Cookie Policy

Cookie Privacy Notice

A cookie is a small text file which is placed on your computer or mobile device by your web browser when you access a website. Cookies store information, such as user preferences, to allow web applications to offer you a personalised experience. This also enables us to monitor which pages users find helpful, allowing us to improve your website experience.

This statement provides information on what cookies are, how we use them, and how to accept or reject them.

About Cookies

There are two different types of cookies:

Session Cookies: These are created temporarily when a user visits a website. Once the user closes the browser, the cookie is deleted.

Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on the user’s device for a specified period. The cookie is reactivated when the user returns to the website that set it. These cookies can be removed manually.

The UK International Chamber of Commerce categorises cookies as:

• Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to navigate a website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
• Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website to help improve its performance, for instance, which pages visitors visit most often. These cookies are anonymous and do not collect personal data that could identify a visitor.
• Functionality cookies: These cookies provide an enhanced, more personalised experience by storing your preferences, such as your username or the region you are in.
• Targeting/advertising cookies: These cookies are used to deliver targeted adverts more relevant to you and your interests.
• No information from cookies can be traced to a person, and the cookie only relates to activity on our website.

The information cannot be used for individualised marketing and does not compromise the security of your device.

For more information about cookies, please visit All About Cookies.

Edinburgh College Cookies

Google Analytics

Edinburgh College uses Google Analytics to track how our website is being used. This enables us to improve the website to meet our users' needs better.

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Google Analytics cookies are present on every page of the website and store information such as the user's location, how they found the site (via search engine, direct link, etc.), which pages they have visited, and how long they have spent on the site.

This information is anonymous and cannot be traced to an individual.

Share This Content

Users can share information on our website through various social media platforms using the “Share this Content” toolbar.

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The __atuvc cookie is created and read by the AddThis social sharing site JavaScript on the client side to ensure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis, and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behaviour for users.

Website Accessibility

Users can utilise the website's accessibility features to adjust the font size, background colour, and text colour of pages on the website. This improves the website's readability.

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These cookies are used to ensure that any changes are reflected across all pages of the website. As such, these cookies are present on all pages, but only if the user has specified a custom setting.

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