Cookies and Privacy
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, your computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
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Recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested.
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Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and ensure they are fast enough.
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Analysing anonymised data to help us understand how people interact with services so we can make them better.
How to Manage Cookies
You can manage these small files and learn more about them from this article: Internet Browser cookies – what they are and how to manage them .
Learn how to remove cookies set on your device .
There are two types of cookie you may encounter when using our website:
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First party cookies: our own cookies, controlled by us and used to provide information about site usage.
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Third party cookies: cookies set by other companies’ tools (e.g., Facebook, Twitter), which are controlled by them.
First party cookies
Goldington Academy uses cookies in several places – we’ve listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
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Name |
Purpose |
Typical content |
Expires |
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FluencyAuth |
Authentication session to prevent multiple logins in one session. |
Hashed data of username and authentication status |
On exit |
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ASP.NET_SessionId |
Contains the user's session ID. Expires at the end of the session. |
– |
On exit |
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BIGipServerPOOL |
Used to distribute load and improve server stability. |
– |
On exit |
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__RequestVerificationToken |
Used for security purposes to prevent cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. |
– |
On exit |
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Style |
Stores preference for standard, high visibility, or printer-friendly style sheet. |
‘standard’, ‘high’, or ‘print’ |
24 Hours |
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__atuvc |
Enables the sharing of content. |
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How to control and delete cookies
We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.
However, if you wish to restrict or block cookies set by our website (or others), you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, visit www.aboutcookies.org for comprehensive guidance on managing cookies across different browsers, including deleting cookies.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact the functionality of our website.
To view your cookie code, click on a cookie to open it. You’ll see a short string of text and numbers. These numbers are your identification card, only visible to the server that issued the cookie.
For mobile browsers, refer to your handset manual for instructions.
To opt out of third parties collecting data regarding your interaction on our site, please visit their websites for further information.