Cookies are small text files that websites place on visitors’ computers and mobile devices. They are used to remember your device and to keep track of preferences and how you interact with the content you view. This information can be essential to the functionality of the website as well as providing information to site staff on how the site is used.
The CMC Playground website uses cookies to improve the quality of the service we offer. The tables below explain the cookies we use and why.
We have also provided information on how to remove and opt out of all cookies, see below.
In case of difficulty, contact:
contact@thechildrensmediaconference.com
These cookies have been deemed necessary for the function of our website. By blocking these cookies from being set at a browser level, it could have unintended effects on your browsing experience. Some of these cookies will only be set if you log in or attempt to access login-only areas, while others will be set for all visitors.
| Cookie | Name | Information | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie notice | cookie_notice_accepted |
This cookie is set by our cookie notice plugin to record that you have accepted the fact that we use cookies and prevent you being shown the popup again. Continuing to browse the website is also acceptance of our cookies.
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1 month |
| Test cookie | wordpress_test_cookie | This cookie is set by the website to check that cookies are able to be stored on your device. If this cookie fails to be set then you will be unable to log in. It contains a simple string of text (“WP+cookie+check”) to validate that the cookie storage was successful. | When you close the browser |
| Security cookie | wordpress_sec_{hash} | This cookie stores your username followed by a unique string of characters. This is used for authenticating your login details and is required for our staff and contributors who have login access to our site. | 14.5 days |
| Logged in cookie | wordpress_logged_in_{hash} | This cookie stores your username followed by a unique string of characters. This is used to authenticate that you are logged in and who you are to provide you the correct access for your account. | 14.5 days |
| Preferences cookie | wp-settings-{id} | This cookie stores the preferences of logged-in users for the admin area for your user ID. | 1 year |
| Preference timestamp | wp-settings-time-{id} | This cookie stores a timestamp of when the wp-settings-{id} cookie was set. | 1 year |
| Language preferences | wp_lang | This cookie stores language preferences for logged-in users. It is sometimes set by the website engine despite our site only being provided in English. | When you close the browser |
| Firewall cookie | wfwaf-authcookie-{hash} | This cookie is used by our firewall (Wordfence) to check of the current user before the site has been loaded. It is only set for users that are able to log in. The information stored by the cookie allows the firewall to make smart decisions about who to allow and who to block so we can provide appropriate access to users with valid logins and detect and restrict access to secure areas by non-logged-in users. | 12 hours |
| Login alert cookie | wf_loginalerted_{hash} | This cookie is only set for users that are able to log in and have staff-level access to the site. It is used to notify the site administrator when a member of staff logs in to the site from a new device for security purposes. | When you close the browser |
| Country block cookie | wfCBLBypass | Set by WordFence to allow a website visitor to bypass any geoblocks that may be in place, if they are accessing the site from a country that is otherwise restricted. | 1 year |
| Cache bypass | wpSGCacheBypass | This cookie is used by the server for local caching purposes to improve loading time of the website. | 90 minutes |
The following third party cookies are used to collect information on what content is being accessed on our site. You can opt out of this using the instructions below.
| Cookie | Name | Information | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website, including the number of visitors, where visitors have come to the site from (e.g. Twitter, Google, our newsletter) and the pages they visited. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form and we have disabled the collection of IP addresses. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site conference to conference. | 13 months |
| _gat | 1 minute | ||
| _ga_0QSZZXYE6P | 13 months | ||
| _gid | 1 day |
Many parts of our website, for example our blogs, event information and newsletter archive contain embedded content that is served from other websites such as videos, maps and social posts. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from other sites (for example, YouTube or Vimeo), you may be presented with cookies from these websites. The Children’s Media Conference do not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these.
Some of the policies for these third-party services are linked below:
Where possible we will use privacy-enhanced embedded content that does not track your information until you interact with it, but this cannot be guaranteed.
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our (or 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 or www.allaboutcookies.org which contain comprehensive information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, how to delete them and how to block cookies on a wide variety of browsers. 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 being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Please email us on:
contact@thechildrensmediaconference.com
May 2024
