Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Albalightstudio Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies on albalightstudio.com. It should be read with our Privacy Policy. We aim to comply with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Who is responsible
The website is operated by Albalightstudio Ltd, located at 38 Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3PB, United Kingdom. Cookie and privacy questions may be sent to info@albalightstudio.com.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on a device by a website. They can store information such as a session identifier, security setting, preference or consent choice. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, scripts, software development kits and device identifiers. In this policy, “cookies” includes these comparable technologies unless the context requires otherwise.
3. First-party and third-party cookies
First-party cookies are set by the domain you visit. Third-party cookies are set by another organisation whose content or service is included on the page. Third parties control their own cookies and process information under their own notices. A link to an external service does not itself place a cookie through our website, but the destination service may do so after you open it.
4. Essential technologies
Strictly necessary technologies support core functions requested by the user, such as security, network management, accessibility, form operation and storage of a privacy preference. Under PECR, consent is generally not required where a technology is strictly necessary to provide a service you expressly requested. We still limit essential technologies to what is proportionate and provide information about them.
5. Preference technologies
Preference technologies remember choices such as display settings, interface state or language. They are not currently required for the main public content of this site. If introduced, they will be used only with consent where the law requires it, and their duration and purpose will be described in the relevant preference interface.
6. Analytics technologies
Analytics technologies help an operator understand page usage, navigation paths, errors and performance. The current site is designed to function without behavioural analytics cookies. If analytics is added later, non-essential analytics will remain disabled until valid consent is obtained, unless a specific legal exemption clearly applies. Analytics data will be configured to minimise identifiers and retention where practicable.
7. Advertising and social media technologies
We do not currently use third-party behavioural advertising cookies or cross-site advertising pixels. Social-media icons on the website act as ordinary links and do not intentionally load social-network tracking code merely because the page is opened. A social network may collect data after you follow a link or interact with its service, according to its own terms and privacy information.
8. Embedded map
The contact area may include an embedded Google Maps frame. Loading the frame can disclose technical information, including IP address and browser data, to Google and may permit Google to use cookies or comparable technologies. Where consent is legally required for that embedded content, the frame should be blocked until you choose to activate it. You may instead use the written address without opening the map. Google acts independently for its own processing and provides separate privacy and cookie information.
9. Contact form and local scripts
The website’s form handling and address substitution scripts are hosted locally with the website. They do not require a third-party form-processing cookie. Submitting the contact form may open your configured email application with a prepared message. Your email provider and device may process information under their own terms. The website does not store the form message in browser storage through this function.
10. Consent
Non-essential cookies and similar technologies requiring consent must not be activated before a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous choice. Consent requests should separate purposes where appropriate, provide a genuine reject option and avoid making access conditional on unnecessary tracking. Consent records may be stored using an essential preference technology so that the site can respect your selection.
You may withdraw consent as easily as it was given. Withdrawal applies prospectively and does not make prior lawful processing unlawful. If a cookie preference control is displayed, use it to revise your choice. You may also delete stored cookies through your browser.
11. Browser controls
Most browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies and to restrict third-party storage. The exact procedure varies by browser and device. Blocking all cookies can affect sign-in, forms, security controls or preferences on some websites, although the informational pages of this site should remain available. Private-browsing modes may reduce persistent storage but do not make activity anonymous to websites, network providers or other services.
12. Retention and expiry
Session cookies expire when the browser session ends. Persistent cookies remain until their expiry date or deletion. We will not set a duration longer than reasonably necessary for the stated purpose. Consent preferences may be retained long enough to respect your choice and demonstrate compliance, after which the website may ask again. Third-party retention is controlled by the relevant provider.
13. Legal bases and personal data
Information associated with a cookie may constitute personal data. Essential security and service operation may rely on legitimate interests, contractual necessity or legal obligation, depending on context. Non-essential analytics, preference or advertising technologies generally rely on consent where required by PECR. Further information about lawful bases, recipients, international transfers, retention and rights is provided in the Privacy Policy.
14. Your rights
Where cookie information is personal data, you may have rights of access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability and objection, subject to statutory conditions. You may withdraw consent at any time. Contact info@albalightstudio.com to exercise a right or ask a question. You may also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
15. Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when technologies, suppliers or legal requirements change. The revised version will identify a new last-updated date. Material changes to non-essential processing will be reflected in the consent interface before the changed technology is activated where fresh consent is required.