages visited and interaction patterns. On this site they help deliver the Course A storytelling and visual media guide covering narrative structure, lighting direction, camera framing and smooth workflows for video stories and reports.
Why This Site Uses Cookies
We use cookies to operate the commercial website effectively, remember user choices about content preferences and ensure the platform remains secure. Without them certain features such as course access, form submissions on the Contacts page and the site-wide cookie banner would not function correctly. Cookies also support performance monitoring so that video-related resources load reliably for users studying narrative techniques and visual media production.
Categories of Cookies We Deploy
Strictly necessary cookies enable core functions including navigation, security and the contact form. Functional cookies remember settings such as language or layout preferences. Analytics or performance cookies gather aggregated usage statistics to improve course delivery. Advertising or targeting cookies may personalise promotional messages about the storytelling guide. Social-media cookies can appear if third-party sharing tools are present, although the site does not maintain a blog or review section.
First-Party Versus Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are set directly by storybeamra and relate to the domain you are visiting. Third-party cookies come from external providers such as analytics services or content delivery networks. Both types appear on this commercial platform to support the Course A materials on camera framing and workflow efficiency. We limit third-party use to essential service providers only.
Session and Persistent Cookies
Session cookies exist only while your browser is open and are deleted when you close it. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period, often between thirty days and two years, depending on their purpose. For example, a functional cookie storing course progress may last up to twelve months, while an analytics cookie measuring video completion rates may expire after twenty-four months. Retention periods are reviewed regularly to ensure they remain proportionate.
Data Handled and Specific Purposes
Strictly necessary cookies process identifiers needed for authentication and form security. Functional cookies store preference data such as video player settings. Analytics cookies collect page-view counts and session duration to refine the guide on lighting direction. Advertising cookies may track interest in storytelling modules to show relevant offers. No cookies are used for behavioural profiling beyond these stated purposes.
Consent and Exemption Basis Under UK Law
Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations together with the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, strictly necessary cookies operate without consent because they are essential for the service you requested. All other categories require prior consent, which is obtained through the site-wide cookie banner. You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
Cookie Provider Table
The following table summarises active cookies when information is available: name, provider, category, purpose and typical duration. Strictly necessary: session identifier by storybeamra, essential operation, expires at end of session. Functional: preference token by storybeamra, remembers layout, up to twelve months. Analytics: _ga by Google, performance measurement, up to twenty-four months. Targeting: visitor token by advertising partner, interest in course modules, up to six months.
How the Consent Manager Works
The cookie banner presented on first visit allows you to accept all, reject non-essential or manage individual categories. Selections are stored in a functional cookie that expires after twelve months. You can reopen the banner via a link in the footer to change or withdraw choices at any time. Changes take effect immediately and are reflected across subsequent visits from the same browser.
Browser-Level Controls and Consequences
Most browsers permit you to block or delete cookies through settings menus. Disabling strictly necessary cookies will prevent the contact form and course access from working. Blocking analytics cookies stops usage statistics collection but does not affect core functionality. Persistent disabling of functional cookies removes saved preferences each time you visit.
International Transfers
Some third-party providers may process data outside the United Kingdom. In such cases appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses are applied. Further details appear in our Privacy Policy, which explains how personal information is protected during any transfer.
Policy Changes and Contact Route
We may update this Cookies Policy to reflect legal or operational changes. The revised version will carry a new last-updated date. If you have questions about cookie use on this site please write to [email protected] or send correspondence to 24 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9UB, UK. We aim to respond within one month. This document does not cover any blog content because no such section exists on the site.