How do we use cookies?

We use cookies on this Website (www.oakton.co.uk) to distinguish you from other users of our Website. However, we only use cookies that are strictly necessary and analytical. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our site. We do not use marketing cookies, nor do we collect or store personal data via the cookies used.

By using our Website you consent to our cookie settings and agree that you understand this Cookies Policy which explains how you can manage your cookie choices and preferences. This Cookie Policy should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.

What are cookies and how do they work?

Cookies are very small text documents or pieces of software code that a Website transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes track information about you. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that and your help screen or manual will tell you how to do this. However, please be aware that restricting cookies will impact on your user experience and may prevent you from using part of our Website.

Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. Although they do identify a user’s computer, cookies do not personally identify users and passwords and credit card information are not stored in cookies. Information gathered through cookies includes data such as the date and time of visits and how you are using the Website.

What sort of cookies do we use?

We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website and under our terms with you and without them the services that you have asked for cannot be provided.

• Analytical/performance cookies

These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

The list below sets our more information about the individual cookies used on our Website and the purposes for which they are used:

• _ga Google Analytics

We use this Cookie to identify unique users on the Website.

Type: Strictly necessary

• _gat Google Analytics

This Cookie generates an ID every time a viewer accesses the site and is used to determine how many requests should be sent from your browser. This Cookie does not store any personal information.

Type: Analytics cookie

• _gid Google Analytics

This Cookie helps us to distinguish users on the Website.

Type: Analytics cookie

• has_js

This Cookie is necessary for us to understand if the viewer’s browser supports JavaScript. The data collected allows us to deliver content in a suitable way depending on your settings.

Type: Strictly necessary

How do you disable cookies?

The effect of disabling cookies depends on which cookies you disable, but in general the Website may not operate properly if cookies are switched off.  See below for details of how to use common types of browser to disable cookies.

Disabling cookies in Internet Explorer

1. Choose the menu “Tools” then “Internet Options”

2. Click on the “Privacy” Tab

3. Select the setting the appropriate setting

Disabling cookies in Google Chrome

1. Choose Settings> Advanced

2. Under “Privacy and security,” click “Content settings”.

3. Click “Cookies”

Disabling cookies in Safari

1. Choose Preferences > Privacy

2. Click on “Remove all Website Data”

Disabling cookies in Firefox

1. Choose the menu “Tools” then “Options”

2. Click on the icon “Privacy”

3. Find the menu “Cookie” and select the relevant options

Disabling cookies in Opera

1. Choose the menu “Files”> “Preferences”

2. Privacy

Other help we may provide

Where you have not set your permissions, we may also separately prompt you regarding our use of cookies on the Site.