Cookies Policy
About cookies
To make this site simpler, we sometimes place small data files on your computer. These are known as cookies. Most big websites do this too. They improve things by:
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remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
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remembering information you have given (eg your postcode) so you don’t need to keep entering it
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measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.
A cookie cannot give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. They cannot be used to track your browsing activity on any other websites.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit aboutcookies.org, which includes details of how to control or delete them. Alternatively please read on to find out more about how and where we use cookies on our website.
How we use cookies
DACS uses cookies in several places. We’ve listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last. In most cases, we will let you know before we store a cookie on your computer by providing a link or a notification next to the form that sets a cookie.
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure its meeting our users’ needs and to understand how we can improve it.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you found the site and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) along side this information, so it cannot be used to identify who you are. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data. You can find out more about Google Analytics privacy policy on their site, which also provides global opt out tools.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics and apply on this website:
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Name |
Typical Content |
Expires |
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_utma |
randomly generated number |
2 years |
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_utmb |
randomly generated number |
30 minutes |
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_utmc |
randomly generated number |
when you close your browser |
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_utmx |
randomly generated number |
2 years |
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_utmxx |
randomly generated number |
2 years |
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_utmz |
randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search) |
6 months |
Artist's Resale Right: Artists Search disclaimer
On your first visit to the Artist's Resale Right Artists Search on this website, you will be greeted by a pop-up message giving you information about the nature of the search results. When you close the message, we will store a cookie so that your computer knows you have seen it and knows not to show it again (and again...).
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Name |
Typical Content |
Expires |
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DacsOnline.ARRSearchFormCookie |
A record that you have closed the popup box. |
1 month |
Remembering your information when you fill in forms
If you fill in certain forms on our site – for instance, applying for a copyright licence, or claiming Payback through your online account – you will be given the option to tick a box in order to remember your details for the next time you fill out the form. If you chose this option, we will store your details in a cookie.
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Name |
Typical Content |
Expires |
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DacsOnline.CopyRightLicencingForm |
The details you enter, stored in plain text |
1 month |
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DacsOnline.ArtMarketSalesForm |
The details you enter, stored in plain text |
1 month |
Ensuring our content management system works properly
We use a content management system called Kentico to run the DACS website. Kentico sets various cookies to do things like storing ratings, logged in states, language preferences and forms preferences.
We use little of Kentico’s advanced functionality. We do not associate any of the Kentico cookies with your personal data.
A full list of cookies used by the CMS are available on the Kentico website.
Cookies set by third party content embeds
On some pages, we may embed video from well-known websites such as YouTube. These embeds may set third party cookies when you click "play" on the video. Wherever possible, DACS will embed video without these third party cookies, but DACS does not control the behaviour of these embeds and does not claim any responsibility for any external website to which it may link.
DACS' Cookie Policy is adapted from gov.uk under the Open Government Licence.