Cookies Policy

Last updated: 22 September 2026

This Cookies Policy explains how showquelra uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. As a United Kingdom based provider of Course A show production resources focused on stage presentation topics including camera angles, lighting cues, audio checks and smooth workflows for entertainment formats, we are committed to complying with the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. This page provides detailed information so that visitors can make informed choices about their data.

What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognise your device and store information about your preferences or past actions. Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels and local storage objects that can track user behaviour or remember settings. These tools can store data such as browser type, device identifiers, IP addresses, session durations and interaction patterns with our course materials on stage production techniques.

In practice a cookie might record which lighting cue tutorial you viewed last or whether you have accepted certain functional settings for audio check workflows. The information collected helps maintain continuity across visits without requiring repeated manual input. Cookies do not contain personal data in isolation but can be combined with other information to identify users when necessary for service delivery.

Why Does showquelra Use Cookies?

We use cookies to deliver and improve our commercial services focused on professional stage presentation training. Essential cookies enable core functions such as secure login to course modules covering camera angles and lighting cues. Without them the site would not function correctly for registered users seeking smooth workflow guidance. Performance cookies help us understand how learners navigate audio check sections so we can refine content layout and reduce loading times during peak access periods.

Additional cookies support advertising efforts that promote new entertainment format modules to audiences in the United Kingdom. They also facilitate integration with external platforms for social sharing of production tips. All uses are designed to enhance the educational value of our resources while respecting legal obligations under UK privacy rules.

Categories of Cookies We Use

Strictly necessary cookies are required for basic site operation including user authentication and security features. These cannot be disabled without breaking core functionality such as accessing paid course content on stage workflows. Functional cookies remember preferences like video playback speed for camera angle demonstrations or volume settings during audio checks.

Analytics or performance cookies collect aggregated data on how users engage with lighting cue tutorials and overall session times. Advertising or targeting cookies track interests to display relevant promotions for new entertainment format courses. Social media cookies enable sharing buttons that connect to external networks when users wish to discuss production techniques publicly.

First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are set directly by showquelra and relate to our own domain. They handle tasks such as maintaining login status for course participants studying smooth presentation workflows. Third-party cookies originate from external providers including analytics services and advertising networks that assist with performance measurement and targeted content delivery across the United Kingdom market.

Third-party providers may place cookies to support features like video hosting for lighting demonstrations or social integration tools. We carefully select partners that adhere to UK GDPR standards to minimise risks associated with data sharing.

Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies

Session cookies exist only while your browser remains open and are deleted automatically when you close the session. They support temporary activities such as progressing through a multi-step audio check exercise without losing entered data. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until manually removed, allowing recognition on future visits for example to retain completed sections of camera angle training modules.

Typical retention periods range from a few hours for security tokens up to twenty four months for preference settings related to functional display options. Exact durations appear in the provider table below and are chosen to balance user convenience with data minimisation principles required by UK law.

Data We Handle Through Cookies and Their Purposes

The data processed includes device identifiers, IP addresses, browser versions, referral URLs, timestamps of page views and specific interactions such as time spent reviewing workflow diagrams. Purposes centre on authentication, personalisation of learning paths for entertainment formats, statistical analysis of engagement with lighting cues and delivery of interest based advertisements.

Each category serves a distinct operational need. Necessary cookies ensure site stability while analytics cookies provide insights that help refine course materials on stage presentation without identifying individual learners beyond what is required for service improvement.

Legal Basis for Using Cookies

Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations strictly necessary cookies operate under the exemption that does not require prior consent because they are essential for the service requested. All other categories rely on explicit consent obtained through our site wide cookie banner. Consent is recorded and can be withdrawn at any time in line with UK GDPR transparency requirements.

Where legitimate interests apply for analytics we conduct balancing tests to ensure user rights are not overridden. Users in the United Kingdom retain full control through the mechanisms described in later sections.

Details of Specific Cookies

session_id - First party, strictly necessary, maintains login for course access, expires at end of session.
pref_lang - First party, functional, remembers language and display preferences for workflow content, persists for twelve months.
_ga - Third party analytics provider, performance category, tracks aggregated usage of camera angle modules, expires after twenty four months.
ad_target - Third party advertising network, targeting category, supports promotion of new lighting cue resources, expires after six months.
social_share - Third party social platform, social media category, enables sharing of audio check tips, expires after three months.

How Our Consent Manager Works

The site wide cookie banner appears on first visit and allows selection of cookie categories before any non essential cookies are set. Users can accept all, reject non necessary options or access granular controls to enable or disable functional, analytics, advertising and social categories individually. Choices are stored and respected across subsequent visits.

To change preferences at any time visitors return to the banner via a persistent link in the footer. Withdrawal of consent takes immediate effect and stops further collection by those categories. The manager complies fully with PECR consent standards applicable in the United Kingdom.

Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most browsers allow blocking or deletion of cookies through settings menus. Disabling all cookies will prevent access to personalised course features such as progress tracking for stage presentation modules and may cause functional errors on the site. Users should consult their browser documentation for specific steps.

Browser level controls operate independently of our consent manager. Disabling cookies at this level may override previous consent choices and limit the educational resources available on topics like lighting cues and audio workflows.

International Data Transfers

Some third party cookies may result in data being transferred outside the United Kingdom to jurisdictions without equivalent data protection laws. In such cases we rely on appropriate safeguards including standard contractual clauses approved by the Information Commissioner's Office. Further details appear in our separate Privacy Policy which users should consult for complete information on cross border processing.

Changes to This Policy and Contacting Us

We review this Cookies Policy periodically and update it to reflect changes in technology, law or business practices. The current version always displays the last updated date near the top. Continued use of the site after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

For questions about this policy or to exercise rights under UK GDPR please contact us using the details on our Contacts page or write to 82 Wandsworth Bridge Road, London, SW6 2TF, United Kingdom. Email enquiries can be sent to [email protected]. We aim to respond within one month of receiving a valid request.