Cookies Policy

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners about how visitors use their sites.

How We Use Cookies

Our website uses cookies to improve your browsing experience and to help us understand how visitors interact with our site. We use cookies for essential functionality and to remember your preferences.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

• Cookie consent: Remembers your cookie preferences so we don't ask you repeatedly
• Session cookies: Maintain your session as you navigate between pages

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we use on our pages.

• Form data: Remembers information you've entered in enrollment forms to prevent data loss
• Preferences: Stores your preferences for how the site should behave

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the website and the services we offer.

• Page views: Tracks which pages are visited most frequently
• Visit duration: Measures how long visitors spend on different pages
• Navigation patterns: Shows us how visitors move through the site

Third-Party Cookies

In some cases, we may use cookies from trusted third-party service providers. These might include:

• Analytics services to help us understand website usage
• Content delivery networks to improve site performance

These third parties are bound by their own privacy policies and our agreements with them regarding data protection.

Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we use local storage technology to save certain preferences directly in your browser. This includes:

• Your cookie consent choice
• Form progress to prevent data loss if you navigate away from a page

Local storage data remains on your device and is not transmitted to our servers.

Managing Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie banner asking for your consent. You can choose to accept or reject non-essential cookies at that time.

Changing Your Preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:

• Clearing your browser cookies, which will reset your preferences and show the banner again on your next visit
• Using your browser settings to block or delete specific cookies
• Setting your browser to reject all cookies, though this may affect website functionality

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to:

• Accept all cookies
• Reject all cookies
• Notify you when a cookie is set
• Delete cookies when you close your browser

Impact of Disabling Cookies

If you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function as intended. Specifically:

• You may need to re-enter information in forms if you navigate away and return
• Your cookie preference choice won't be remembered, so the banner will appear on each visit
• Some interactive features may not work properly

Essential cookies required for basic website functionality will still operate even if you reject optional cookies, as they are necessary for the site to work.

Cookie Duration

Cookies we use have different lifespans:

Session Cookies

These temporary cookies are deleted when you close your browser. They help maintain your session as you move between pages.

Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They remember your preferences across visits. Our persistent cookies typically expire after:

• Cookie consent choice: 1 year
• Preference settings: 6 months
• Analytics cookies: 2 years

Updates to This Policy

We may update this cookies policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our practices. When we make significant changes, we will update the date at the top of this page.

More Information About Cookies

For more information about cookies and how they work, you can visit:

• All About Cookies: allaboutcookies.org
• Information Commissioner's Office guidance on cookies

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us at [email protected].