To comply with GDPR requirements, we recommend switching on one of the cookie notifications on your website. This ensures users are informed about your school's privacy policy and cookie usage, which is a legal requirement.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your browser when you visit a website. They can be used to make it easier to visit the site next time and to tailor your experience. As a website owner, under GDPR, you must ensure visitors are aware of how their data is being used. For example, if you embed third-party functionality into your web pages, you must let your viewers know if the third party is using their data.
The functionality outlined here will help you set up your cookie notification. If a user chooses to allow cookies, they can view the third-party content, but if they choose not to allow the cookies, third-party content will not be displayed.
Cookie Settings
To enable and configure the cookie notification:
- Select Cookies and Privacy from the Website tab:
- Select Cookie Settings:
The Cookie Settings window opens: - Select the required Cookie Notification Layout from None (doesn't show a cookie notification), Overlay, Bar or Shape. When you select an option, a preview is displayed with any visual settings associated with your selection, for example, when Overlay is selected the following is displayed:
- Change any of the settings as required - select the position where the icon will appear on the screen, its colour and the cookie version.
- Select Save.
Cookie List
The Cookie List setting is used to add/edit/delete information about cookies used on your website and publish the details to your website's Privacy Policy.
The cookies that you need to include in the list are determined by the content that is embedded in your website, for example, a Google Map will use cookies that must be listed.
The details of commonly used cookies such as Google Maps and Google Translate can be quickly and easily added to the website without the need for manual entry.
To access the list, view cookie details, add new cookies, edit existing cookies and delete cookie entries:
- Select Cookies and Privacy from the Website tab:
- Select Cookie List:
The Cookie List window opens: - Review the content, by using the navigation filters at the top of the page:
- To edit an existing cookie in the list (as needed), select the edit icon next to the cookie:
- To delete a cookie entry in the list (as needed), select the delete icon next to the cookie:
- To add additional cookies to the list select Add Cookie:
The Add Cookie window opens: - Either select a Predefined Cookie Value from the list to populate the values in the window:
- Or manually enter the Cookie Title, Cookie Provider, Cookie IDs, Cookie Type and Cookie Description.
- Select Save.
Any changes you have made are reflected in the appropriate section of the Privacy Policy, for example, if you add details for the Google Translate cookie, the Functional Cookies section will list information about the cookie.
Privacy Policy Page
After updating your cookie settings, check your Privacy Policy page to make sure everything has been updated as expected:
- Select Cookies and Privacy from the Website tab:
- Select Privacy Policy:
The Privacy Policy page is displayed: - Review the content and modify as required.
- Select Save.
- Select Save and publish this item.
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