Privacy Notice and Cookies
This notice explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our websites and mobile applications to help provide you with the best possible online experience.
Your online privacy
You can visit our website without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. Schools have their own database, storing the vast majority of personal information that may be accessed trhough Complete-Ed. The only personal information we store is used to log you in securely, maintain outgoing communication queues (not including the message content) and improve our service to you and the school. We promise to treat any personal information about you securely, fairly and lawfully. We are committed to protecting your privacy.
Cookies – what are they?
A "cookie" is a small text file that's stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website or use an app. Some cookies are deleted when you close down your browser. These are known as session cookies. Others remain on your device until they expire or you delete them from your cache. These are known as persistent cookies and enable us to remember things about you as a returning visitor. This website uses session and persistent cookies.
How to control and delete cookies.
If you want to restrict or block the cookies we set, you can do this through your browser settings. The ‘help’ function within your browser should tell you how. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. Alternatively, you can search the internet for other independent information on cookies.
Cookies – how we use them
If you delete cookies relating to this website we will not remember things about you, including your cookie preferences, and you will be treated as a first-time visitor the next time you visit the site. We use cookies (and other similar technologies) to:
Provide products and services that you request and to provide a secure online environment
Manage our marketing relationships
Give you a better online experience and track website performance
Help us make our website more relevant to you Here we explain a bit more about each of these types and how you can control their use.
Essential Cookies
Cookies that are essential for us to provide a product or service you have requested and to provide a secure online environment. Without cookies we are unable to provide some products or services that you might request. Other 'essential' cookies keep our website secure. Even if you say “No” to cookies on this website we'll continue to use these 'essential' cookies. Essential cookies are used to:
deliver interactive services, such as:
administrative applications
web chat
call-backs
maintain online security and protect against online fraud
record your preference regarding our use of cookies on your device
Performance Cookies: Tracking website performance
These cookies collect aggregated information and are not used to identify you. We use this type of cookie to understand and analyse how visitors use our online services and look for ways to improve them. For example, a cookie might tell us that lots of people give up on a process at a particular step – so we can try to make that step easier to complete. The analytics cookies we use include:
Google Analytics, which uses cookies to help us analyse how our visitors use the site. Find out more about how these cookies are used on the Google privacy site.
IBM NetInsight, to analyse how our visitors use our sites. NetInsight uses both session and persistent cookies.
Adobe Analytics , to improve our websites and services. This service and the cookies it uses help us understand the popularity of our content and make better consumer experiences.
Functionality Cookies: Giving you a better online experience
These cookies remember your preferences and tailor the website to provide enhanced features. Without these cookies, we cannot remember your choices or personalise your online experience. We use this type of cookie to:
Make online services login faster by remembering you between visits on your personal devices
Simplify online activities by remembering the last account you used and showing it as the default for your next session
Remembering relevant information as you browse from page to page to save you re-entering the same information repeatedly
Provide enhanced features, such as playing videos or allowing you to post a comment.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies are usually third-party cookies from marketing partners used to deliver adverts relevant to you and your interests. These cookies can track your browsing history across websites. If you wish to prevent this type of cookie, you may do so through your device’s browser security settings. We currently don't have any marketing partners and have no plans to change that. Our platform is funded by school subscription so there is no need for us to bother users with unnecessary adverts.
Cookies in emails
As well as the cookies we use on our website, we use cookies and similar technologies in emails. These help us to understand whether you’ve opened an email and how you’ve interacted with it. Cookies may also be set if you click on a link within the email.
How to control and delete cookies
If you don't want to accept cookies in emails, you can set your browser to restrict or reject cookies, or you can close the email before downloading any images or clicking on any links.