Last Updated : 10/31/2019
This cookie policy (“Cookie Policy”) is intended to inform you how we use “cookies” and similar technologies on our website at www.cineworldplc.com(“Site”) and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Site. Please take a moment to read and understand this Cookie Policy. This Cookie Policy should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies and similar technologies are very small text documents or pieces of code, which often include an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website or use a mobile application, a computer asks your computer or mobile device for permission to store this file on your computer or mobile device and access information from it. Information gathered through cookies and similar technologies may include the date and time of visits and how you are using the particular website or mobile application. Cookies are used by us as part of our Site and they are also used by some of our third party partners.
For more details on cookies and similar technologies please visit All About Cookies. For the purposes of the remaining sections of this Cookie Policy we will refer to all technologies using the above features as “cookies”.
CONSENT TO OUR USE OF COOKIES
By using our Site you acknowledge that we may store and access necessary cookies on your computer or other device. Necessary cookies are cookies which are essential for the operation of our Site.
Further, where you give permission, we may also store and access certain non-essential cookies on your computer or other device. These cookies are not essential to the operation of our Site but allow us to provide additional functionality or to gather additional information about your use of our Site. You are not obliged to give consent to our use of non-essential cookies and we will not place such cookies until you have given your consent.
If you wish to block or delete cookies, or you would like to withdraw consent to our use of non-essential cookies, you can find out how to do so below.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH COOKIES?
Necessary Cookies
We use cookies where they are necessary for the operation of the Site, for example to remember that you are signed in to the Site. Without these cookies, services that you have asked for, like booking tickets, cannot be provided.
Session Cookies
We use cookies to allow the Site to uniquely identify your browsing session on our Site, which allows us to coordinate this information with data from our Site server.
Analytics Cookies
We use “analytics” cookies. These, along with other information, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people using the Site and which features of our Site are most popular. We use this information to improve the Site. We do not generally store any information that you provide to us in an analytics cookie.
Functionality Cookies
We use these cookies to recognise you when you return to our Site, to remember your preferences and to provide enhanced, more personalised features.
WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE ON OUR Site?
The table below sets out more information about the individual cookies used on our Site and the purposes for which they are used:
| Cookie Type | Name of cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
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Necessary Necessary cookies are essential and help you navigate our Site. These cookies maintain information based on your activity on our Site. This helps to support security and basic functionality of the Site. These cookies are necessary for the proper operation of our Site. |
_cookieConsent | A JavaScript plugin that alerts users of the use of cookies on this website. | 90 days |
| .AWSALBCORS | This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing. | 7 days | |
| .AWSALB |
Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. |
7 days | |
| AWSALB | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. | 7 days | |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | SessionId what .NET Manages for maintaining session | End of browser session | |
| AWSALBTGCORS | AWS Classic Load Balancer Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. This cookie is identical to the original ELB cookie except for the attribute &SameSite=None; | 7 days | |
| AWSELB | AWS Classic Load Balancer Cookie: Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. | End of browser session | |
| AWSELBCORS | AWS Classic Load Balancer Cookie: Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. Same value as AWSELB. | End of browser session | |
| AWSALBTG | The ASWALB cookie is a load balancer generated cookie. Once the load balancer routes your request to one of the servers, it generates a new cookie and sends it to the client in the response header. | 7 days | |
| AWSALBCORS | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie: Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. Same value as AWSALB. | 7 days | |
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Performance cookies These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. |
_gat_UA-16858328-1 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | End of browser session |
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | 1 days | |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | 730 days |
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REFUSE, BLOCK OR DELETE COOKIES?
In order to use some parts of our Site you will need to accept cookies. If you choose to withhold consent to our use of cookies, or you subsequently block or delete cookies, some aspects of our Site may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our Site.
HOW TO MANAGE OR BLOCK COOKIES
In relation to the non-essential cookies that are used by the Site, you can manage your cookie preferences by clicking here.
You can also block the use of cookies altogether by activating the relevant settings in your browser. For more information on cookie management and blocking or deleting cookies for a wide variety of browsers, visit All About Cookies.