Legal & Privacy
Cookie Policy
This policy explains how cookies and similar technologies may be used on the Achievers Training College website. The website currently uses only strictly necessary cookies. Analytics and marketing cookies are described only as a ready framework if ATC adds them later with consent.
Website draft — legal and operational review required.
This document is a substantial working draft for ATC. Confirm the bracketed or course-specific details and obtain appropriate legal and operational review before relying on or publishing it as an approved policy.
Effective
Draft for ATC confirmation before publication
Last updated
[Policy date: To be confirmed by ATC before publication]
Review
Review at least annually and sooner if legislation, awarding requirements, services or delivery arrangements change.
Owner
Achievers Training College Ltd (ATC)
Version
0.1 draft
Purpose and scope
Purpose
Describe the cookies currently used by this website and provide a ready framework for any future non-essential technologies.
Scope
Visitors to the ATC public website, including people using forms, navigation and any future embedded or consent-managed service.
Responsibilities
ATC website owner
Maintain an accurate cookie inventory and prevent non-essential cookies from loading before valid consent.
Website suppliers
Tell ATC about any cookie or similar technology introduced through a release, embed or service change.
Visitors
Use browser controls or the future preference centre to manage choices, understanding that blocking necessary cookies may affect operation.
How the policy works
Check the live implementation whenever the website, script set or embedded service changes.
Classify each technology as strictly necessary, analytics, marketing or another clearly explained category.
If non-essential cookies are introduced, add equal-prominence accept, reject and preference choices before setting them.
Record consent, provide a way to withdraw or change it, and update this policy and the inventory.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on a device by a website. Similar technologies can remember a session, protect a form, measure use or support embedded services. A cookie may be a session cookie that expires when you close your browser or a persistent cookie that remains for a defined period.
Necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies support basic website functions, security, routing, accessibility or a choice you have actively requested. They do not normally require consent because the website cannot operate or provide the requested service without them. ATC should keep a current cookie inventory with each cookie name, provider, purpose and expiry.
| Cookie or technology | Provider | Purpose | Expiry or retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie name: [To be confirmed by ATC before publication] | Provider: [To be confirmed by ATC before publication] | Strictly necessary operation or security | Retention: [To be confirmed by ATC before publication] |
| No non-essential analytics currently enabled | PostHog or other provider: [To be confirmed by ATC before publication] | Analytics remain conditional and must require consent before activation | Settings and retention: [To be confirmed by ATC before publication] |
| No marketing cookies currently enabled | Provider: [To be confirmed by ATC before publication] | Marketing is not currently confirmed for this website | Retention: [To be confirmed by ATC before publication] |
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help ATC understand visits, page performance and broad usage patterns. They are not currently enabled as part of this public draft. If ATC introduces analytics, the consent experience must offer a clear opt-in before they load, explain the provider and link to the relevant privacy information.
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies can track activity across services or help measure advertising. ATC does not currently use marketing cookies on this website. They must not be enabled without a separate, informed consent choice and a way to change or withdraw that choice.
Current consent experience
Because this website currently uses only strictly necessary cookies, no non-essential analytics or marketing cookies are enabled. If the website later uses PostHog or another analytics service, ATC must add a visible cookie banner or consent tool before it is enabled, provide “accept”, “reject” and preference options of equal prominence, and remember the choice for a defined period.
Managing cookies
You can also control cookies through your browser settings, including deleting existing cookies or blocking new ones. Blocking necessary cookies may affect navigation or security. Browser controls do not replace ATC’s consent mechanism where consent is legally required.
Questions and updates
For questions about cookies, contact info@achieverstrainingcollege.co.uk. ATC will update this policy and its cookie inventory if the website, embedded services or consent experience changes.