Cookies

When we provide services we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. These services are delivered on the internet, which sometimes involves placing small amounts of information as files on your computer, mobile phone or other device. These small files are known as cookies. Cookies cannot be used to identify you personally the information from them is used to improve services for you through:

• recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested
• measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure that they are fast
• analysing anonymised data to help us understand how people interact with our services so that we can make them better

HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES

You can manage these small files and learn more about them from the 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:

• First party cookies: these are our own cookies, controlled by us and used to provide information about usage of our site.
• Third party cookies: these are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance our site, for example Facebook or Twitter have their own cookies, which are controlled by them.

FIRST PARTY COOKIES

The Newcastle School for Boys website 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.
NAME PURPOSE TYPICAL CONTENT EXPIRES
ASP.NET_SessionId
Enables the server to recognise the user in their current browsing session.
Used to temporarily store non-sensitive data.
When the browsing session ends.
style
Used to remember the user’s style preference.
Standard View, Print View, High Visibility
24 Hours
THIRD PARTY COOKIES

We use suppliers who may also set cookies on their websites’ on its behalf. The Newcastle School for Boys website does not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the third party websites for more information about these.
PROVIDER NAME PURPOSE MORE INFO
Google Analytics
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
Google Privacy Policy

AddThis __atuvc
Enables the share count to update when a page is shared.
AddThis Privacy and Data Practices
We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.

HOW TO CONTROL AND DELETE COOKIES

However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.

If you wish to view your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You’ll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual. To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.