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We use "personalisation" cookies to identify you when you visit the websites listed below (‘Websites’) (where you have given your consent) and to keep track of your browsing patterns and build up a demographic profile. We use "analytics" cookies to understand who has seen which of the pages on the Websites and to determine the most popular areas of the Websites so that we can improve and develop the Websites. Our use of cookies also allows registered users to be presented with a personalised version of the Websites and have access to information about their account. We may also use “social media” cookies to personalise your interaction with third party social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook where our Website uses such features. Such cookies recognise users of these social media sites when you view social media content on our Website. They also allow you to quickly share content across media, through the use of simple ‘sharing’ buttons. We note that third parties, including Facebook, may use cookies and other storage technologies to collect or receive information via our website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. You can opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting and if you wish to do so you may find websites such as www.aboutads.info/choices and www.youronlinechoices.eu helpful. Under 18 years? Read this: Personal information may be stored in some of the cookies that are issued by the Websites but where these cookies are non-essential to the services we provide, you may opt out of accepting them or can remove them at any time, if you wish, via your browser settings whilst still accepting other essential cookies. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about how to do this. Should you decide to disable any cookies we place on your computer the functionality of our Websites may be affected and you may not be able to use certain services or facilities on the Websites. Switching off cookies will restrict your use of the Websites. Duration of Cookies Under 18 years? Read this: The duration of time that a cookie remains on your PC or device depends on if it is a ‘persistent’ cookie or a ‘session’ cookie. Session cookies last up until you stop browsing; persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are session cookies and will expire when your browsing session is finished. Personal data from persistent cookies will be held for a maximum of 2 years from the date collected. You can remove persistent cookies at any time through your browser settings. Further information Under 18 years? Read this: For further information about cookies used on Trinity’s websites, please see the details below or contact us at dpo@trinitycollege.com. Trinity College London website cookies trinitycollege.com Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type PHPSESSID Trinity Tracks the user’s session state. Necessary WASP2_FLAG Trinity Stores user website details encrypted Necessary WASP2_USER Trinity Stores user access details encrypted Necessary Facebook pixel Trinity - This is the Facebook pixel cookie packaged as a first party Trinity cookie Allows Trinity to measure, optimise and build audiences for advertising campaigns. Personal data collected by the Facebook pixel is transferred by the Trinity owned Facebook pixel to Facebook Ireland Limited. Facebook Ireland Limited is a joint controller of the joint processing of this personal data and we have entered into an agreement (found at www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum ) with Facebook Ireland Limited to determine the respective responsibilities for compliance with applicable data protection law with respect to this joint processing of your personal data (see www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools for more information on the joint processing). We are obliged under this agreement with Facebook Ireland Limited to make available to you the information set out in this section of the Cookie Policy. We have agreed with Facebook Ireland Limited that Facebook Ireland Limited is responsible for enabling you to exercise your rights under applicable data protection law with respect to personal data stored by Facebook Ireland after the joint processing. The information that Facebook Ireland Limited is required by law to make known to you can be found in Facebook Ireland's Data Policy at www.facebook.com/about/privacy . Further information on how Facebook Ireland Limited processes personal data, including the legal basis Facebook Ireland Limited relies on and the ways to exercise your rights against Facebook Ireland Limited, can be found in Facebook Ireland's Data Policy at www.facebook.com/about/privacy. Personal data collected by the Facebook pixel includes: HTTP header information which include information about the web browser or app used (eg user agent, locale country-level/language) Information regarding standard/optional events such as "Page view" or "App install", further object properties, as well as buttons clicked by site visitors, each according to configuration of the Facebook pixel Online identifiers including IP addresses and, insofar as provided, Facebook-related identifiers or device identifiers (such as mobile OS advertising IDs) as well as information on opt-out/limited ad tracking status Analytics trinityrock.com Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type UUID Trinity Tracks the user’s session state. Necessary has_js Trinity Determines if the user has JavaScript enabled. Functionality artsaward.org.uk Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type PHPSESSID Trinity To track the user's session state. Necessary WASP2_FLAG Trinity Stores user website details encrypted Necessary WASP2_USER Trinity Stores user access details encrypted Necessary Exam booking websites seltbooking.trinitycollege.co.uk musicbooking.trinitycollege.co.uk Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type OEPOPUPMSG Trinity To control user alert message about ID and payment card details Necessary remember-me Trinity To remember the user Necessary JSESSIONID Trinity To track the user's session state. Necessary uniqueId Trinity To temporarily hold an exam slot for 15 minutes. Functionality org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.CookieLocaleResolver.LOCALE Trinity Tracks the user’s location. Functionality OECOOKIEMSG Trinity Stores the user’s decision about accepting