Cookie Policy

Welcome to the Edinburgh Comedy Awards website. This site is owned by Stardanced Productions Ltd (the “Company”, “we” or “us”) whose registered office is at 11 Maiden Lane, London, WC2E 7NA and our company registration number is 12080424. This website is operated by Comedy Futures Ltd, Regina House, 124 Finchley Road, London, England, NW3 5JS (Company Registration Number: 16976606).

We use cookies on our website and a compliant cookie banner to manage consent. This document explains what cookies are and how we use them.

  1. General information about cookies: Cookies are small text files stored in your browser when you visit a website. They allow websites to recognise your device and help improve functionality and user experience. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to site owners. Without cookies or similar technology, websites would not be able to remember user actions such as login status or items in a basket.
  2. A cookie is a small file consisting of letters and numbers sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The browser sends the cookie back to the server each time it requests a page, allowing the server to identify and track usage across pages.
  3. Cookies can be used to distinguish users, improve usability and security, and provide insights into how a website is used. They may also support marketing and analytics where consent is given.
  4. Cookies are generally classified as essential or non-essential, and as session or persistent. Essential cookies are required for the website to function properly. Session cookies expire when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies remain stored until their expiry date or until deleted by the user.
  5. Why we may use cookies: Depending on your consent choices, cookies may be used to distinguish users, recognise devices, improve usability, improve security, support administration, analyse website usage, measure referral traffic, and support marketing campaigns.
  6. Cookie management: You can manage your cookie preferences via our cookie banner. Non-essential cookies are only set with your consent. You may also control or disable cookies through your browser settings, though this may affect website functionality.
  7. Analytics: We use Plausible Analytics to understand general website usage. Plausible Analytics does not use cookies and does not collect personal data that identifies individual visitors.
  8. Embedded content: Some third-party services such as YouTube may set cookies when embedded content is viewed or interacted with. These cookies are controlled by the third party and subject to their own policies.
  9. Managing and blocking cookies: You can block or delete cookies via your browser settings. Guidance is available from browser providers such as Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox. Further information about cookies is available at https://ico.org.uk.
  10. Contact: If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact us at info@comedyawards.co.uk.