This privacy policy sets out how Colyton Grammar School uses and protects any information that you give Colyton Grammar School when you use this website.

Colyton Grammar School is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.  Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Colyton Grammar School may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 11 February 2011.

What we collect
We collect the following information from the log files of our web server:

• Petwork (IP) address of the requesting computer
• Pages visited by the above network address
• URL of refering webpage
• Search phrase or word from search engines

No personal information is collected.

What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our information and services.

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure.  In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Cookies
A cookie is a small file which is placed on your computer's hard drive.  The cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.  Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual.  The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

This website itself does not use cookies. However, the online classroom at www.colytongrammar.devon.sch.uk/vle and the library catalogue at www.colytongrammar.devon.sch.uk/oliver does. These cookies are used only to enable the technical apsects of these sites to work, i.e. knowing when you are logged on.

Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest.  However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website.  Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.  You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.