COOKIES

COOKIES POLICY

This website, https://virtual.pqacademy.com (the "Website"), is operated by PQA.

This agreement sets out our COOKIE POLICY that will govern the relationship between us, The Pauline Quirke Academy and you, the Parent/Guardian.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are stored in your web browser that allow PQA or a third party to recognise you. Cookies can be used to collect, store and share bits of information about your activities across websites, including on the PQA website and subsidiary brand websites.

COOKIES CAN BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

- To enable certain functions

- To provide analytics

- To store your preferences

- To enable ad delivery and behavioural advertising

PQA USES BOTH SESSION COOKIES AND PERSISTENT COOKIES.

A session cookie is used to identify a particular visit to our Website. These cookies expire after a short time, or when you close your web browser after using our Website. We use these cookies to identify you during a single browsing session.

A persistent cookie will remain on your devices for a set period of time specified in the cookie. We use these cookies where we need to identify you over a longer period of time. For example, we would use a persistent cookie for remarketing purposes on social media platforms such as facebook advertising or google display advertising.

HOW DO THIRD PARTIES USE COOKIES ON THE PQA WEBSITE?

Third party companies such as analytical or ad networks generally use cookies to collect user information on an anonymous basis. They may use that information to build a profile of your activities on the PQA Website and other websites that you've visited.

If you do not wish to allow cookies to track or collect information, or wish to manual exclude the ability of certain types of cookies, you can change your browser's settings to delete cookies that have already been set and to not accept new cookies. To learn more about how to do this, visit the help pages of your chosen browser.

Please note, if you delete cookies or do not accept them, your user experience may lack some of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences and some of our pages might not display properly.

For more information on cookies, please visit the information commissioners officer ico).