Cookie Policy

This cookie policy (“Cookie Policy”) is intended to inform you how we use “cookies” and similar technologies on our websites at www.cineworld.co.uk, www.cineworld.ie, www.cineworld.com and www.events.cineworld.co.uk and in our mobile applications (“Sites”) and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Sites. Please take a moment to read and understand this Cookie Policy. This Cookie Policy should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and our Online Terms of Use (which contain our Website Terms of Use).

If you access our Sites from the UK or the Channel Islands, ‘we’ means Cineworld Cinemas Limited, if you access our Sites from the Republic of Ireland ‘we’ means Adelphi-Carlton Limited. Adelphi Carlton Limited is not part of the Cineworld Group and is separately owned and operated by an independent third party, but  currently trade under the Cineworld brand to operate Cineworld Cinemas and the Sites in the Republic of Ireland.  Please see our Privacy Policy to find out more about us.

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 Sites 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 any of the Sites you acknowledge that we may store and access essential cookies on your computer or other device. Necessary cookies are cookies which are essential for the operation of our Sites.

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 Sites but allow us to provide additional functionality or to gather additional information about your use of our Sites. 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 and manage your cookies preferences here.

WHAT DO WE DO WITH COOKIES?

Strictly Necessary Cookies

We use cookies where they are essential for the operation of the Sites.  They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in to your account or filling in booking from.  They allow us to, for example, remember that you are signed in to the Sites and to uniquely identify your browsing session on our Sites, which allows us to coordinate this information with data from our Sites server. Without these cookies, services that you have asked for, like booking tickets, cannot be provided.

These cookies cannot be switched off in our systems. You may be able to set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but as we mention above, this will mean that essential parts of our Sites will not work.  

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our Sites. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular, whether you have visited the Sites before, and which website you visited prior to landing on our Sites.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable our Sites to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Social Media Cookies

We and our social media partners use cookies to personalise your interaction with social media, such as X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Google.  Such cookies recognise users of those social media sites when you view social media content on our Sites.  They also allow you to quickly share content with your friends and family and other networks across social media, through the use of simple ‘sharing’ buttons. They are capable of tracking your browser across other websites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies, you may not be able to use or see this sharing functionality.

Our Sites may also contain features that enable you to use your Facebook, Google and X accounts to sign in and create/maintain an account with us and to enable us to store your content. This involves the use of cookies.

Advertising or Targeting Cookies

We and our third party advertising partners use advertising or targeting cookies to help us deliver our adverts including film adverts on our Sites, and when you visit other websites, such as news websites. 

We use these cookies to collect information about your behaviour on our Site to help build a profile of your interests to ensure that our adverts are more relevant to you and your interests. These cookies also help to measure the effectiveness of an ad (for example, by reporting whether you have clicked on it) and can also limit the number of times that you see an ad (for example, if you see it twice but don’t click on it, you may not see it again). 

If you refuse or block these cookies, you will receive less targeted advertising.

We work with selected third-party advertisers (including The Walt Disney Company Limited) who may place tracking technologies (a type of cookie) on our Sites to measure and analyse the performance of their advertising campaigns. These partners may also use information collected via such technologies for retargeting purposes, to deliver personalised content to you, to refine their future marketing activities, and to present advertising that is more relevant to your interests. From time to time, we may also allow these third parties to collaborate with us to send you interest-based advertising.

You can opt out of these tracking technologies by refusing targeting cookies, and can manage your cookies preferences here.

For more information about how the Walt Disney Company uses your personal data, see their privacy policy: https://privacy.thewaltdisneycompany.com/en/
We may also use a third party partner Rokt to provide custom offers from other brands on our Sites. You can learn more about Rokt and learn how to opt-out of Rokt’s personalized brand offers by visiting www.rokt.com/privacy-policy or following the links within the ads displayed.

You can find more information about the individual cookies used in the Sites and the purposes for which they are used, within our cookies management tool here.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REFUSE, BLOCK OR DELETE COOKIES?

In order to use some parts of our Sites 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 Sites may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our Sites. 

HOW TO MANAGE OR BLOCK COOKIES

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, but as we mention above, this may mean that essential parts of our Sites will not work. For more information on cookie management and blocking or deleting cookies for a wide variety of browsers, visit All About Cookies.

Last update: October 2025