Privacy & Cookies

Introduction 

In this policy, references to “we”, “us” or “our” mean GDPR in Noadswood. References to “you” or “your” mean the person accessing and using the “Website” (as defined below).

References to “the Website” means www.noadswood.hants.sch.uk (including any relevant sub-domains unless this Cookie Policy is expressly excluded from their own terms and conditions).

By accessing the Website, you agree that this Cookie Policy will apply whenever you access the Website on any device.

Noadswood may change this Cookie Policy from time to time. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you are happy with the up to date version.


What are cookies?

Like most other websites, we use cookies to help provide you with the best possible browsing experience.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on to your computer or mobile device when you first visit a website or page. They are used for a number of reasons, such as remembering whether you have visited the site before, so that you can remain logged in. They contain information about the use of your computing device but do not include any personal information about you.


How we use cookies

The website uses cookies in a number of ways, including to (without limitation):

  • make the Website easier for you to use;
  • improve the speed and security of the Website;
  • allow you to share our pages on social networks;
  • provide us with information about how the Website is used so that we can make improvements to the Website.

We do not use cookies to:

  • collect any personal information about you (without your express permission);
  • collect any sensitive information;
  • pass data to any advertising networks;
  • pass personal data to third parties.

Giving us permission to use cookies

Most internet browsers are set up to automatically accept cookies. We will take this, and your continued use of the Website as acceptance of our Cookie Policy.

If you wish not to accept the use of cookies on this Website, or to delete any that have already been set, you can change the settings of your browser. Please bear in mind that some features on the Website might not work correctly with cookies disabled.


Managing the use of cookies

You can usually find the tools to manage cookies in the ‘preferences’ or ‘tools’ menu of your browser. Below are links to instructions for the four main browsers, otherwise you should use the ‘Help’ option in your browser for more details.


Types of cookies that we use

We use the following types of cookies on the Website:

  • Session cookies – these are only stored temporarily and are deleted from the user’s device when the browser is closed.
  • Google Analytics – we use Google Analytics to measure how our site is used by visitors and to generate reports for our own use. Google Analytics does not collect any personal information about you.
  • Third party cookies – some of our pages feature YouTube videos and feeds from Twitter. These third party features may use numerous cookies (please visit these third party websites for more details on their cookie policies).

Useful links

If you would like to find out more about cookies generally, you may find the following links useful:

Click here to view Google’s Privacy Policy

Click here to view Twitter’s Privacy Policy

Click here to view Linkedin Privacy Policy

For more information about cookies and the law, visit: The Information Commissioner’s Office

 

LAST UPDATED 02/10/2020