Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we, Study Options Limited of 83 Alma Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2DP (“Study Options”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), use cookies on www.studyoptions.com (our “website”), how third parties we work with may use cookies on our website, and your choices about cookies.
If you have any questions about Cookies or about data protection at Study Options in general, you can reach our Data Protection Manager, Stefan Watts, by email using stefan@studyoptions.com, or write to us at the above address.
Why do we have a cookie policy?
This Cookie Policy sits in line with the UK`s Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (“PECR”) and the EU`s Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”). In accordance with them, we need to inform you about the cookies we use and obtain your consent when using certain types of cookies namely Functional, Performance, Analytical and Advertising Cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by the websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The use of cookies is now standard for most websites.
The cookies we use
We use two categories of cookies on our sites:
- Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to operate. Our website cannot function without these cookies and they can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences. - Analytical/Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to measure and report on website activity by tracking page visits, visitor locations and how visitors move around the site. The information collected does not directly identify visitors. We drop these cookies to help us analyse the data.
We utilise the below mentioned cookies, and other online identification technologies such as web beacons, or pixels to provide users with an improved user experience.
Subject to your consent
We only use Analytical Cookies with your prior consent. If you are visiting our website for the first time, a banner will appear on our website asking for your consent to use optional cookies. If you consent to this, we will store a cookie on your computer and the banner will not be displayed again for the lifetime of the cookie. Thereafter, or if you actively delete this cookie beforehand, the banner will be displayed again the next time you visit our website in order to obtain your consent again.
Further, most browsers allow you to control cookies through the cookie settings, which you can customise to consent to the use of cookies. You can also check and delete cookies with most browsers. To do so, please refer to your browser manufacturer’s documentation by following the link relevant to you Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari.
Analytics
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics provided by Google, on our website. Google Analytics also uses cookies to enable our website to analyse how users use our website across multiple devices. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to and stored by Google. The following data is processed through the use of Google Analytics: i) 3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymized IP address), ii) the website called up, iii) the website from which the user reached the accessed page of my website (referrer), iv) the subpages accessed from the website, v) the time spent on the website, and vi) the frequency with which the website is accessed. Google states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The legal basis for the processing is your consent in conjunction with our legitimate interest.
Opting out
Google Analytics
You can disable tracking by Google Analytics with future effect by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser following this link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
How to control cookies?
You can set your web browser to disable cookies. Please note that most browsers offer different ways to protect your privacy. If you do not activate or deactivate certain cookies via the browser settings, it is possible that certain functionalities will not be available to you as expected.
You can configure the use of cookies in your browser settings by following the relevant link Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari at any time or deactivate them completely.
Please note that if you disable cookies in this way, you will not be able to set new cookies. However, it will not prevent previously set cookies from continuing to work on your device until you clear all cookies in your browser settings.
We also offer a cookie preference pop-up when you first visit our website. This pop-up is a consent tool and allows you to specify your preference about cookies. You can accept or reject them or access this Cookie Policy before giving your consent to cookies or rejecting them. This permits you to make an informed decision about the cookies we use. You are free to accept or reject cookies, but note that after rejecting them, browsing our website might be less user-friendly and the relevant content might be affected.
Changes
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. If we make changes to this Cookie Policy, we will revise the effective date.
Effective date
Sunday, 12th of May, 2024
Questions
If you feel that the above is not sufficient or if you have any queries as regards the collection, processing or use of your information we are looking forward to hearing from you. We will make every effort to reply as soon as possible and take into consideration any suggestions from your end.
