ABOUT COOKIES

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by the websites you visit. You can delete or disable cookies at any time through your browser’s privacy settings. However, disabling cookies entirely may prevent you from using some of the services offered on our websites. Below is an overview of the types of cookies we use on UKInstitute’s websites. For more information about cookies, visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary to enable basic website functions, such as page navigation and access to secure areas. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.

Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our site, such as the most frequently visited pages and any error messages received. This information is used to improve the performance of our site.

Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an ad and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

First-party and Third-party Cookies

First-party cookies are those set directly by the website you are visiting. These cookies are placed by UKInstitute and are used for essential services such as logging in, managing shopping carts, and saving personal settings.

Third-party cookies are set by external websites or organizations when you visit a particular site. For example, if you visit website A, organizations B and C that provide services to website A and its visitors might place cookies on your computer. These cookies are primarily used for tracking and analysis purposes, such as providing data to the operator of website A about the most frequently visited pages. While browsing a UKInstitute website, you may encounter third-party cookies as described below.

Analytics cookies are provided by companies that offer specialized tracking data to help us improve the functionality of our websites, count visitor numbers, or assess the popularity of specific features. These cookies do not collect personal data; they assign a unique number to each user and track the navigation path through the site associated with that number. These analytics cookies expire at the end of each session.

For more information, see: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies

We use Google technologies to serve advertisements and to track and report on advertising response rates. No personal information is collected or reported. Information and opt-out tools can be found at: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/

We allow additional third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) when you visit our website. These companies may place and read cookies in the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk or use web beacons or other technologies to collect information while ads are being served on this website. These companies may use such anonymous information during your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third-party web beacon to collect this information.

You may also follow the instructions for opting out provided in the third-party ad servers' privacy and data protection policies. The use of these technologies by third-party ad servers is subject to their own privacy and data protection policies and is not covered by our privacy policy. UKInstitute does not take responsibility for the privacy policies or usage of personal information collected by others, including any partner or affiliate.

To change your browser's cookie and privacy settings

Your browser allows you to customize your cookie settings. Typically, you will find the controls under the browser's 'Options' or 'Preferences' menu. The exact level of customization will depend on your browser; refer to your browser's help or http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed instructions.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your device, and most browsers can be set to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities may not work.

Changes to the Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at admin@ukinstitute.org or visit our Privacy Policy page for more information.