COOKIE POLICY
- Introduction
1.1 Our website uses cookies.
1.2 By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
- Credit
2.1 This document was created using a free template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com).
- About Cookies
3.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
3.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
3.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
3.4 Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.
- Our Cookies
4.1 We use both session and persistent cookies on our website via Google Analytics [see section 5 below].
4.2 In order to be as transparent as possible, the table below explains the cookies we use and why:
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Universal Analytics (Google) | _ga _gali _gat_UA-1036645-1 _gid |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website and WordPress blog. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. Read Google’s overview of privacy and safeguarding data |
| YouTube Cookies | PREF* VSC* VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE* remote_sid* |
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page.
PREF – * Expires after eight months |
| PHP | PHPSESSID | This cookie is usually used to maintain the integrity of your session while transacting information with a website. Examples of this including form submissions and secure area access This cookie doesn’t store any personal data and is delete when visitors close their browser. |
- Analytics Cookies
5.1 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website.
5.2 Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies.
5.3 The analytics cookies used by our website have the following names: [_ga, _gat, __utma, __utmt, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz and __utmv].
5.4 The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.
5.5 Our analytics service provider’s privacy policy is available at: [http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/].
- Third Party Cookies
6.1 Our website also uses third party cookies.
6.2 We may publish Google AdSense interest-based advertisements on our website. These are tailored by Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using the DoubleClick cookie.
To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using the DoubleClick cookie. This behaviour tracking allows Google to tailor the advertisements you see on other websites to reflect your interests (we do not publish interest-based advertisements on this website).] You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: http://www.google.com/settings/ads/. You can also opt out of the AdSense partner network cookie using those settings or using the NAI’s (Network Advertising Initiative’s) multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you may wish to consider using the Google browser plug-in available at: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin.
- Blocking Cookies
7.1 Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
7.2 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:
(a) in Firefox (version 51) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”; and
(b) in Chrome (version 55), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.
7.3 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
7.4 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
7.5 To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
7.6 To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Deleting Cookies
8.1 Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
8.2 You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:
(a) in Firefox (version 51), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, clicking “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and
(b) in Chrome (version 55), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.
8.2 Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.
8.3 To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
8.4 To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Cookie Preferences
9.1 You can manage your preferences relating to the use of cookies on our website via your browser settings [refer to section 8 of this cookie policy].
- Our Details
10.1 This website is owned by Enhance Education Consultancy
10.2 The website has been built and is maintained by Odyssey New Media Ltd.
10.3 Enhance Education Consultancy is not currently registered as a Limited Company in England and Wales, and therefore there is not current registration number at this time (May 2018).
10.4 Our principal place of business is at Warwick Business Centre (Wbc) Ltd, Warwick Business Centre, Hawkes Drive, Heathcote, Warwick, CV34 6LX
10.5 You can contact us:
(a) By post, to: Enhance Education Consultancy, Warwick Business Centre, Hawkes Drive, Heathcote, Warwick, CV34 6LX
(b) Using our website contact form.
