ARP's website does not store or capture personal information, but for administration purposes merely logs the user's IP address which is automatically recognised by the web server.
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
You can use your web browser's settings to manage these small files yourself.
We use analytics cookies primarily to monitor which browser types and operating systems people are using. This enables us to create a site that works with many different browsers, improving the service we can offer.
Our site uses a purpose built search engine, but we do use Google Analytics.
More details on cookies and how to manage them can be found on the Google Policies and Principles pages.
You can disable the Google Analytics cookies so we can't record this information.
This cookie records whether you wish to enable or disable cookies. If you elect to disable the above cookies this cookie is used to record your decision so you are not prompted each time you visit this site.
We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.
However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.
If you wish to view your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.
For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.
Any enquiries about this policy should be addressed to the ARP team: arp@bas.ac.uk.