Cookie Policy
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The cookies this site sets, what each group of them does, and how to turn them off in your browser.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file a website asks your browser to store, so it can remember something between one page and the next or between visits. Some last for a session and disappear when you close the tab. Others sit for months. Similar technology, such as local storage, works in much the same way, and this policy covers both.
The groups we use
Strictly necessary cookies keep the site working. They carry your form entries while you fill in the visit form, remember that a page has loaded correctly, and protect the site against misuse. These cannot be switched off through a banner, because without them the form would forget what you typed.
Preference cookies remember choices you make, such as the language you are browsing in or the course page you last looked at, so you do not have to set them again.
Analytics cookies tell us which pages people read and where they leave. We use the counts to decide which course pages need rewriting. They are set only where you agree, and the data reaches us in aggregate rather than tied to your name.
We do not use advertising cookies, and we do not build profiles of you across other websites.
Third-party cookies
If you press play on a video from another platform, or open an embedded map, that platform may set its own cookies. We ask before loading those embeds where the platform allows it. Once you interact with the embed, the other company's cookie policy applies rather than ours.
How to control cookies
Every common browser lets you see the cookies stored, delete them, and block them for a site or for all sites. Look under settings, then privacy or content settings. Private or incognito windows clear cookies when you close them, which is useful if you are browsing on a shared computer in a study centre or library.
Blocking everything is allowed. Expect some friction: the visit form may lose your progress, and links to an online lesson may not open. Where our site offers a consent choice, you can change it later by clearing the stored cookies and reloading the page.
Cookies we do not set
No cookie on this site is used to decide whether you see an advertisement, to follow you onto another site, or to sell data to a broker.
Changes to this policy
When we add or remove a tool that sets cookies, we update this page. The current version is the one that applies when you visit.
Contact
If you want to know which cookies were set on a particular visit, email [email protected] or write to 16 High Street. Tell us the browser you use and the date, and we will explain what you should see.