Cookie Policy for Festival Website Visitors and Users
Last Updated: October 24, 2023
Digital platforms require a few technical tools to function smoothly. We use cookies to ensure the Female Eye Film Festival website operates correctly, loads quickly, and serves our community of filmmakers and audiences effectively.
This policy outlines exactly what these files are, how they interact with your device, and the control you have over them while browsing our festival program or submitting your work.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They act as a memory for the site. Instead of treating you like a brand-new visitor every time you click a new page, cookies help the site remember your previous actions and preferences.
We encounter two main types of cookies during standard web operations:
- Session cookies: These are temporary. They exist only while your browser is open and disappear the moment you close it. They help with immediate tasks, like keeping you logged into a submission portal during a single visit.
- Persistent cookies: These remain on your device until they expire or you manually delete them. They handle long-term preferences, such as remembering your language choice or whether you have already dismissed a notification banner.
Categories of Cookies We May Use
Not all cookies serve the same purpose. We categorize the cookies active on our platform based on their specific function.
Strictly Necessary
These are essential for the website to function. They handle core security features, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these through our site systems, as the platform will break without them.
Performance & Analytics
We look at aggregated usage metrics to understand how visitors navigate the site. This data tells us which festival pages draw the most attention and where users encounter errors, guiding our technical improvements.
Advertising
While we prioritize organic discovery, we may use advertising cookies to personalize future outreach. These help deliver relevant festival updates and ticketing information to users who have previously engaged with our content.
External Cookies and Third-Party Services
Modern websites rarely operate in isolation. We integrate specific third-party tools to strengthen the festival's digital infrastructure.
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and our hosting providers set their own necessary cookies to route traffic efficiently and prevent server overloads during peak ticket sales. These infrastructure cookies operate strictly in the background.
We also plan to integrate external analytics platforms. When active, these services place their own cookies to compile reports on website activity. Any future advertising partners we collaborate with to promote the Festival Program will similarly use third-party cookies to measure campaign effectiveness. These external providers operate under their own privacy and cookie policies.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You retain full control over your browser's cookie storage. Every major web browser includes settings to view, block, or delete cookies entirely.
To adjust your preferences, navigate to the privacy or security settings within your browser menu. You can configure the system to reject all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or prompt you each time a site attempts to set one.
A note on functionality: Disabling strictly necessary cookies will impact your experience. Certain features, particularly those requiring user authentication or secure form submissions, may become unavailable or function unpredictably.
Policy Revisions and Updates
Digital privacy standards evolve rapidly. We review our data practices regularly to maintain compliance with current regulations and technical requirements, though implementation timelines depend on our festival cycle.
When we modify how we handle cookies—whether adding new analytics tools or changing our infrastructure providers, we will update this page immediately. The revision date at the top of this document reflects the most recent changes. For significant shifts in our tracking methodology, we will post a prominent notice on our homepage or contact registered users directly.
If you have specific questions about our data practices, please review our Privacy Policy or reach out via our Contact Us page.