Web Privacy and Cookie Policy

Introduction

We (St. Mary’s Catholic Academy) are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; in this policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.
We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website. / By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

Collecting Personal Information

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
1. information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths)
2. information that you provide when completing our Sixth Form online application form on our website (including your name, date of birth, address, telephone numbers, health and special needs, interests and hobbies, educational details and employment details)
3. information that you provide to us when using the services on our website, or that is generated in the course of the use of those services (including the timing, frequency and pattern of service use)
4. information contained in or relating to any communications that you send to us or send through our website (including the communication content and meta data associated with the communication)
5. any other personal information that you choose to send to us
Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person's consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this policy.

Using Personal Information

Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
1. send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;
2. deal with enquiries made by you relating to our website;
3. keep our website secure and prevent fraud;
4. verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website.
We will not supply your personal information to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party's direct marketing.

Disclosing Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information:
1. to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
2. in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
3. in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.

Retaining Personal Information

Personal information that we process for any purpose shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose.
Without prejudice to Section 5a, we will usually delete personal data falling within the categories set out below at the date/time set out below:
1. Personal information submitted through the Online Sixth Form Application Form will be deleted as soon as the applicant expresses their intent not to continue their application to St. Mary’s Catholic Academy Sixth Form.
2. Other applicant information will be retained for up to 12 months or up to the start of the next academic year at which point unsuccessful applicant information will be deleted.
3. Successful applicant personal information will be added to the School Information Management System as per St Mary’s Privacy Notice - How we use your information.

Security of your personal information

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure servers.
You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the Internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the Internet.

Amendments

We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

Third Party Websites

Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.
We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

Updating Information

Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

Data Protection Officer

The contact details for BEBCMAT’s designated DPO are as follows:

Data Protection Officer, Information Governance Team
Blackpool Council,
Number One, Bickerstaffe Square,
Blackpool, FY1 3AH
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Cookies

This website uses cookies. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.

This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.

Necessary (27)

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry	Type
#yootheme/cache#	www.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Session	HTML Local Storage
__cfduid [x9]	Hubspot Inc js.hs-banner.com Hubspot www.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.	30 days	HTTP Cookie
ASP.NET_SessionId	insight.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests.	Session	HTTP Cookie
connect.sid	loom.com	The cookie is necessary for secure log-in and the detection of any spam or abuse of the website.	29 days	HTTP Cookie
CookieConsent [x7]	Cookiebot	Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain	1 year	HTTP Cookie
debug	loom.com	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
HEX (32)	www.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Session	HTTP Cookie
loom_anon_comment	loom.com	Pending	Session	HTTP Cookie
MoodleSession	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Registers whether the user is logged in. This allows the website owner to make parts of the website inaccessible, based on the user's log-in status.	Session	HTTP Cookie
PHPSESSID [x4]	ucas.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk sciencequiz.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk dafital.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk custompdf.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Preserves user session state across page requests.	Session	HTTP Cookie

Preferences (7)

Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry	Type
CookieConsentBulkSetting-#	Cookiebot	Enables cookie consent across multiple websites	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
intercom.intercom-state	loom.com	Stores a unique ID string for each chat-box session. This allows the website-support to see previous issues and reconnect with the previous supporter.	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
lang [x3]	LinkedIn Twitter	Remembers the user's selected language version of a website	Session	HTTP Cookie
loglevel [x2]	loom.com moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Maintains settings and outputs when using the Developer Tools Console on current session.	Persistent	HTML Local Storage

Statistics (5)

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry	Type
_ga	Google Tag Manager	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	2 years	HTTP Cookie
_ga_#	Google Tag Manager	Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit.	2 years	HTTP Cookie
ajs_anonymous_id	loom.com	This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice.	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
AnalyticsSyncHistory	LinkedIn	Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service.	29 days	HTTP Cookie
S	Google	Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.	1 day	HTTP Cookie

Marketing (15)

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry	Type
__ptq.gif	Hubspot	Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	Session	Pixel Tracker
ajs_group_id	loom.com	Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
ajs_group_properties	loom.com	Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
ajs_user_id	loom.com	Collects data on visitors' preferences and behaviour on the website - This information is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor.	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
ajs_user_traits	loom.com	Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
bcookie	LinkedIn	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.	2 years	HTTP Cookie
bscookie	LinkedIn	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.	2 years	HTTP Cookie
fr	Facebook	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.	3 months	HTTP Cookie
IDE	Google	Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.	1 year	HTTP Cookie
lidc	LinkedIn	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.	1 day	HTTP Cookie
NID	Google	Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.	6 months	HTTP Cookie
pagead/1p-user-list/#	Google	Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites.	Session	Pixel Tracker
test_cookie	Google	Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.	1 day	HTTP Cookie
tr	Facebook	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.	Session	Pixel Tracker
UserMatchHistory	LinkedIn	Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.	29 days	HTTP Cookie

Unclassified (15)

Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry	Type
-551766539/jsrev	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_iconsystem/theme/classic/core/iconmap-fontawesome	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_str/cancel/core/en	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_str/closebuttontitle/core/en	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_str/loading/core/en	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_str/savechanges/core/en	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_str/showless/core_form/en	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_str/showmore/core_form/en	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_template/1617699198:classic/core/loading	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_template/1617699198:classic/core/modal	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_template/1617699198:classic/core/modal_backdrop	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/core_template/1617699198:classic/core/pix_icon_fontawesome	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
-876464098/media_videojs/en	moodle.st-mary.blackpool.sch.uk	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage
loom_referral_video	loom.com	Pending	Session	HTTP Cookie
userleap.ids	loom.com	Pending	Persistent	HTML Local Storage

St Mary's Catholic Academy

Head Teacher: Mr. Simon Eccles

St. Walburga's Road, Blackpool, FY3 7EQ
01253 396286
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