cookies. Necessary wb48617274, AWSELB Trinity To manage server traffic through load balancer. Functionality TOL (Siebel) Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type sn Trinity Tracks the user’s session state. Necessary start.swe Trinity The auto-login cookie underlies the Remember My User ID and Password feature Necessary WASP2_FLAG Trinity Stores user website details encrypted Necessary WASP2_USER Trinity Stores user access details encrypted Necessary Trinity Learning Portal (Totara) Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type TotaraSession Trinity Tracks the user’s session state. Necessary Trinity Results Verification (TRV) Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type WASP2_FLAG Trinity Stores user website details encrypted Necessary WASP2_USER Trinity Stores user access details encrypted Necessary VLE (Moodle) support.trinitycollege.co.uk (Trinity Support VLE) arts-support.trinitycollege.co.uk (Arts Support VLE) Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type MoodleSession Trinity Tracks the user’s session state. Necessary Trinity College London Italy website cookies www.trinitycollege.it Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type csrftoken BCelt Security (prevent cross-site request forgery). Necessary displayCookieConsent BCelt Stores the user’s decision about accepting cookies. Necessary bcelt.trinitycollege.it (VLE) Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type csrftoken BCelt Security (prevent cross-site request forgery) Necessary displayCookieConsent BCelt Stores the user’s decision about accepting cookies Necessary MoodleSession BCelt Manage user session (authentication) Necessary newsletter.trinitycollege.it (mailing system) Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type PHPSESSID BCelt Manage user session (authentication) Necessary coockieconsent BCelt Stores the user’s decision about accepting cookies. Necessary Trinity College London Press Online Shop Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type _ab Shopify Used in connection with access to admin. Functionality _secure_session_id Shopify Used in connection with navigation through a storefront. Functionality Cart Shopify Used in connection with shopping cart. Functionality cart_sig Shopify Used in connection with checkout. Functionality cart_ts Shopify Used in connection with checkout. Functionality checkout_token Shopify Used in connection with checkout. Functionality Secret Shopify Used in connection with checkout. Functionality Secure_customer_sig Shopify Used in connection with customer login. Necessary storefront_digest Shopify Used in connection with customer login. Necessary _shopify_u Shopify Used to facilitate updating customer account information. Necessary _tracking_consent Shopify Tracking preferences. Functionality _landing_page Shopify Track landing pages. Functionality _orig_referrer Shopify Track landing pages. Functionality _s Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics _shopify_fs Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics _shopify_s Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics _shopify_sa_p Shopify Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. Analytics _shopify_sa_t Shopify Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. Analytics _shopify_y Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics _y Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics tracked_start_checkout Shopify Shopify analytics relating to checkout. Analytics locksmith-params Locksmith Used in connection with access. Functionality Third party cookies when accessing Trinity Teach This includes Teach English Online Eventbrite Eventbrite cookie statement - please see www.eventbrite.co.uk/cookies Northpass Northpass cookie statement - please see www.northpass.com/privacy-policy Shopify Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type _s Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics _shopify_fs Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics _shopify_s Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics _shopify_sa_p Shopify Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. Analytics _shopify_sa_t Shopify Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. Analytics _shopify_y Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics _y Shopify Shopify analytics. Analytics tracked_start_checkout Shopify Shopify analytics relating to checkout. Analytics locksmith-params Locksmith Used in connection with access. Functionality Zoom Zoom cookie statement - please see zoom.us/cookie-policy Google Analytics Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type _ga Google Analytics Used to distinguish users. Necessary _gid Google Analytics Used to distinguish users. Necessary _gat Google Analytics Used to throttle request rate. Functionality AMP_TOKEN Google Analytics Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Functionality _gac_ Google Analytics Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. Learn more . Functionality __utma Google Analytics Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Necessary __utmt Google Analytics Used to throttle request rate. Functionality __utmb Google Analytics Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Functionality __utmc Google Analytics Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. Functionality __utmz Google Analytics Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Functionality __utmv Google Analytics Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Functionality Hotjar Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type hjClosedSurveyInvites Hotjar This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal pop-up. