Privacy Policy

User anonymity and personal information

Log files are maintained and analysed of all requests for files on this website’s web servers. Log files do not capture personal information but do capture the user’s IP address, which is automatically recognised by our web servers.

Aggregated analysis of these log files is used to monitor website usage. These analyses may be made to available to our web team and partner agencies to allow them to measure, for example, overall popularity of the site and typical user paths through the site.

Except as stated already, we will make no attempt to identify individual users. You should be aware, however, that access to web pages will generally create log entries in the systems of your ISP or network service provider. These entities may be in a position to identify the client computer equipment used to access a page. Such monitoring would be done by the provider of network services and is beyond the responsibility or control of us.

We will make no attempt to track or identify individual users, except where there is a reasonable suspicion that unauthorised access to systems is being attempted. In the case of all users, we reserves the right to attempt to identify and track any individual who is reasonably suspected of trying to gain unauthorised access to computer systems or resources operating as part of our web services.

As a condition of use of this site, all users must give permission for us to use its access logs to attempt to track users who are reasonably suspected of gaining, or attempting to gain, unauthorised access.

All log file information collected by us is kept secure and no access to raw log files is given to any third party.

Use of cookies

Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’).

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site – for example, when you enter your login details and move to another page it won’t recognise you and it won’t be able to keep you logged in.

This website does not store any information that would, on its own, allow us to identify individual users of this service without their permission. Any cookies that may be used by this website are used either solely on a per session basis or to maintain user preferences. Cookies are not shared with any third parties.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org

Cookie Type Duration Description
__utma Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to monitor traffic levels, search queries and visits to this website.
__utmb Google Analytics stores IP address anonamously on its servers in the US, and neither Talkin’Media or Google associate your IP address with any personally identifiable information.
__utmc These cookies enable Google to determine whether you are a return visitor to the site, and to track the pages that you visit during your session.
__utmz These cookies enable Google to determine whether you are a return visitor to the site, and to track the pages that you visit during your session.
comment_author_* This cookie remembers your last comment details, such as your name and email address, so that you will not have to type it again.
PHPSESSID Standard PHP Session so the website can remember you when you jump from page to page.
wordpress_* This cookie stores WordPress authentication details.
wp-settings-* This cookie helps remember your personal preferences within WordPress.

Third Party Cookies and Embedded Content

We sometimes embed photos and video content from websites such as YouTube, Vimeo and Flickr. As a result, when you visit a page containing such content, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party’s website for more information.

You will also see embedded ‘share’ buttons on our pages; these enable users to easily share content with their friends through a number of popular social networks. A cookie may be set by these services. Again, we not control the dissemination of these cookies.

We us Mail Chimp to handle our newsletter subscriptions and to display an archive or recent newsletters sent in our website. Mailchimp may use their own cookies so please check with www.mailchimp.com regarding their cookie usage and privacy policy.