Interim pre-launch notice
Cookie Policy
This policy explains the rules Cecilia Prize will follow for cookies and similar browser technologies on the current informational website. It does not describe a future member application.
The basics
What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are
They can store information on a device or read information already stored there.
Browser Cookies
Small text records that may support security, sessions, preferences, measurement, or advertising.
Local Storage
Browser storage that can remember settings or identifiers without using a traditional cookie.
Pixels and Tags
Code that can record page activity or connect a visit with an analytics, advertising, or email provider.
How choices should work
Necessary First, Optional Only by Choice
Strictly Necessary
Used only where required to deliver or secure a function the visitor requested, as permitted by applicable law.
Optional Technologies
Analytics, personalisation, affiliate, and advertising technologies should remain blocked until valid consent where required.
Accept or Reject
Rejecting optional technologies should be as easy as accepting them, without blocking core informational pages.
Withdraw Later
If optional technologies are introduced, a persistent Cookie settings control should allow choices to be changed.
Current pre-launch position
No Optional Technology Is Announced Here
Cecilia Prize does not currently announce an approved analytics, advertising, affiliate, or personalisation technology. This is not a substitute for a browser audit: any unapproved technology discovered during testing should be disabled until it is assessed, disclosed, and lawfully configured.
Verified inventory
What Must Be Listed Before Use
Every technology must be documented from observed production behaviour, not inferred from a product or plugin name.
Exact Name and Provider
The cookie, key, pixel, or tag name and the legal provider responsible for it.
Specific Purpose
A plain-language explanation of what it does and why the website needs it.
Lifetime and Trigger
How long it remains and whether it loads immediately or only after a particular choice.
Managing browser data
Your Controls
Can I block or delete cookies in my browser?
Yes. Most browsers let you view, delete, block, or restrict cookies and clear local site data. Blocking necessary storage may affect a requested function.
Is continuing to browse treated as consent?
No. Where consent is required, it should result from a clear and informed choice, not silence or continued browsing.
Is a Cookie settings control available today?
No such control is claimed on this page. It must be added before any optional technology requiring consent is introduced.
Where can I ask a privacy question?
A verified route will appear on the Contact page before active data collection begins.
Policy updates
The Inventory Must Change When Technology Changes
This page must be rescanned and updated whenever hosting, consent tools, forms, analytics, embedded media, advertising, affiliate links, or member features change.