Cookies Policy
Last updated: 19 September 2026
What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit our website. They allow the site to remember actions and preferences over time. Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels and local storage that can store or access information on your browser or device. These tools can record details such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages and interactions with forms or course enrolment buttons. On a site offering specialised training in live production decks, multi-camera switching and real-time broadcasting, such information helps maintain a smooth learning experience for professionals exploring television and streaming production techniques.
Why the site uses cookies and similar technologies
We use these technologies to operate the website securely, remember your course selections, measure how visitors engage with content about control-room management and live broadcasting, and deliver relevant information about our commercial training programmes. Without them certain functions such as keeping you logged in during enrolment or remembering your progress through module previews would not work. They also support compliance with UK data-protection expectations by allowing us to demonstrate how user choices are recorded and respected.
Categories of cookies we deploy
We classify cookies into strictly necessary, functional, analytics or performance, and advertising or targeting categories. Strictly necessary cookies enable core functions including navigation, security and access to the contact form. Functional cookies remember preferences such as language or course-filter settings. Analytics cookies help us understand aggregate usage patterns of pages describing real-time video operation. Advertising cookies may be used to show information about upcoming courses on live production to users who have previously visited. Social-media cookies are not deployed because we do not integrate third-party social sharing tools.
First-party versus third-party cookies
First-party cookies are set directly by premiereup and remain under our control. They handle essential tasks such as session maintenance during course enquiries. Third-party cookies may be placed by service providers that support analytics or content delivery. These third parties process information only on our instructions and in line with contracts that meet UK GDPR standards. We do not allow third parties to use the data for their own independent purposes beyond the services they provide to us.
Session versus persistent cookies and retention periods
Session cookies exist only while your browser is open and are deleted when you close it. They are used for temporary functions such as keeping a form populated during a single visit. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them. Necessary persistent cookies typically expire after twelve months. Analytics persistent cookies usually last between thirteen and twenty-four months. Advertising cookies may persist for up to thirteen months. These periods are chosen to balance operational needs with data-minimisation principles required by the Data Protection Act 2018.
Data handled and purpose of each category
Strictly necessary cookies store session identifiers and security tokens to prevent unauthorised access during enrolment. Functional cookies retain selections such as preferred course level or notification settings. Analytics cookies collect anonymised page-view counts and navigation paths to improve descriptions of multi-camera switching techniques. Where advertising cookies operate they record previous visits to pages about streaming productions so that future banners reflect those interests. No category collects special-category data; all processing remains limited to the minimum required for the stated purposes.
Consent or exemption basis under UK law
Strictly necessary cookies rely on the strict necessity exemption under PECR and do not require consent. All other categories are deployed only after you have given clear affirmative consent through our cookie banner. Consent is recorded and can be withdrawn at any time. This approach satisfies UK GDPR transparency requirements and the accountability principle. Where consent is the legal basis we keep records that demonstrate when and how it was obtained.
Cookie and provider information
- Strictly necessary: session identifier, provider premiereup, first-party, duration session or twelve months, purpose authentication and security.
- Functional: preference storage, provider premiereup, first-party, duration twelve months, purpose remember course filters and contact-form state.
- Analytics: usage statistics, provider selected analytics partner, third-party, duration thirteen months, purpose aggregate reporting on visitor engagement with broadcasting-course content.
- Advertising: interest tracking, provider selected advertising partner, third-party, duration thirteen months, purpose show relevant course promotions.
How the consent manager works and how to change choices
Our site-wide cookie banner appears on first visit and again if you clear your cookies. It offers granular options to accept all, reject non-essential, or manage preferences by category. Selections are stored for twelve months. You may reopen the banner at any time via the footer link to review or alter choices. Withdrawing consent immediately stops further setting of rejected cookies, although previously placed cookies may remain until their natural expiry or manual deletion.
Browser-level controls and consequences of disabling cookies
Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through settings menus. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent core functions such as form submission and secure login. Disabling analytics cookies limits our ability to improve site performance but does not stop the site from working. Persistent cookies deleted manually will require fresh consent on your next visit. These controls are available in all major browsers and operate independently of our banner.
International transfers and reference to the Privacy Policy
Some third-party providers may process data outside the United Kingdom. In such cases appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses approved by the UK Government are in place. Further details about data handling, including international transfers, appear in our Privacy Policy which should be read alongside this document.
Policy changes, contact route and last-updated date
We review this policy regularly and update it when processing activities change. The current version is dated 19 September 2026. If you have questions about cookies or wish to exercise rights under UK GDPR please use the contact form on our Contacts page or email [email protected]. We aim to respond within one month. This Cookies Policy forms part of our commitment to lawful and transparent data processing for all visitors interested in professional live-production training.
