Cookies Policy

Last updated: 06 October 2026

This Cookies Policy explains how newslinkiry uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. As a provider of specialised courses in live production decks, control rooms, multi-camera switching, live broadcasting techniques, real-time video operation and professional management of television and streaming productions, we operate a commercial website targeted at users in the United Kingdom. This policy complies with the UK General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.

What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are

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. These files can store information such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on site and device identifiers. They do not contain personal data unless you provide it through forms or logins.

Why the Site Uses Cookies

We use cookies to ensure the website functions correctly, improve user experience, analyse performance and deliver relevant content about our live production and broadcasting courses. Without certain cookies the site would not operate, while others help us understand how visitors explore our training programmes on control-room workflows and streaming productions.

Categories of Cookies We Use

Strictly necessary cookies enable core functions such as navigation, security and form submission. Functional cookies remember preferences like language or course filters. Analytics or performance cookies collect aggregated data on visitor behaviour to improve course pages. Advertising or targeting cookies may personalise promotional messages about upcoming live-broadcasting workshops. Social-media cookies facilitate sharing of content related to television-production training.

First-Party Versus Third-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are set directly by newslinkiry and relate to our own domain. Third-party cookies come from external providers such as analytics platforms or content-delivery networks that support video demonstrations of multi-camera switching techniques. Both types appear on our site and are listed in the table below.

Session Versus 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 set period or until manually removed. Our necessary cookies are mostly session-based, while analytics cookies are persistent for up to 24 months to track long-term trends in interest for real-time video operation courses.

Data Handled and Purpose of Each Category

Strictly necessary cookies process minimal data required for site security and form completion. Functional cookies store layout choices to enhance navigation through course catalogues. Analytics cookies record page views and session duration to measure engagement with broadcasting-technique content. Advertising cookies capture interest signals to show relevant course promotions. No category stores sensitive personal data.

Legal Basis and Consent Requirements

Under PECR, strictly necessary cookies are exempt from consent. All other categories require prior consent, which we obtain through our site-wide cookie banner. Consent is recorded and can be withdrawn at any time. This approach satisfies UK GDPR transparency obligations and gives users genuine choice over non-essential tracking related to our professional-management training programmes.

Cookie Provider Table

Name: _ga; Purpose: Analytics; Provider: Google; Category: Performance; Duration: 24 months
Name: _gid; Purpose: Analytics; Provider: Google; Category: Performance; Duration: 24 hours
Name: cookie_consent; Purpose: Consent storage; Provider: newslinkiry; Category: Necessary; Duration: 12 months
Name: _fbp; Purpose: Advertising; Provider: Meta; Category: Targeting; Duration: 3 months

How the Consent Manager Works

Our cookie banner appears on first visit and allows granular acceptance or rejection of each non-essential category. You can reopen the banner via the footer link at any time to change selections or withdraw consent. Changes take immediate effect and are stored in a first-party cookie for future visits.

Browser-Level Controls

Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through settings. Disabling necessary cookies will prevent core functions such as contact-form submission. Blocking analytics cookies limits our ability to improve course content but does not stop the site from working. Instructions for popular browsers are available on their official support pages.

International Transfers

Some third-party cookies transfer data outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses. Full details appear in our separate Privacy Policy, which you can request by contacting [email protected].

Policy Changes

We review this Cookies Policy regularly. Updates are posted here with a new last-updated date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact Route

If you have questions about cookies or wish to exercise rights under data-protection law, please write to [email protected], telephone 0191 694 1001 or write to Wansbeck Workspace, Rotary Parkway, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ. We respond to all legitimate enquiries within one month.