Birmingham City University Students’ Union – Cookies Policy
Birmingham City University Students’ Union (BCUSU) uses cookies on our websites. This statement explains how we use cookies when you visit our website and online applications. By accessing, browsing and using our sites, you confirm that you accept this cookie policy and that you consent to our use of Cookies on your computer or smart device as set out in this cookie policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that store information on your computer or smart device when you access certain websites. Cookies allow BCUSU to recognise your device when you visit the BCUSU site and they enable us to store certain information about your preferences, for example your local store. Cookies make it easier for you to maintain your preferences and help us customise the sites to suit your preferences.
How can I prevent cookies being used?
You can disable cookies from your browser and delete all cookies currently stored on your computer or smart device. You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking "help" on your browser's menu or by visiting http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html.
However, please be aware that should you choose to disable cookies from your browser it may prevent you from taking full advantage of the BCUSU site. You will see from the section below headed "How we use cookies" that most of the cookies used by BCUSU are recognised as being essential cookies, which are required to make our sites work.
How BCUSU use cookies?
BCUSU use cookies on our site. However, BCUSU do not collect or store personal data via the cookies used on any of our site.
When someone visits our site, we collect standard internet log information. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of our Sites. We collect this information in a way which does not individually identify you.
If, in the future, we decide that we do want to collect personally identifiable information by using cookies, on our site, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we will collect such personal information, how we will collect it and what we intend to do with it.
1st Party Cookies
Google Analytics
Used to collect non-personal information about how visitors use our sites. This helps us monitor site performance and improve our sites. Data collected is anonymous, including the number of visitors, where visitors came from, and pages visited.
3rd Party Cookies
Third party cookies are cookies that have been written on to your browser or device by a website that is different from the website you are visiting (i.e. by a site other than ours, in this case).
Social media buttons and/or plugins on this site allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For this to work the following social media sites including TikTok, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook will set Cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
Social Intents
We use live chat software from Social Intents, a third-party US-based company. Information about data processing and storage can be viewed here.
Microsoft Clarity
This is used to understand how visitors interact with our pages. It collects anonymised data, such as number of visitors, pages visited, and referral sources. This helps us monitor site performance and improve your experience. Data processing details are available here.