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This page explains which cookies and similar technologies this website uses, what each category is for, and how you can control them from your browser. It is written for visitors to Britannia English Courses and applies to every page of this site, including course and registration pages.
Cookie policy
Under UK law, when you visit a website, the site operator must tell you which cookies it sets and why. This cookie policy covers the cookies and similar storage technologies that may be set when you browse dietcon.digital, submit a registration enquiry, or read the course and exam-preparation pages of Britannia English Courses.
It also explains what you can do about them — how to review cookies already stored on your device, how to remove individual ones, and how to set preferences that apply to future visits. Handbook pages such as the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy sit alongside this document; this one deals only with cookies and how they are stored.
Definitions
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. When you open another page on the same site — or return on a later day — the browser sends that file back, so the site can remember something useful. That might be a display preference you set, the language you chose, or simply the fact that you have already dismissed a notice.
Cookies come in two main time horizons. Session cookies last only while your browser is open and are cleared when you close the tab or the window. Persistent cookies stay on the device for a set period, ranging from minutes to several months, and are removed either when that period ends or when you delete them yourself. Neither kind is a program: a cookie cannot run code, and it cannot read other files stored on your device.
Similar technologies do comparable work. Local storage and session storage, for example, let a site keep small pieces of data in your browser without using a cookie. Pixels, tags, and script identifiers function in a related way when they are used for analytics or performance measurement. This cookie policy treats those mechanisms together, because from the visitor's point of view they raise the same question: what is being stored, and why.
Categories of cookies
Cookies on this site fall into a small number of groups. Each group has a specific job, and the sections below describe what that job is and whether you can switch it off from within the site.
Required for the site to work at all. They keep your session secure, deliver pages reliably, and allow form submissions — for example the registration enquiry on the Contact & Registration page — to be processed without being lost or duplicated. These cookies cannot be switched off through the website itself; blocking them in your browser may break parts of the site.
Where used, analytics cookies help us see which pages are read most often, where visitors spend time, and whether something on the site is failing to load. The reporting we receive is aggregated — page views, session length, broad device type. It is not used to identify you personally, and we do not attempt to match analytics data to individual visitors.
Small settings you have chosen on this site — such as a reduced-motion flag or a display choice — may be remembered through a preference cookie so the site behaves consistently each time you return. Removing one simply resets the site to its defaults.
This website does not use cookies for advertising or cross-site behavioural profiling. If that changes, this cookie policy will be updated before the new category begins, and the change will be described in the "Changes to this policy" section below.
When you fill in a registration or enquiry form on this site, strictly necessary cookies — or an equivalent session mechanism — may be used to carry the submission through to the receiving mailbox, and to guard against duplicate or automated entries. That protection keeps the messages we receive manageable and reduces spam arriving through the site.
The information you type into the form itself is not stored in a cookie. The cookie is only the mechanism for handing your submission safely from the browser to the site. The personal details you enter — name, email address, telephone number, and any message you write — are handled as described in the Privacy Policy, which is the page to read if you want to know how those details are used and how long they are kept.
If you have set your browser to block all cookies and session storage, the form may still submit, but the site will not be able to run its duplicate-submission checks. In that case, calling the school on the number in the footer — +44 20 7920 5884 — is a reliable alternative, and it is also the fastest route if your enquiry is time-sensitive.
Every major browser gives you the same three tools: see what is stored, delete what you do not want, and set rules for future visits. The exact wording of the menus changes between versions, so the labels below describe what to look for rather than the exact button names.
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Review
Open the browser's settings and look for the section covering privacy, site data, or cookies. Most browsers list cookies by the website that set them, which makes it easy to find the ones from dietcon.digital.
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Delete
You can remove individual cookies, or clear the whole site-data list. Removing a strictly necessary cookie logs you out of any active session and resets any preference you had previously stored on the site.
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Block
Browsers let you block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or allow cookies on a site-by-site basis. A per-site allow list — where dietcon.digital is allowed and other sites are blocked — is usually the most practical middle setting for everyday browsing.
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Private windows
Private or incognito windows discard cookies when you close them. Use one if you want to read this policy without leaving any cookies on the device, and then close the window when you are finished.
A caution worth repeating: blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of this site — including forms — from working correctly. If a page stops responding after you change a setting, re-enable cookies for dietcon.digital and try again before assuming something is broken.
Some of the ordinary functions of this site are supplied by outside companies rather than by us. Those services can set their own cookies when their code runs on a page you open here.
The company that runs the servers and network for this domain may set security cookies to distinguish real traffic from automated requests. Those cookies are used to protect the site, not to profile visitors.
Where a measurement tool is in use, it may place its own cookies to count sessions and see how pages perform. The reports we read are aggregated and are not used to identify individual visitors.
Web fonts and script libraries delivered from public content networks may record the request. That behaviour is controlled by the network, not by Britannia English Courses, and the network's own cookie and privacy notices set out what it does.
Those providers handle their cookies under their own policies, and cookie policy pages published by the providers are the reliable place to see the exact names and lifetimes they use. If a link in your browser reports a cookie being blocked, it is usually one of these third-party services, and the site continues to work without it.
The cookie policy you are reading is the version currently in force. If the cookies this site uses change, or if the law around cookies changes, we update this page and the date shown at the top moves with it.
Updates happen for one of two reasons: a category of cookies on the site is added, removed, or repurposed, or the UK rules on cookies change and this document needs to reflect them. When either happens, this page is rewritten and the "last updated" date at the top of the page is set to the new publication date.
Older versions of this cookie policy are not kept on the public site. If you need to know what a previous version said — for example, because you are reviewing what was in force when you submitted an enquiry — email info@dietcon.digital and we will confirm the position by reply.
If a question about cookies is not answered above, write to us or call the school office. We aim to reply to written enquiries within a normal working week.
Related pages
This cookie policy sits in a small group of pages that describe how the site is run. The links below open the other documents in the group, or take you back to the school contact page if you would like to ask a question directly.