document: title: privacy and cookies
text: ## Cookies

Cookies are used on this site in two ways.

When you log in to this website, we will store a temporary cookie on your computer, indicating that you are authorised to use the site. Cookies are small text files that are saved by your web browser and enable you to move throughout the site without having to sign in each time you look at a different page. The cookies we use have the sole purpose of keeping you logged in, and have no other function. The cookies we use here are "session cookies," which means they disappear when you shut down your Web browser. Use of the areas of this website requiring a login is conditional on a session cookie being in place, and if you do not agree to this you should not use this website.

The other type of cookies we use are placed by Google Analytics. 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.

More information about cookies, including how to block them and/or delete them, can be found at http://www.aboutcookies.org/. Google Analytics’ privacy policy can be viewed here: http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

## Privacy

The College takes its responsibility with regards to privacy and data security very seriously.  Our data protection policy can be found here