Cookies and Privacy

Privacy Policy

We believe your business is no one else's. Your privacy is important to you and to us, so we'll protect the information you share with us. 

To protect your privacy, Take Art follows different principles in accordance with worldwide practices for customer privacy and data protection:

  • We won’t sell or give away your name, mail address, phone number, email address, credit card number or any other information to anyone.
  • We will use the latest technology to protect your information from unauthorised users.

What information do we collect and how do we use it?

We collect personal data from you when you register to join our database, receive newsletters, fill in online forms, contribute materials and join discussion forums. This information is protected by UK data protection law. We remind you about our data collection policy when you sign up for our mailing list.

We ask you to provide us with details such as name and email address — many fields on our sign up form are optional but certain fields are mandatory. The data we collect from you is an important function in realising the goals of Take Art, namely market our events and support the work of Somerset artists and practitioners.

We do not share your personal information with third parties or send you Take Art communication without your prior consent — you must give us your consent to do so by ticking the relevant check box when you register on the site. Should you wish to terminate your subscription to our newsletter, you will find an unsubscribe link at the bottom of each newsletter.

Legal Requirements

While it is unlikely, Take Art may be required to disclose your user data by a court order or to comply with other legal requirements. We will endeavour to inform you of this requirement wherever possible, unless we are legally restricted from doing so.

No commercial disposal to third parties

Take Art does not sell, rent or distribute any personally identifying data from our users to third parties for commercial purposes without your prior consent.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do it better.

Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

Cookies

This website uses something called cookies. A cookie is a small text file of letters and numbers that gets put onto your computer when you visit a website. This allows the site to distinguish you from other users.

A cookie isn't a computer program, can't read files on your computer, can't carry viruses and can't install malware onto your computer.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Cookies you may encounter on Take Art:

Craft
CraftSessionID
The content management system (Craft) used to power this site, uses cookies to help you navigate, and to remember any preferences you have and pages you've already visited.

Google Analytics
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Used by Google Analytics allowing us to track pages you visit, and basic details about your web browsers. They cannot identify you personally.

Google Maps
APISID HSID NID PREF SAPISID SID SS SSID
Used by Google Maps to remember your preferences e.g. zoom and position

For further information about these cookies or any other cookies found within this site, please contact info@takeart.org

By browsing Take Art, you are accepting the cookies as mentioned above plus any others deemed essential for the best user experience. You can manage cookies in your browser - however, if you decline or delete cookies, areas of the site may not function properly or may behave unexpectedly.

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_ga.takeart.orgGoogle 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 daysAnalytics
_gid.takeart.orgGoogle 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 dayAnalytics
_gat.takeart.orgGoogle Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites.1 minutePerformance
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yt-player-headers-readableyoutube.comThe yt-player-headers-readable cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences related to video playback and interface, enhancing the user's viewing experience.neverFunctional
yt-remote-connected-devicesyoutube.comYouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.neverFunctional
yt-remote-session-appyoutube.comThe yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player.sessionFunctional
yt-remote-cast-installedyoutube.comThe yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.sessionFunctional
yt-remote-session-nameyoutube.comThe yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.sessionFunctional
yt-remote-cast-availableyoutube.comThe yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user's preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player.sessionFunctional
yt-remote-fast-check-periodyoutube.comThe yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos.sessionFunctional