Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy was last updated on 28th August 2025 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://www.spritehub.org/ (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimise the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
5. Placed cookies
Google Analytics - Statistics
Usage: We use Google Analytics for website statistics.
Sharing data: For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.
Statistics (anonymous):
Name:
_ga
_gid
_gat
Expiration:
2 years
1 day
1 minute
Function:
Store a unique user ID
Count and track pageviews
Google Fonts - Marketing/Tracking
Usage: We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts.
Sharing data: For more information, please read the Google Fonts Privacy Statement.
Marketing/Tracking:
Name:
Google Fonts API
Expiration:
None
Function:
Request user IP address
YouTube - Statistics
Usage: We use YouTube for video display.
Sharing data: For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Statement.
Marketing/Tracking:
Name:
PREF
Expiration:
1 year
Function:
Track visits across websites
6. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. This cookie notice is managed via the plugin usercentrix. You can change your preferences about cookies by clicking on the blue finger print icon that will appear in the bottom left of your browser window whenever you are on our website.
7. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser. You can change your preferences about cookies at any time by clicking on the blue finger print icon in the bottom left of your browser window.
8. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
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You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
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Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
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Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
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If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
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Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
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Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).
9. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Mark Elliot
SPRITE+ Admin team
University of Manchester (CMI)
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
United Kingdom
Website: https://www.spritehub.org/
Email: spriteplus@manchester.ac.uk