COOKIES NOTICE

1.    WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Alpha Plus Group Ltd uses cookies on our websites to provide enhanced functionality and improve the user experience. 
A cookie is a file that is downloaded onto your computer or mobile phone when you visit certain sites. Cookies enable a website to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or device and can in some cases be used to identify a particular user, depending on the information they contain or the way in which the device is used.
The installation of these devices in your computer could imply a processing of personal data. If you authorise     this installation, you will have consented to the processing of your personal data. In this sense, you can obtain more information, regarding the processing of your personal data, by consulting our Privacy Policy at: dpo@alphaplusgroup.co.uk
Using these devices, the Web server is allowed to remember some data concerning the user, such as their preferences for viewing the websites of that server, name and password, products that interest them the most, etc.
According to the EU directive, the cookies that require the informed consent of the user are analytical cookies and advertising and affiliation cookies, excepting those of a technical nature and those necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user.

2.  TYPES OF COOKIES USED IN THIS WEBSITE  
- ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSE 

  • Necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. It is not required to obtain consent from the user. 
  • Technical and functional cookies: Are those that allow the user to navigate through a web site, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist in it.
  • Analytical cookies: Are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of websites, applications, or platforms and to create browsing profiles for users of said sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements in function of the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.
  • Advertising cookies: Are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web site, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency in which the ads are displayed.
  • Performance or behavioural cookies: They collect information about the preferences and personal choices of the user (retargeting) to allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which the requested service is provided.
  • Social Cookies: These are set by social networking platforms on the Services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside of the Services. This may affect the content and messages you see on other services you visit.
  • Affiliate cookies: Allow monitoring of visits from other websites, with which the website establishes an affiliation contract (affiliation companies).
  • Security cookies: They store encrypted information to prevent the data stored in them from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.

- ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY 

  • Own cookies: Are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • Third-party cookies: Are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.

- ACCORDING TO THE CONSERVATION PERIOD

  • Session cookies: These are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
  • Persistent cookies: They are a type of cookie in which the data is still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

3. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA 

  • Data Processor: Alpha Plus Group Ltd, addressed at 50 Queen Anne Street, London W1G 8HJ.  

Alpha Plus Group Ltd informs you that this data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, for which the following information is provided:

  • Purposes of the processing: As specified in the section on cookies used on this website.
  • Legitimation of the processing: Consent of the interested party.
  • Data conservation criteria: As specified in the section on cookies used on the web.
  • Communication of the data: The data will not be communicated to third parties, except in cookies owned by third parties or by legal obligation.
  • Rights that assist the Interested Party: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You have the right to access, rectify, object and delete your data, as well as the portability and limitation of its processing, directing motivated communication to our DPO at dpo@alphaplusgroup.co.uk. You also have the right to file a claim before the  Information Commissioner’s Office at: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/data-protection-complaints/data-protection-complaints/.   

4. COOKIES USED IN OUR WEBSITES

4.1. CONTROLLED BY THE EDITOR

Analytics

Property Cookie Purpose Term
_ga .alphaplusgroup.co.uk Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. 1 year 1 month 4 days
_gid .alphaplusgroup.co.uk Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. 1 day
_gcl_au .alphaplusgroup.co.uk Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. 3 months
_ga_* .alphaplusgroup.co.uk Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. 1 year 1 month 4 days
CONSENT .youtube.com YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data. 2 years


Necessary

Property Cookie Purpose Term
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary www.alphaplusgroup.co.uk Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Necessary" category. 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional www.alphaplusgroup.co.uk The GDPR Cookie Consent plugin sets the cookie to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance www.alphaplusgroup.co.uk Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie stores the user consent for cookies in the category "Performance". 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics www.alphaplusgroup.co.uk Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Analytics" category. 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement www.alphaplusgroup.co.uk Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others www.alphaplusgroup.co.uk Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie stores user consent for cookies in the category "Others". 1 year


 
Performance

Property Cookie Purpose Term
_gat .alphaplusgroup.co.uk Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites. 1 minute


Advertisement

Property Cookie Purpose Term
YSC .youtube.com Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. Session
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE .youtube.com YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. 5 months 27 days


Functional

Property Cookie Purpose Term
__cf_bm .vimeo.com Cloudflare set the cookie to support Cloudflare Bot Management. 30 minutes


Other

Property Cookie Purpose Term
schooAlert22701 .alphaplusgroup.co.uk No description 1 day



4.2. THIRD PARTY COOKIES NOT CONTROLLED BY THE EDITOR
Third party services are beyond the control of the publisher. The providers can modify at any time their conditions of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.
External providers of this website:

 
Cookies on our website are used by: Alpha Plus Group Ltd

 5. HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES FROM THE BROWSER

  • Delete cookies from the device - Cookies that are already on a device can be deleted by clearing the browser history, thereby removing cookies from all websites visited. However, some of the saved information (for example, login details or website preferences) may also be lost.
  • Manage specific cookies - To have more precise control of site-specific cookies, users can adjust their privacy and cookie settings in the browser.
  • Block cookies - Although most modern browsers can be configured to prevent cookies from being installed on devices, this may require manual adjustment of certain preferences each time a site or page is visited. Also, some services and features may not work properly.

6. HOW TO DELETE COOKIES FROM THE MOST COMMON BROWSERS


This cookie policy was last updated in May 2024