Last Updated: 1 January 2024

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide information to the website owners, and enhance your browsing experience.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

How We Use Cookies

glade-verse Culinary Academy uses cookies for several purposes, including:

  • Ensuring our website functions correctly
  • Remembering your preferences
  • Understanding how you use our website
  • Improving your browsing experience
  • Analysing our website traffic

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.

  • cookieConsent - Stores your cookie consent preference (Duration: 1 year)

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

  • sessionStorage - Stores form data temporarily during your session (Duration: Session)

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website.

  • _ga - Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users (Duration: 2 years)
  • _gid - Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users (Duration: 24 hours)
  • _gat - Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate (Duration: 1 minute)

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party's website for more information about these cookies.

Your Cookie Choices

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies.

Accepting Cookies

By clicking "Accept" on our cookie banner, you consent to our use of all cookies described in this policy.

Declining Cookies

By clicking "Decline" on our cookie banner, you reject non-essential cookies. Only essential cookies required for the website to function will be used.

Changing Your Preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:

  • Clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our website
  • Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies

Managing Cookies in Your Browser

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

Google Chrome

Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data

Mozilla Firefox

Go to Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data

Safari

Go to Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data

Microsoft Edge

Go to Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data

Please note that blocking all cookies may affect your experience on our website and other websites you visit.

Do Not Track

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. We currently do not respond to "Do Not Track" signals as there is no industry standard for how to handle these requests.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please check this page periodically for updates.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

glade-verse Culinary Academy
47 Culinary Lane
London, EC2A 4PQ
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]