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THE ITV VILLAGE – COOKIES NOTICE

Introduction

STRAT7 Researchbods, a division of STRAT7 Limited, registered in England under company number 07642707 whose registered office is at 11 Soho Street, London, W1D 3AD, United Kingdom, is an online data collection company that focusses on building and managing large online consumer panels and communities to provide high quality research data to its clients. Reference to “we, us, or our” are references to STRAT7 Researchbods.

We administer and operate the website www.theitvvillage.com (referred to as the “Site”) and The ITV Village Community panel (referred to as “Panel”) on behalf of ITV Broadcasting Limited, a company registered in England under company number 955957 whose registered office is at 2 Waterhouse Square, 140 Holborn, London EC1N 2AE (“ITV”).

By accessing and using the Site and by registering and participating in the Panel, you are agreeing to the terms of this Cookies Notice.

We may update this Cookies Notice from time to time and will post any changes on our website at www.theitvvillage.com.

This Cookies Notice was last updated on 31st January 2023.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files of letters and numbers. These files are either stored in the memory of your computer or other device such as mobile phones or tablet devices (these cookies are generally known as session cookies) or are placed on the hard drive of your device (generally known as persistent cookies).

Cookies are created when you visit a website or other service that uses cookies. Cookies are commonly used to help the user’s browsing experience and provide more information about the user’s experience and interests. This information is generally used to make content, services and advertising more relevant and useful during future visits.

For more details about cookies and details of how to delete and disable cookies you can visit www.aboutcookies.org and also see our section on more information and turning cookies off below.

How does ITV use cookies?

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Site, to provide some of the functionality and to analyse user interaction when you are using our Site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site and also allows us to improve our Site and your experience.  More details can be found in the“What cookies do we use?”section below.  Generally we use two types of cookies; functional and analytical. 

Functional cookies

Functional cookies relate to the functionality of our Site and allow us to improve your experience on the Site, for example:

-        by allowing you to carry information across pages of our Site to avoid you having to re-enter information;

-        to allow you to access stored information if you have registered with us; or

-        by recognising your preferences when you return to our Site.

Analytical cookies

We use analytical cookies to review and analyse user interactivity on our Site. For example, we may use analytical cookies to:

-        allow us to recognise and to count the number of visitors to our Site and

-        to see how visitors move around the Site when they are using it.

This helps us to determine how frequently particular pages are visited and to determine the most popular areas of our Site. This helps us to improve the experience which we offer to you on our Site by helping us make sure our users are finding the information they are looking for.

When do you issue cookies?

Unless you have adjusted your browser settings (where possible) to refuse cookies, our systems will issue cookies as soon you visit our Site. If you have limited cookie use, then please be aware that some of the functionality of our services may not be available to you.

Please note that not all of the cookies on our Site are set by us. Please see the list of third party cookies below for more information about third party cookies.

What cookies do we use?

A list of ITV cookies that we use on the Site is set out below.

Name of cookie

Who serves this cookie?

What does this cookie do?

_theitvvillage_session

ITV

This cookie is required to log you into the site. This cookie will expire when you logout.

user_credentials

ITV

This cookie uses encrypted data required by the Site to know who you are while logged into the Site. It allows you a persistent login to the Site. This cookie will be removed when you logout.

cb-enabled

ITV

This cookie is associated with a free script which shows a cookie alert notice on a website. It is used to record when you have dismissed the notice to prevent it re-appearing on return visits.

panel_0_%2F*task*2f*id*

ITV

Hides task panel on User instruction.

IRIS_SESSION

ITV

Used to combat abuse and security (preventing the same user from re-entering the same survey in the time period) as well as allow some users to continue where they left off.        

page_#

ITV

Removes Privacy Update Popup after marked as read by the User

_ga

Google

Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users.

_gat

Google

Google Analytics - Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property-id>.

_gid

Google

Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users.

_gat_newTracker

Google

Google Analytics - No definition available

 

A list of third party cookies that are used on the Site is set out below.

Name of cookie

Who serves this cookie?

What does this cookie do?

lang

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

_ga

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

_gid

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

_twitter_sess

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

ct0

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

eu_cn

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

external_referer

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

guest_id

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

personalization_id

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

tfw_exp

Twitter

Where twitter acts as a third party host, it collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations. Interacting with tweets displayed in the Twitter feed (Like, Share, Reply) will take you to Twitter.com, who may store and retrieve cookies on your browser. More information regarding Twitters use of cookies can be found here https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

We may also use additional cookies or other tracking technologies like web beacons (sometimes called“pixel tags”,“tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”) from time to time, for example, if we invite you to participate in a specific research project. Further details of these additional cookies or other tracking technologies can usually be found in the terms and conditions information for that particular project.

When do our cookies expire?

Many of the cookies on our Site expire at the end of your current session on our Site.  However, some of our cookies have an extended lifespan.  Some of our cookies are persistent and will never expire. 

Where can I find more information about cookies, and how do I turn cookies off or delete cookies?

Find out more about cookies including how to disable/enable and delete them at the following website http://www.aboutcookies.org/.

You can block most cookies (except for Flash cookies) by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. You may for example reject or delete Google Analytics cookies by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available here.

However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our sites, or you may experience reduced functionality when accessing certain services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon you visit our Site.

If you want to delete cookies from the browser on your mobile phone, you will need to refer to your handset manual.

Contact us

You can email us with any questions, concerns or complaints at hello@theitvvillage.com or write to us at STRAT7 Researchbods, 11 Soho Street, London, W1D 3AD, United Kingdom.