Privacy statement - websites, log files and cookies
All information collected on the British Library’s website is used for service delivery and improvement, and website design.
This website uses industry standard analytics packages which automatically gather information on visitors to our website. This information is stored anonymously in server log files. It does not identify individual users and is used only for website administration and analysis of website usage and trends.
We may also collect and store information about you using cookies. These are very small files which are sent by us to your computer or other access devices and which we can access when you visit our website in the future. The cookie itself does not store any of your personal information. We use cookies to analyse how visitors use our website, for example, to identify which pages on our site are the most popular. The information collected is used to evaluate your use of our website, compile reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. We do this to make your experience of our website more efficient, for example by providing you with easier and faster access to website features.
If you want to delete cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.
Information about deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org.
