Cookie Policy

1 WHAT IS A COOKIE?
1.1 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. To find out more about cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org.

2 ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES
2.1 Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
2.2 When you visit our website, we may automatically collect the following information:
2.2.1 technical information, including the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; and
2.2.2 information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our website (including date and time); pages you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our number.

3 COOKIES WE USE AND WHY
3.1 Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website or make use of e-billing services.
3.2 Analytical/performance cookies. They 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.
3.3 Google Advertising cookies.Google Analytics’ Display Advertiser features are enabled for the Google Analytics property this website is tagged with. This means that Google Analytics will drop additional cookies on your browser and collect data using Google’s advertising cookies and identifiers, in addition to data collected through a standard Google Analytics implementation. For more information about Google’s Advertising Cookies and how you can control advertising cookies visit Google Advertising Privacy FAQ and Google’s advertising cookies.
3.4 Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences.
3.5 Marketing cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising around the web more relevant to you. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
3.6 You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Smile Montessori Preschool website uses cookies.

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. Click on ‘Show details’ to understand more about individual cookies, listed on the left-hand side, and to manage your preferences.

 

We share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user’s experience more efficient.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.

This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Please state your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent.

Your consent applies to the following domains: www.smilespreschool.co.u

Necessary (6)

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry Type
t.gif WordPress.com Ensures that product pictures are presented correctly on website. 1 day HTTP Cookie
test_cookie Google Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. 1 year HTTP Cookie

 

Statistics (13)

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry Type
_ga [x2] Google Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 2 years HTTP Cookie
_ga_# [x2] Google Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. 2 years HTTP Cookie
_gat Google Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate 1 day HTTP Cookie
_gid Google Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 1 day HTTP Cookie
cksync.php Media.net This cookie is used to determine if cookie data synchronization is enabled or disabled – cookie data synchronization is used to synchronize and gather visitor data on several domains. Session Pixel Tracker
collect Google Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. Session Pixel Tracker
g.gif WordPress.com Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. Session Pixel Tracker
td Google Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. Session Pixel Tracker
visitor-id Media.net This cookie is used to collect information on the visitor. This information will be stored for internal analytics at the website’s operator – Internal analytics is used by websites to optimize their domains. 1 year HTTP Cookie
yt-player-headers-readable YouTube Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings. Persistent HTML Local Storage

 

Marketing (94)

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Unclassified (2)

Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.

4 WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THIRD PARTY COOKIES
4.1 Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
4.2 Our website may also contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers, suppliers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own cookie notices and privacy notices and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these notices. Please check these notices before you submit any personal data to these websites.

5 HOW DO I CHANGE MY COOKIE SETTINGS?
5.1 Generally, browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find information relating to the browser you are using, please visit the browser developer’s website, below are links to some of the most common browsers:

6 WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU BLOCK COOKIES?
6.1 You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site and your user experience may be seriously downgraded whilst browsing the site.

7 EXPIRY OF COOKIES
7.1 When we send a cookie, we instruct your browser to keep that cookie for a certain period of time, for example, we may instruct your browser to keep the cookie for the period you are on the website; this is known as a “session cookie”. You can override the cookie expiration periods set by us, or any other website, by changing your cookie settings. If you do not change your settings, then, all cookies set by us will expire after 6 months. Default expiration settings will vary for third-party cookies; you can find out more about these by following the links in section 3.5.