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AKOU's Cookie Policy

We use cookies on our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site. 

Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies on the website, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.

By continuing to use our site, you consent to the use of cookies. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Your consent applies to the following domains: akou.co.uk and help.akou.co.uk

Sadly there are no cookies of the chocolate chip variety for you to enjoy in this policy, sorry.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. Cookies allow the Service or a third-party to recognise you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you. Cookies can be session or persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary cookie files. They are erased when you close your browser. Persistent cookies are saved and stay in your browser’s subfolders even after you close your browser. They will stay until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them (this is usually based on the duration period contained in the persistent cookie’s file).

When you use and access the AKOU website, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the website, to provide analytics, to store your preferences. We use both session and persistent cookies on the website and we use different types of cookies to run our website:

COOKIE DESCRIPTION
__cf_bm This cookie is set by CloudFlare. The cookie is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.
_ga This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
_gat_gtag_UA_123564533_2 This cookie is set by Google and is used to distinguish users.
_gid This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
ajs_anonymous_id This cookie is set by Segment.io to check the number of new and returning visitors to the website.
ajs_group_id This cookie is set by Segment.io. The purpose of the cookie is currently not identified.
ajs_user_id The cookie is set by Segment.io and is used to analyze how you use the website
attribution_user_id This cookie is set by the provider Typeform. This cookie is used for Typeform usage statistics. It is used in context with the website’s pop-up questionnaires and messengering.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Advertisement”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”.
debug No description available.
JSESSIONID Used by sites written in JSP. General purpose platform session cookies that are used to maintain users’ state across page requests.
viewed_cookie_policy The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not a user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this site. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our site is used to create reports about the use of the site. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

If you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

Different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. 

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites: AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie