Cookies

Last updated: 14 May 2018

Thank you for visiting Edinburgh Steiner School website. We’ve prepared this Cookie Policy to help you better understand and to feel more confident about how we use cookies on our site located at: [www.edinburghsteinerschool.org.uk]. We ask that you read the following text carefully.

Who We Are

We are Edinburgh Steiner School Trust. We are registered in Scotland as a registered charity. Our registered number is SC002109 and our registered address is 60 – 64 Spylaw Road, Edinburgh EH10 5BR.

But for the purposes of this Cookie Policy, we will refer to ourselves as “we”.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers downloaded on to a user device (for example a PC or a smartphone) when you access some websites. Cookies allow a website to recognise your device, each time you visit.

How do cookies work?

A website’s cookies store information on your device. The information is then sent back to that website each time you visit. Sometimes this information is essential to enable you to access a website’s functions – for example if you need to log in, a cookie will allow the website to recognise your log in details. Or, if you are shopping online, a cookie will store order information – the contents of your shopping cart for example – so that you can make purchases.

Cookies can also be used to build a profile of your activity on a website; for example, which pages you visit, and how long you spend on each page. A website may then use this information to help us improve the website and the user experience.

Does Edinburgh Steiner School’s website use cookies?

Yes, our website uses a total of three cookies, because we use a tool called Google Analytics that uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site. The information we collect is anonymous – it cannot be used to identify you personally. We use the information to compile reports about the number of visitors to the site and the pages they visited, which we then use to help us to improve the website and ensure that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Can I control or delete cookies?

Yes, all recent versions of popular browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari) allow you to control cookies. Typically, you can set your browser to accept or reject all, or certain cookies. You might, for example, be happy to accept a cookie that allows you to log in to a website, but prefer to reject any which are used to build a profile of your internet usage. You should also be able to set your browser to prompt you each time a cookie is offered. For detailed instructions on how to control or delete cookies on different browsers visit www.AboutCookies.org.

You can read more about Google’s overview of privacy and safeguarding your data at https://support.google.com/analytics/answers/6004245

Contact

This Cookie Policy was prepared with brevity and clarity in mind. It does not provide exhaustive detail of all aspects of how cookies may be used to collect and/or process your personal information. However, we are happy to provide additional information or explanation needed.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact:

Nick Brett, Edinburgh Steiner School Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@edinburghsteinerschool.org.uk or on 01505 337 3410

If you prefer to write to us, then you can find our postal address at the bottom of this document.