Cuckfield Bookfest
Cookie Policy
Last updated: 21 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Cuckfield Bookfest Community Interest Company (“Cuckfield Bookfest”, “we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk, and how you can manage your preferences. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains more generally how we handle personal data.
This policy is based on a scan of our website carried out on 21 August 2026. If we add new features to the site (for example, a new embedded tool or tracking script), the cookies in use may change and we’ll update this page accordingly.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They’re widely used to make sites work, work more efficiently, and to provide information to the site owner. Some cookies are set by us directly; others are set by third-party services embedded in our pages, such as YouTube videos or Microsoft Forms.
2. Cookies we use
Strictly necessary
These cookies are essential for the website and embedded tools to function, and don’t require your consent.
Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
cookieyes-consent | cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk | Remembers your cookie consent choices, so we don’t have to ask you again on every visit | 1 year |
FormsWebSessionId | forms.cloud.microsoft | Maintains your session while filling in one of our embedded Microsoft Forms (contact, volunteering, membership, sponsorship) | 4 weeks |
__RequestVerificationToken | forms.cloud.microsoft | Anti-forgery security token used by Microsoft Forms to protect against cross-site attacks | Session |
Targeting / Marketing
These cookies are set by third parties embedded on our site (mainly YouTube) and may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant videos or ads elsewhere. These are only set with your consent.
Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
YSC | .youtube.com | Tracks views of embedded YouTube videos | Session |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | Estimates your bandwidth and stores your interface preferences for embedded YouTube videos | 6 months |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | Records your privacy/consent choices for embedded YouTube content | 6 months |
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | .youtube.com |
| 6 months |
__Secure-YNID | .youtube.com |
| 6 months |
MUID | forms.cloud.microsoft | Set by Microsoft to identify and track users across Microsoft websites and apps, for advertising purposes | 1 year |
msal.cache.encryption | forms.cloud.microsoft |
| Session |
3. Managing your cookie preferences
When you first visit our site, you’re shown a cookie banner where you can accept or reject non-essential cookies, and manage your preferences in more detail. You can change your choice at any time via the “Cookie Settings” / “Manage Cookies” link on our site.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings — most browsers let you see what cookies you have and delete them individually, block cookies from particular sites, block third-party cookies, or block all cookies. Bear in mind that blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the site (like our contact or volunteering forms) from working properly.
4. Third-party cookies
Some cookies on our site are set by services we embed, not by us directly. These providers are independently responsible for the cookies they set — their own policies explain this in more detail:
- Google Analytics Google – for website analytics
- YouTube / Google — for embedded videos: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies
- Microsoft — for our embedded contact, volunteering, membership and sponsorship forms: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/privacystatement
Our site also links out to our Facebook, Instagram and TikTok pages. These are plain links, not embedded content — no cookie is set on our site by having these links present, and nothing is set unless and until you click through and land on that platform’s own site. Once there, any cookies are set by that platform, under its own cookie and privacy policy, not ours.
5. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time, including after future cookie scans, to reflect changes to the tools and embedded content on our site. The “last updated” date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.
6. Contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@cuckfieldbookfest.co.uk.