Cookie Policy

The Thinking Partnership: Cookie Policy

 

  1. Definition

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit our site.

 

  1. Consent

There is a notice on our home page which provides a link to our website cookie policy. If you use this website after this notification has been displayed to you, we will assume that you consent to our use of cookies for the purposes described in this website cookie policy and our website privacy policy.

 

  1. How we Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

  • recognise you when you visit our website
  • obtain information about your preferences
  • improve our site’s performance
  • collect analytical information for ourselves and our business partners to carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content and services and to help us better understand our visitor and user requirements and interests and
  • make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.

The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data. Although we may obtain information about your computer such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information, this will not usually identify you personally.

In most cases we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this website. The exception is where the cookie is essential in order for us to provide you with a service you have requested.

 

  1. Cookies we use

We use the following Cookies:

4.1 Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

4.2 Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

4.3 Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

4.4 Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose but will never disclose any information that would make you personally identifiable.

 

  1. Description of our Cookies and their use

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them by reading the information below:

5.1 Site Cookie

The purpose of this cookie is to enables us to:

5.1.1 Estimate our audience size and usage pattern.

5.1.2 Store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site and to provide you with offers that are targeted at your individual interests.

5.1.3 Recognise your device when you return to our site.

5.1.4 Recognise you when you are visiting other websites and then present you with adverts and relevant content from The Developing Leaders Partnership (as defined in 4.4 Targeting Cookies). These use the standard features of services provided by organisations like Google Ads – Remarketing.

https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2454000?hl=en-GB

 

5.2 Content Cookie

5.2.1 This cookie is essential for us to store your name, email address and organisation and use the data so as to enable your access to Intellectual Property residing in our content.

This cookie also enables us to:

5.2.2 Store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site and to provide you with offers that are targeted at your individual interests.

5.2.3 Allow you to use our site in a way that makes your browsing experience more convenient, for example, if you register with us or complete our online forms, we will use cookies to remember your details during your current visit, and any future visits provided the cookie was not deleted in the interim.

5.2.4 Recognise you when you are visiting other websites and then present you with adverts and relevant content from The Developing Leaders Partnership (as defined in 4.4 Targeting Cookies). These use the standard features of services provided by organisations like Google Ads – Remarketing.

https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2454000?hl=en-GB

 

5.3 Software Cookie

5.3.1 This cookie is essential for us to store your name, email address, organisation and purpose of use of our software and so as to enable your access to Intellectual Property residing in our software, its content and its user experience.

This cookie also enables to:

5.3.2 Store information about your preferences, responses to questions, results and profiles that are automatically generated as a consequence of using our software.

5.3.3 Store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site and to provide you with offers that are targeted at your individual interests.

5.3.4 Allow you to use our site in a way that makes your browsing experience more convenient, for example, if you register with us or complete our online forms, we will use cookies to remember your details during your current visit, and any future visits provided the cookie was not deleted in the interim.

5.3.5 Recognise you when you are visiting other websites and then present you with adverts and relevant content from The Developing Leaders Partnership (as defined in 4.4 Targeting Cookies). These use the standard features of services provided by organisations like Google Ads – Remarketing.

https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2454000?hl=en-GB

 

  1. Settings

If at any time you wish to disable our cookies you may do so through the settings on your browser but if you do so you will not be able to use certain important features of our service. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the Information Commissioner’s webpage on cookies: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/

 

Updated May 2018