Cookies

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They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site, such as the number of visitors. Most major websites use cookies.

Types of cookies used on our website

Strictly necessary cookies

Some cookies on our website are essential for us to be able to provide you with a service you have requested. Accepting these cookies is a condition of using this website. If you prevent these cookies, via your browser for example, we can't predict how our website will perform during your visit. Some services may stop working.

We use 'strictly necessary' cookies for things like:

• online forms
• ticketing system
• search engine

SearchImprove | ASP.NET_SessionID

This is a session cookie used by our search engine. It will expire when the browser is closed.

Other tracking technologies | ASP.NET_SessionID

Our applications, web locations, websites and communications you get from us contain small invisible images known as 'web beacons' or ' pixels'. These are used to manage the interaction between you and the online information or email and allow us to assess the effectiveness of the communication. The cookie will expire when the browser is closed.

Third party cookies

Some of the cookies used on our website are stored on your machine by third parties. We have no control over these cookies or how the third parties use them. They are used to allow that third party to provide a service to us, for example maps and analytics. For more information on these cookies and how to disable them, please see the third party's individual privacy policy listed below.

Google Analytics

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. No personal details are recorded. The cookies collect information such as the number of visitors to the site and the pages they visited.

View Google Analytics privacy policy

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, please visit Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

YouTube

We embed videos from YouTube channel using YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. Find out more information about embedding videos on YouTube.

Read the YouTube (Google) privacy policy.

Google Maps

We use Google maps to show the locations of the Waterfront Hall and Ulster Hall.

Read the Google privacy policy.

Facebook pixel

We use Facebook pixels on our website, this information is stored by Facebook and not by us.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Facebook, as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy please read Facebook's privacy policy or read about Facebook's advertising privacy.

Twitter pixel

We use the Twitter pixel on our website, this information is stored by Twitter and not by us. We sometimes use Twitter widgets on our websites, however this information is stored by Twitter and not by us.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Twitter, as well as your rights in this respect and options for protecting your privacy please visit the following links:

• Twitter supports Do Not Track
• About tailored suggestions
• Twitter’s use of cookies and similar technologies
• Twitter Privacy Policy

Ticketing system cookies (Tessitura)

Google Analytics Cookies

• utma two years from set/update used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the java-script library executes and no existing utma cookies exists.
• The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
• __utmz six months from set/update stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the java-script library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
• _gid 24 hours Used to distinguish users.
• _ga two years Used to distinguish users.
• _dc_gtm_UA-7349638-5 - Used to throttle request rate from Google Tag Manager

AppInsights

• ai_session - AppInsights cookie, Tessitura use this for tracking various things in APPInsights for TNEW
• ai_user - AppInsights cookie

ASP.NET (TNEW's framework is built on):

• ASP.Net_SessionId is a cookie which is used to identify the users session on the server. The session being an area on the server which can be used to store data in between https requests.
• __RequestVerificationToken - ASP.NET, used for preventing cross site request forgery
• The .ASPXFORMSAUTH cookie is used to determine if a user is authenticated.
• TNEWQA - Our own cookie used to track sessions while a user is using TNEW.
• TNEW = this is Tessituras encrypted session key

Disable all cookies

For information on how to disable all cookies, visit the All About Cookies website. If you disable all cookies on our website, some services will not work properly, for example online forms and payments.