Cookie Usage

Effective Date: 7th October 2024

Olive Grove Learning Ltd ("we", "us", "our") operates this website and uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and improve the quality of the services we provide. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your rights regarding their usage. It complies with UK law, including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They help the website recognize your device and store certain information about your preferences or past actions to improve your browsing experience.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following types of cookies on our website:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function correctly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often. This helps us improve the performance of our site by ensuring that users find what they are looking for more easily.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
• Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They may also limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Improve Website Functionality: To ensure the proper operation of our website.
• Analyse Website Performance: To monitor and analyse the performance of the website and understand how users interact with our services.
• Enhance User Experience: To remember user preferences and settings, so you don’t have to re-enter information each time you visit the site.
• Advertising: To display relevant adverts and content based on your browsing behaviour and preferences.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services we use, such as Google Analytics or social media platforms. These cookies may collect data about your browsing habits across different websites and are used for the purposes of analysis and targeted advertising.

You can find more information about Google Analytics cookies by visiting their Privacy Policy and learn how to opt out of Google Analytics by visiting Google Analytics Opt-Out.

5. Your Consent

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner that explains the types of cookies we use and gives you the option to either accept or decline non-essential cookies.

By continuing to use the website after seeing this banner, you consent to our use of cookies, unless you have set your browser to reject them. You can withdraw your consent at any time by changing your browser settings or by deleting cookies stored on your device.

6. Managing Cookies

You have the option to accept or reject non-essential cookies when you first visit our website. Most web browsers also allow you to control cookies through your browser settings. You can typically:

• Block Cookies: By configuring your browser to refuse cookies from all or specific websites.
• Delete Cookies: By clearing cookies that have already been stored on your device.

Please note that disabling or blocking certain types of cookies may affect the functionality of our website, and some features may not work as intended.

For more information on managing cookies, visit About Cookies or refer to your browser’s help section.

7. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our cookie usage or applicable laws. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Effective Date." We encourage you to periodically review this page to stay informed about how we are using cookies.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us at:

Olive Grove Learning
Email: info@olivegrovelearning.co.uk
Phone:  0191 6597237 / 07359590120

By using our website, you agree to this Cookie Usage Policy and consent to the use of cookies as outlined above. Thank you for visiting Olive Grove Learning!

This policy complies with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).