Privacy policy

How this website uses cookies and personal data, and the choices you have.

Who we are

This website is operated by Bormla Local Council for the Cospicua Shortplay Festival in Cospicua (Bormla), Malta.

For privacy questions, contact us at bormla.lc@gov.mt or by telephone on 21663030 / 21665337.

Cookies

We use cookies and similar storage (such as local storage) on this website.

Necessary — required for the site to work, including remembering your language and storing your cookie choice. These stay on.

Analytics — optional. If you allow them, we load Google Analytics 4 so we can see how the festival site is used. We do not set analytics cookies until you accept.

Marketing — optional. Used for advertising and social measurement (for example Meta Pixel) if those tags are configured. We do not set marketing cookies until you accept.

Cookies we use

Name	Category	Purpose	How long
cspf-locale	Necessary	Remembers your language (English or Maltese).	1 year
cspf-cookie-consent	Necessary	Stores your cookie choice in your browser (local storage, not a cookie).	Until you clear site data for this website
_ga	Analytics	Helps Google Analytics tell visits apart. Set only after you accept analytics.	Up to 2 years
ga*	Analytics	Used by Google Analytics 4 for measurement. Set only after you accept analytics.	Up to 2 years

Analytics cookies are set by Google when the tag loads. Marketing cookies (such as those set by Meta Pixel) are only set if you accept marketing and a marketing tag is configured.

How to manage cookies

When you first visit, a banner lets you accept all cookies, reject optional cookies, or choose categories. After you decide, open Cookies in the footer to change your choice.

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser. If you block necessary cookies, language preference may not be remembered.

Analytics

When you consent to analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4, provided by Google Ireland Limited. Google may process technical information such as your approximate location, browser and device type, and the pages you visit.

Advertising-related Google consent stays off unless you also accept marketing cookies.

Google describes its processing in Google’s privacy policy.

Your rights

Necessary cookies are used so we can provide the website you asked for. Analytics and marketing cookies are used only with your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

Under the GDPR you can ask to access, correct, delete, or restrict personal data about you, and to object to certain processing. To make a request, contact Bormla Local Council using the details above.

You may also complain to the Information and Data Protection Commissioner in Malta: idpc.org.mt.

Changes

We may update this policy when the festival website or our use of cookies changes. This version is dated 20 August 2026.