Cookie Policy
Why we use cookies
The DLH.io website and online services uses cookies to:
- To make sure our website works properly
- To collect data about the use of our website including the number of visitors and how frequently the pages are viewed
- To ensure the secure function of the DLH.io online service
- To remember your preferences and make the website easier to use
What are cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make website work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The cookies we use do not access your computer to obtain personal information and they do not collect information that could identify any user personally.
Different type of cookies
Session cookies – are small pieces of information that is held by the browser that is then attached to an individual users session. This lets the webpages know what section of the online application the student is on at any given point in time and as the cookie is relevant only to them it stops anyone on the same network being able to access the content they are using.
Persistent cookies – Remain on a user’s computer/device and is not deleted when the browser is closed. A persistent cookie enables a website to remember you on subsequent visits.
First party cookies – Are set by the website a user is visiting and they can only be read by that site.
Third party cookies – Are stored by a different domain to the visited page's domain.
Strictly necessary cookies – Essential in order to enable a user to move around a website and use its features, e.g. accessing secure areas of a website. You must accept these essential cookies in order to make use of our online system.
Performance cookies – Are used to collect information about how visitors use a website, for example which pages visitors go to most often. All information these cookies collect is anonymous. DLH.io uses Google Analytics to measure and analyse usage of the website. View an overview of Google Analytics and its privacy policy.
Functional cookies – Allows the website to remember choices a user makes (e.g. your username, language), they provide more personal features.