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown. Functionality _hjDonePolls Hotjar This cookie is set once a visitor completes a Poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same Poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. Functionality _hjMinimizedPolls Hotjar This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through your site. Functionality _hjDoneTestersWidgets Hotjar This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. Functionality _hjMinimizedTestersWidgets Hotjar This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through your site. Functionality _hjDoneSurveys Hotjar This cookie is set once a visitor completes a survey. It is used to only load the survey content if the visitor hasn't completed the survey yet. Functionality _hjIncludedInSample Hotjar This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heatmaps, Funnels, Recordings, etc. Analytics _hjShownFeedbackMessage Hotjar This cookie is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if they navigate to another page where it is set to show. Functionality Hubspot Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type __hstc Hubspot The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk (see below), initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). Necessary hubspotutk Hubspot This cookie is used for to keep track of a visitor's identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when de-duplicating contacts. Necessary __hssc Hubspot This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if we should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. Functionality __hssrc Hubspot Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. Functionality messagesUtk Hubspot This cookie is used to recognize visitors who chat with you via the messages tool. If the visitor leaves your site before they're added as a contact, they will have this cookie associated with their browser. If you have a history of chatting with a visitor and they return to your site later in the same cookied browser, the messages tool will load your conversation history with that visitor. Learn more here. Functionality __hs_opt_out Hubspot This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again. This cookie is set when you give visitors the choice to opt out of cookies. Necessary __hs_do_not_track Hubspot This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot. Setting this cookie is different from opting out of cookies, as it still allows anonymized information to be sent to HubSpot. Necessary __hs_testcookie Hubspot This cookie is used to test whether the visitor has support for cookies enabled. Necessary hs_ab_test Hubspot This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they’ve seen before. Necessary < id>_key Hubspot When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again. The cookie name is unique for each password-protected page. Necessary hs-messages-is-open Hubspot This cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits. It resets to re-close the widget after 30 minutes of inactivity. Necessary hs-messages-hide-welcome-message Hubspot This cookie is used to prevent the welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed. Necessary __hsmem Hubspot This cookie is set when visitors log in to a HubSpot-hosted site. Necessary Cookies for iOs and Android devices Cookie name Ownership Purpose Cookie type Flurry App Store/ Google Play Analytics, crash reporting, collects user session times, device details, user details, logs custom events Necessary, Analytics Fabric App Store/ Google Play Analytics, crash reporting, collects user session times, device details, user details, logs custom events, deploy beta Necessary, Analytics AWS App Store/ Google Play Push notifications, tracks individual device installs and log-ins, can be expanded with analytics, crash reporting Analytics/Functionality GCM/Firebase App Store/ Google Play Implements push notifications, tracks individual device installs and log-ins, can be expanded with analytics, crash reporting Functionality Apple Push Notification Services App Store/ Google Play Push notifications, tracks individual device installs and log-ins, can be expanded with analytics, crash reporting Functionality Third party cookies when accessing tests or trials connected with Trinity’s online assessment tools (including in relation to the Digital English Language Tests) PSI / ATLAS Cloud PSI’s ATLAS Cloud cookie statement – please click on ‘Cookie Policy’ on the ATLAS Cloud login page: uat-trinitycollege.psionline.com Third party cookies when accessing marketing questionnaires built by Outgrow PSI / ATLAS Cloud Outgrow cookie statement - please see outgrow.co/cookies-privacy-policy Document Owner and Approval The Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications is the owner of this document and is responsible for ensuring that this policy document is reviewed in line with the review requirements. This policy was approved by Trinity’s Executive on 11 May 2018 and is issued on a version-controlled basis. Document History Version Details of amendments Date Owner Approved 0.1 Policy updated to incorporate GDPR requirements 10 May 2018 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications 11 May 2018 0.2 Information about Hubspot cookies added Trinity Italy website cookie details added 21 May 2018 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications Cookie details updated 0.3 Apple App Store and Google Play cookie details added 24 May 2018 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications Cookie details updated 0.4 Hubspot cookie information updated and Trinity ‘weCookie’ details removed. 3 December 2018 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications Cookie details updated 0.5 Cookie information updated for TCLP ecommerce platform 30 July 2020 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications Cookie details updated 0.6 Updated to include links to Eventbrite, Northpass, Shopify and Zoom cookie policies 16 October 2020 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications Cookie details updated 0.7 Shopify details updated, Trinity Teach details updated 1 February 2021 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications Cookie details updated 0.8 Facebook pixel cookie details added and associated amendments made 23 April 2021 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications Cookie details updated 0.9 Pop-ups added for the Age Appropriateness Code 7 July 2021 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications 0.10 Cookie types added 26 July 2021 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications 0.11 Updated to include links to PSI’s ATLAS Cloud and Outgrow’s cookie policies 24 November 2021 Online Content Manager, Commercial, Marketing and Communications Cookie details updated Our qualifications SELT English Music Drama Dance Arts Award Help hubs For candidates For teachers For parents/guardians For prospective centres For existing Trinity centres For employers/HE institutions For education agents Popular actions Book exam Access support resources Buy books Contact us © 2021 Trinity College London Accessibility Data protection Modern slavery statement Privacy statement Terms of use Trinity policies