Cookie Policy

When visiting the Longhill High School website visitors are greeted with a pop up message which directs them to this cookie policy. This is where they can find information about how to disable cookies through their individual browser settings. By clicking ‘ok to continue’ on the pop up or by navigating through the site, visitors are agreeing to the use of the cookies listed at the bottom of this page.

What are cookies and how are they used by the site?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is place on your computer or mobile device. These cookies allow it to distinguish you from other users of the website, which helps provide you with a good experience when you browse the website and give anonymous data about how the site is used, to improve its design and your experience. In addition third party website such as YouTube may also use cookie to target advertise and collect data about your viewing history. The following types of cookies are often present and used on a website:

Strictly necessary cookies – these are essential in to enable you to move around the websites and use their features. Without these cookies the services you have asked for, such as leaving a comment clicking through a slideshow, cannot be provided.

Performance cookies – these cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often. This information is used to improve a websites and to investigate any browsing problems raised by visitors. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor.

Functionality cookies – these cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide more personal features. For instance, a functional cookie can be used to remember the volume level you prefer to use when watching videos on a websites. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

How can I manage and delete cookies

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

What specific cookies are used on this site

Cookies may be set either by www.longhill.org.uk (“first party cookies”), or by a third party website (“third party cookies”) like YouTube. The tables below identify the cookies used on this site and explain the purposes for which they are used. The cookies listed below are work completed to date. Accordingly, the information contained in this section may be updated from time to time.

Category Statistics (1)

Cookie name: HISTORY STORE Provider: longhill.org.uk Type: HTML Expiry: Session
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/calendar
Cookie purpose: Contains a visitor ID – this is used to track visitors navigation and interaction on the website for internal website optimisation and user experience.
Source: Plug-in All-In-One Event Calendar
Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate)

Category Marketing (13)

Cookie name: GPS Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: 1 day
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name:PREF Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: 8 months
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitors use YouTube videos.
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: VISITOR_IINFO1_LIVE Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: 179 days
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Tries to estimate the users’ browser bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: YSC Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: session
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: YT-REMOTE_CONNECTED_DEVICES Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: persistent
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Stores the users’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: YT-REMOTE_CAST_INSTALLED Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: persistent
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Stores the users’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: YT-REMOTE-DEVICE-ID Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: persistent
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Stores the users’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: YT-REMOTE-FAST-CHECK-PERIOD Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: session
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Stores the users’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: YT-REMOTE-SESSION-APP Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: session
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Stores the users’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: YT-REMOTE-SESSION-NAME Provider: youtube.com Type: HTTP Expiry: session
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Stores the users’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: IDE Provider: doubleclick.net Type: HTTP Expiry: 1 year
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Use to check if the site supports cookies
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: TEST COOKIE Provider: doubleclick.net Type: HTTP Expiry: 1 day
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/admissions
Cookie purpose: Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.
Source: YouTube Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)

Cookie name: NIDE Provider: google.com Type: HTTP Expiry: 6 months
First found: www.longhill.org.uk/contactus
Cookie purpose: Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning users device. The ID is used for targeted ads.
Source: Google Maps Embed
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)