School Wellbeing Card’s Cookie Policy

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Thank you for checking out our cookie policy.  We are committed to ensure our website and the use of cookies, complies with UK laws on privacy and data protection.  This policy sets out the types of cookies we use, the exact cookies used on our website, whether we are using any third-party cookies, how you can control our use of cookies, what their expiry dates are and how you can get in contact with us for more information.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files of information, usually containing letters and numbers, that websites store on your browser, or the hard drive of your computer. You must however agree to these cookies being stored for them to be stored on your device.

Our website needs to use these cookies so we can understand what works well with our website, and what we can do to improve. These cookies also allow us to distinguish you from other website visitors, helping us to provide you with a seamless experience on our site.

What type of cookies do you use?

We use the following cookie types:

Essential Cookies – These can also be known as Strictly Necessary Cookies, and they’re very important for us to make sure our website runs as it should. As a result, these cookies are always automatically enabled, to make sure our website works sufficiently. Some examples of uses of essential cookies include the distribution of website traffic across multiple servers – without the website speed being affected, enabling the use of a shopping basket and facilitating the check out process.  

Analytical Cookies – These can also be known as Performance Cookies, and they gather information about how website visitors use a website. These cookies help us to keep count of the number of visitors on our website, and also helps us to understand how these visitors use our website. This enables us to understand what works well on our website, and what doesn’t work so well, so we can continuously improve the site for visitors.

Functionality Cookies – These make your experience on our website easier by remembering user preferences, and simplifying interactions. Some examples of what these cookies enable include remembering your language preferences, font sizes, your log-in details, and items in your shopping basket.

What exact cookies do you use on your website?

We’ve provided a detailed breakdown below of all the cookies we use on our website, and why we use them.

Name and Type of Cookie

Why do we use this?

_ga via the domain schoolwellbeingcards.co.uk – Analytical Cookie

This cookie is set by Google Analytics to track and measure user interactions on our website.

This cookie helps us to gather data about website traffic, user behaviour, and helps us to understand what is popular on our website.

This cookie has a duration of 2 years.

_ga_HSMHE2S80L via the domain schoolwellbeingcards.co.uk – Analytical Cookie

This cookie is also set by Google Analytics and is a variation of the _ga cookie. This cookie gathers information about how users interact with our website.

It collects information about page views, session duration, and navigation paths. This helps us to analyse what users like and dislike, and to optimise our website’s performance.

This cookie typically has a duration of 2 years.

__stripe_mid via the domain www.schoolwellbeingcards.co.uk – Functionality Cookie

This cookie is set by Stripe to enable secure online payment processing on our website.

This cookie is used to identify and distinguish users returning to the website, and helps Stripe to prevent fraud by tracking user sessions across many transactions.

This cookie works by storing a unique identifier for each user, and is essential for safe payment processing.

This cookie has a duration of 1 year.

__stripe_sid via the domain www.schoolwellbeingcards.co.uk – Functionality Cookie

This cookie is also set by Stripe, and is essential when managing payment sessions whilst the visitor is actively using our site.

This cookie is used to store session-specific data to ensure that the payment process is completed smoothly, and without interruption.

This cookie has a duration of the session length only.

Do you use any Third-Party Cookies?

Third party cookies are not set by us, but are set by other domains than the website you visit. These cookies are placed on website visitor’s devices by third-party outlets. Common examples of these third-parties can include social media platforms, analytical providers, and advertising networks.

We have no control over the cookies third-parties use. We work with the following third-parties who may use the following cookies:

Name of Third-Party Cookie

Third-Party Provider

Why are these used?

m via the domain m.stripe.com – Essential Cookie

Stripe

This cookie helps to manage sessions when users interact with payment forms on our website. It also ensures secure communication between our website and Stripe’s payment infrastructure.

The duration of this cookie is 1 year.

cookie-perms via the domain stripe.com

Stripe

This cookie is set by Stripe, and it stores the permission given by a website visitor in relation to their cookie permissions.

This cookie has a duration of 6 months.

__cflb via the domain api2.hcaptcha.com – Essential Cookie

Cloudflare

This cookie is set by Cloudflare, which is a service that hCaptcha uses to improve security and performance.

This cookie helps to manage load balancing and keeps track of requests. This makes sure that traffic is evenly distributed across the servers.

This cookie has a duration of around 30 minutes.

hmt_id via the domain api.hcaptcha.com – Functionality Cookie

hCaptcha

This cookie helps to manage and maintain user sessions. It enables the website to recognise returning users, and handles session-specific interactions.

The duration this cookie can vary, but often only persists for the duration of the session.

How can I control these cookies?

You are able to control your use of cookies on our website. You can do the following:

• Reject all cookies
• Select certain cookies you wish to use, and reject other cookies and;

To decide which essential, analytical, functionality and targeting cookies our website sets, follow the below steps:You can select “Reject All” in our cookie banner. But if you do so, this also blocks essential cookies, which means you may not be able to access all parts of our website, and our website may not work to the best of its ability for you. You can also deactivate third-party cookies with your chosen browser. These steps vary slightly dependent on your browser choice, but more often than not can be located on the Settings page. Google Analytics also provide the option for you to opt out of being tracked by them across all websites you visit. To do so, we recommend visiting http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout] What is the Expiry Period for your cookies?Not including our use of essential cookies, all cookies expire after two years. How do I ask you for more information? If you’d like to learn more about our use of cookies, or if you have any questions, please get in touch with us on the following details:schoolwellbeingcards@outlook.com