Website Cookie Policy

Necessary cookies enable core website functionality. This might be things such as security, network management and accessibility. You can disable these cookies by changing your browser settings, however this may affect how the website works for you.

Performance cookies help us manage and improve our website by collecting data about how the site is used and performs. These cookies may include things such as Google Analytics. They only collect information in a way that doesn't identify users, so you'll remain anonymous. You can disable these cookies using our sidebar – click the cog on the left-hand side of your screen and select the toggle for Performance cookies to 'off' before saving and closing. Disabling these cookies may affect our ability to check that the site is working for users as expected and to improve the site.

Marketing cookies help us to show you content and campaigns that are relevant to your interests and also to limit the number of times an advert may be shown to you. Disabling these cookies won't necessarily reduce the number of promotions you see but will mean they are less personalised. You can disable these cookies using our sidebar – click the cog on the left-hand side of your screen and select the toggle for Marketing cookies to 'off' before saving and closing. Disabling these cookies may affect our ability to check that the site is working for users as expected and to improve the site.

3rd party cookies are set by a website other than ours while you are on falmouth.ac.uk. We have 3rd party apps on our site such as YouTube, Google Maps, Social Media Sharing & Unibuddy that use these kinds of cookies. Disabling 3rd party cookies may prevent you from being able to view videos, maps and images or using widgets when visiting our site. You can disable most of these cookies using our sidebar – click the cog on the left-hand side of your screen and select the toggle for 3rd party cookies to 'off' before saving and closing.

While most 3rd party cookies can be blocked or removed by setting the toggle to 'off', Unibuddy, Discover Uni, YouTube and Vimeo set independent performance tracking cookies each time you use their applications. Since these cookies aren't set or managed by Falmouth, you'll need to change these in your browser settings, or not use the apps to prevent them. This may also prevent you from accessing these tools on our site. You can read our Data Privacy policy here.

You won't automatically be opted in for cookies, you must give us your consent first by either clicking the 'Accept all cookies' button or turning cookies 'On' at a category level by using the toggles in the cookie controller pop-up. Without this consent we will block our cookies from being saved to your web browser. However, this is likely to affect your access to functionality, our capacity to provide a responsive service and a good user experience, so we recommend you consider these options carefully.

Exceptions

There are two exceptions to this rule: Necessary cookies and select 3rd party cookies.

As per guidance on this page and in the cookie controller pop-up, cookies within the 'Necessary cookies' category will automatically be set and updated any time you visit the website, as they are critical to making the website work.

Some cookies specified in the '3rd party cookies' category are set directly by the tool provider when you use the tool featured on our site i.e. Unibuddy, Discover Uni. Because they aren't set by us we can't prevent these cookies from being used without removing the tool from the website entirely. However, we've checked these cookies and their purpose is to provide functionality and monitor tool use and performance, in the same way as our own Necessary and Performance cookies would, which indicates that no personal identifiable data is used or collected without your consent.

Deleting cookies at a category level using the cookie controller pop-up is easy. Simply open the pop-up, navigate to the category of cookies you want to delete, switch the toggle button to 'Off' and click the 'Save cookie preferences' button at the bottom of the pop-up. This will automatically update your preferences, delete all cookies associated with that category from your web browser and save your preference to keep those cookies blocked until you explicitly change the toggle back to 'On' and 'Save cookie preferences' using the cookie controller pop-up.

Please note that this will delete all cookies associated with that category, which may impact your experience or web performance. A full list of cookies within each category can be found in the 'Falmouth cookies' section of this page.

It is possible to delete cookies at an individual cookie level, should you want to remove one or more specific cookies but keep the rest of the cookies within that category. However this can only be done by managing cookies through your browser. Details of how to do this can be found in the 'Managing cookies through your web browser' section of this page.

Exceptions

As per above 'Necessary cookies' and some specific 'Third party cookies' can't be deleted using the cookie controller pop-up, but can be deleted at website or individual level by managing cookies through your browser. Details of how to do this can be found in the 'Managing cookies through your web browser' section of this page.

Blocking cookies, to prevent them from being set any time you visit our website, is easy. Simply open the cookie controller pop-up and change your permissions at a category level by sliding the relevant cookie category toggle to 'Off', then clicking the 'Save cookie preferences' button at the bottom of the pop-up. This will automatically delete and block all cookies within that category until you expressly change your mind by turning them back on in the cookie controller pop-up.

Please note that this will delete and block all cookies related to the category, which could impact your experience or web performance. A full list of cookies within each category can be found in the 'Falmouth cookies' section of this page.

It's possible to block cookies at an individual cookie level instead of at a category level by managing cookies through your browser. Details of how to do this can be found in the 'Managing cookies through your web browser' section of this page.

Exceptions

Necessary and specified 3rd party cookies can only be blocked by managing cookies through your browser. Details of how you can do this can be found in the 'Managing cookies through your web browser' section of this page.