Cookies Policy
The Royal Academy of Engineering understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits our website, and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described in our Privacy Notices, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Cookies are small text files stored on your computing device when you visit Our Site and may be used to enable websites to run more effectively or to identify your device when you return to a website.
Our Site uses cookies to make it easier to use, to support the provision of relevant information and functionality to you, as well as to provide us with information about how Our Site is used. The type of cookies we currently use on Our Site is set out below. Certain cookies can be set as soon as you visit Our Site.
Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop-up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended
You can choose to manage the cookies we use on Our Site through your browser settings at any time. Preventing cookies is likely to affect our ability to update this Site to cater for user preferences and improve its performance.
The information below distinguishes between "first-party and third-party cookies". Whether a cookie is first or third party refers to the domain placing the cookie. First-party cookies are those used by this Site. Third-party cookies that are set by a domain other than this Site. If you visit this Site and another entity sets a cookie through it, this would be a third-party cookie.
For further information about Google Analytics, visit:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies
Social media website cookies
Users can ‘like’ or share our content on the likes of Facebook and Twitter where we have included sharing buttons on Our Site.
The privacy implications for this will vary from social media network to social network media and will be dependent on the privacy settings you have chosen on these networks.
Cookies policy does not cover third party websites
Please note that this Cookies Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, the privacy practices of third party websites which may be linked or accessed through Our Site.
Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may change this Cookies Notice and we would encourage you to review the policy from time to time to stay informed of how we are using cookies. This Cookies Policy was last updated May 2018.