Cookies Policy
We use essential cookies for site functionality. To enhance your experience, we’d like to use additional cookies for analytics, site improvements, and to remember your settings. Some third-party cookies may also be used to deliver content.
What are cookies and how do we use them?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device and hold data specific to the website that the user is browsing.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website, which allows us to understand how you navigate the website so that we can refine and improve the user experience accordingly. These cookies are essential for making our services easy, useful, and reliable. Rest assured; these cookies cannot be used to personally identify you.
By continuing to browse this website, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Types of cookies we use
When you visit our website, you will see a notification informing you that we use cookies. By continuing to use our site, you consent to our use of cookies. We employ cookies to personalise content and ads, provide social media features, and analyse traffic. This information may be shared with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners.
We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These are essential cookies that enable you to navigate the website and use its features. Disabling these cookies or blocking all cookies from our website will cause sections of the website to not function properly. These cookies are set by default and cannot be turned off.
- Performance cookies: We use Google Analytics to measure how users interact with website content and monitor traffic, so we can measure and improve the performance of the site. All information that these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data.
- Functionality cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices that you make (such as determining whether you have already been presented with the privacy and cookie notice), personalising your experience of using the website.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them listed below.
Specific cookies we use
We use the following cookies which may be set by either the Fashion and Textile Museum or selected third parties:
- _ga, _gid: Used by Google Analytics, this registers a unique ID to generate statistics about how you use the website, including which pages you have visited, for how long, as well as details on your location, device and other data, where available.
- datr, _fbc, _fbp, fr, sb: Used by Facebook, these store and track visits across websites, to provide ad delivery or retargeting.
- _twitter_sess, personalization_id: Twitter uses this cookie for integration of its services and sharing capabilities from the website to social media, as well as tracking and targeting.
- cookieprefs_set, ftm_necessary, ftm_functionality, ftm_performance: Set by the Fashion and Textile Museum to save your cookie consent settings.
Your control over cookies
As per the law, we can store strictly necessary cookies without seeking your permission. However, for all other types of cookies, we require your consent. You can update your preferences at any time by clicking ‘Manage cookies’ at the bottom of this page.
Disabling cookies
If you wish to restrict or block cookies that are set on your device, you can do this through your browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them please visit AboutCookies.org.
While you have the option to disable cookies by adjusting your browser settings, we advise against it. Disabling cookies may impact the functionality of our website, affecting certain features and services. We recommend leaving cookies enabled to ensure a seamless browsing experience.
Further information
Our privacy policy explains in detail how we use your personal information and should be read in conjunction with this cookie policy.
Changes to our cookie policy
We conduct an audit of all cookies being used on this site on a regular basis. Accordingly, we may update the information contained in this section from time to time.