Privacy and Cookie Policy

The Antarctic Images Photo Database logs your IP address which is automatically recognised by the web server.

We will not collect any information about you except that required for conducting business with you, or system administration of the Web server. The use of this information is descibed in our Terms & Conditions . If you plan to purchase images or create an online account you will need to read and agree to these terms and conditions.

Our use of cookies

Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. We use cookies to assist in presenting information to you on the website. Cookies do not contain any personal information. If you choose not to accept the cookie, many of the facilities of this website will not work. Cookies are used for specific purposes and those purposes are outlined on this page.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:

enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task
recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested
measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast

You can manage these small files yourself and learn more about them through (External) Internet browser cookies - what they are and how to manage them and (External) www.aboutcookies.org

Specific cookies for this website

1. Cookies for implementing shopping cart and light box

To enable you to store lists of photos that you are interested in buying or viewing later we use cookies to remember which photos you have selected. The cookies do not store information about the photos you have selected, the cookies store unique identifiers that are used by our web servers to remember which photos you have selected.

4 cookies
Name: photo.antarctica.ac.uk - EXTERNAL_SESSION_ID
Typical Content: Randomly generated number
Expires: End of browser session (when you close your browser)

Name: photo.antarctica.ac.uk - photodb_external_auth
Typical Content: Randomly generated number with reference to your login address
Expires: End of browser session (when you close your browser)

Name: shop.antarctica.ac.uk - USER_SESSION_ID
Typical Content: Randomly generated number with reference to your login address
Expires: End of browser session (when you close your browser)

Name: shop.antarctica.ac.uk - PURCHASE_SESSION_ID
Typical Content: Randomly generated number with reference to your login address
Expires: End of browser session (when you close your browser)

2. External: Cookies for handling payment with Worldpay service

To process payments we use an external credit card processing facility called Worldpay. Worldpay uses cookies to manage the payment authorisation process.

See (External) Worldpay privacy policy

2 cookies
Name: secure.wp3.rbsworldpay.com - JSESSIONID
Typical Content: Randomly generated number
Expires: End of browser session (when you close your browser)

Name: secure.wp3.rbsworldpay.com -machine
Typical Content: Randomly generated number
Expires: End of browser session (when you close your browser)

Summary of terms

Browser: Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Cookie: Message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then stored by the browser at a location on the user’s hard disc. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. Cookies are often used to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests.
IP (Internet Protocol): All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the technical standard which allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood.
IP address: If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this: 194.66.5.2
SPAM: Unwanted, unsolicited electronic mail - the internet version of junk mail.
Web Server: Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.

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