This page will what cookies are, how our website uses cookies to improve the visitor experience and how you can manage cookies placed onto your computer.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that download to your computer, tablet or phone when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work and improve a user’s browsing experience. They also provide information to the owner of the website. We use the following types of cookies on our website:
Functional Cookies – help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Marketing Cookies – are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
Statistics Cookies – help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Preference Cookies – These automatically provided and enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. They also tell our systems your preferences and enable us to follow your wishes.
Unclassified Cookies – we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
How do I change my cookie settings?
You can change your cookie settings at any time by clicking the ‘Cookie Settings’ button in the bottom left corner of your window browser. Please note, that by disabling some cookies you may render the functionality and performance of our website.
If you have any questions about how the College uses your data or you have any questions relating to the College’s data protection policies, please contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@nwslc.ac.uk
If you wish to exercise your Right of Access (subject to access request) please email your request to dpo@nwslc.ac.uk
To find out more about Cookies, please visit the following links:
https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/
https://www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/