Cookie policy and settings

Our website uses cookies, as almost all websites do. A cookie is a small file that's placed on your device when you browse websites.

Cookies can either be "persistent" or "session" cookies.

• A "persistent" cookie will be stored by a web browser, and remains valid until its expiry date or you delete it.

• A "session" cookie will expire at the end of your "session", when you close your web browser.

Why does Art Fund use cookies?

Cookies help us to:

• Make our websites work as you'd expect, so you can log in or make purchases

• Save you needing to log in every time you visit our websites

• Improve the speed and security of our websites

• Measure how our websites are used so we can improve them

• Ensure our advertising is as relevant and cost-effective as possible

Art Fund categorises cookies into three types: Functional, Analytics & performance, and Marketing. We have explained how and why we used these types of cookies in more detail below.

Which cookies does Art Fund use?

1. Functional

These cookies are necessary for our websites to operate. They enable you to use features like logging in, filling in a form or buying a National Art Pass. These cookies can't be turned off unless you disable all cookies in your browser. Find out more about how to do this. If you do this, the parts of our websites that need these cookies to function won't work.

Services that set functional cookies on Art Fund websites are:

• Stripe, which processes payments on our website

• Cloudflare, which verifies if users are genuine and not bots to keep our site secure

• Gears, which sends the information we have about museums and galleries from our database to our websites

We also place functional cookies to help the website remember:

• your cookie preferences

• if you've logged in or not

• which products you have added to your basket

• which forms you have completed

• if you've shared your location with us

• any promo or referral codes you have used

• your Art Profile quiz results before you create an account

• your email address if you are resetting your password

2. Analytics & performance

These cookies allow us to count how many people use our websites and where they come from, so we can measure and improve the performance of our websites. They help tell us which pages are the most and least popular. They also tell us how people use our website and assess if their experience is good or bad. All the information these cookies collect is aggregated and kept anonymous.

If you don't allow these cookies, we won't know if or when you've visited our site, which makes it harder for us to understand how well it's working.

Services that set analytics & performance cookies on Art Fund websites are:

• Google Analytics, which helps us count the amount of people using our website, and how they use it

• Hotjar, which helps us track and analyse how people use our website

3. Marketing

These cookies may be set by our advertising partners. They allow them to build a profile of your interests based on your device's browsing history and behaviour. This helps make our marketing spend on websites more efficient by telling us who we can target.

These cookies don't directly store personal information, but they help other websites identify your browser and device.

If you don't allow these cookies, you will generally see less targeted advertising. It will not mean you see no adverts.

• Services that set marketing cookies on Art Fund websites are:

• FullStory, which helps us track and analyse how people use our website

• Facebook and Instagram, which helps us target adverts on Facebook and Instagram

• Google Doubleclick, which helps us target adverts across Google's advertising network

• dotdigital, which helps us understand if people who receive emails from us use our website

How do I change my cookie settings?

If you aren't sure which cookies you've accepted, or would like to change your cookie settings, you can view and change your settings using the Manage my Cookies button.

Changing your browser cookie settings will not delete any existing cookies - it will only change which ones are placed in the future. To do that, you will need to delete your cookies. There's information on how to do this at the bottom of this page.

Please note that you can only disable the Functional cookies in your browser settings. Blocking these cookies will mean you can’t use all the features on our sites, such as buying a National Art Pass.