britannicashanghai.com puts small files (known as ‘cookies’) onto your computer to collect information about how you browse the site.
- measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
- remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again
britannicashanghai.com cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. Find out more about how to manage cookies.
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use britannicashanghai.com. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements. Google Analytics stores information about:
- the pages you visit on britannicashanghai.com - how long you spend on each britannicashanghai.com page
- how you got to the site
- what you click on while you’re visiting the site
We don’t collect or store your personal information (eg your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are. We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data. Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
Name | Purpose | Expires |
_utma | Determines the number of unique visitors to the site | 2 years |
_utmb | This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on our site | 30 minutes |
_utmc | This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser | when you close your browser |
_utmz | This provides information about how you reached the site (eg from another website or a search engine) | 6 months |
GDS_successEvents and GDS_analyticsTokens | These help us identify how you use britannicashanghai.com so we can make the site better | 4 months |
These are cookies that enable the website to function.
Name | Purpose | Expires |
ASP.NET_SessionId | This cookie is only used to establish connections between the user and the server, so no private data is held. Your consent is implied by entering the website. | when you close your browser |
Style | This cookie is only used to remember your accessibility options (i.e. the standard view and high visibility links at the bottom of each page). Your consent is implied by entering the website. | The cookie is deleted after 24 hours |
_atuvc | Share count cookie. This cookie is used to update the "share count" on the add this function (see the bookmark and share icon at the top of the website). Your consent is given by responding to the popup bar when clicking on these icons | The cookie is deleted after 48 hours. |
Please note that if you decide to share the website via the Bookmark and Share icon, third-party cookies will be potentially used. For instance, if you share the website to Twitter, you will then receive cookies from Twitter.
The parent portal enables parents to see information about how their child is doing within the school. To enable this the following cookies are required.
Name | Purpose | Expires |
ASP.NET_SessionId | This cookie is only used to establish connections between the user and the server, so no private data is held. Your consent is implied by entering the website. | when you close your browser |
iSAMS | This cookie is here to save your username for quicker access to the system in future | The cookie is deleted after 180 days |
This Privacy Policy has been sourced from gov.uk Cookie Policy and modified and reproduced here under Open Government Licence.
