What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) when you visit certain websites. They are used to 'remember' you and your preferences, either for a single visit (through a "session cookie") or for multiple repeat visits (using a "persistent cookie"). They ensure a consistent and efficient experience for visitors and perform essential functions such as allowing users to register and remain logged in.
How We Use Cookies
At Critics Canvas, we use cookies for several purposes. They help us provide a better user experience by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: These are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our site functions.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies are used to collect information about traffic to our site and how users use the site. The information gathered does not identify any individual visitor. It includes the number of visitors to our site, the websites that referred them, the pages they visited, what time of day they visited, whether they have visited our site before, and other similar information. We use this information to help operate our site more efficiently, to gather broad demographic information, and to monitor the level of activity on our site. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make when you use our site, such as remembering your preferences when you leave a comment. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you visit.
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, our site may include content embedded from other providers (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo for film trailers) which may set their own cookies. As mentioned in our Privacy Policy, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites and we encourage you to review their own cookie policies.
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by setting or amending your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
Contact
For any inquiries regarding our use of cookies, please visit our Dialogue page.