Cookie Policy for B360 education partnerships
This is the Cookie Policy for B360 Education Partnerships, accessible from https://www.b360-education-partnerships.org
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
You can learn how to manage cookies on your web browser by following the Browser Cookies Guide.
The Cookies We Set
Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site, in particular in connection with Google Analytics and Google Search Console (see below).
Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (or Google LLC, USA), to analyze and evaluate the use of our website. Google Analytics uses cookies that collect information about your use of this website (e.g. pages visited, time spent on the site, device used, approximate location). This information is transmitted to and stored on Google's servers, potentially also in the USA.
We have enabled IP anonymization, so that your IP address is shortened by Google within the EU/EEA before being transmitted to the USA. The information generated by Google Analytics is used by Google on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide us with further services relating to website and internet usage.
You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser add-on provided by Google: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Search Console
We also use Google Search Console, a free tool provided by Google that helps us monitor and improve our website's visibility in Google Search results. Search Console provides us with information about how our website is found in Google Search (e.g. search queries, number of clicks, ranking positions). Search Console itself does not usually track individual website visitors directly; instead, it draws on aggregated data collected in connection with our website by Google.
Google's Privacy Policy also applies here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. This Cookies Policy was created with the help of the Generator of GDPR Cookies Policy, as well as AI (Claude).
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
E-mail: sabina.balmer@b360.ch