Northern Communication Academy — Practical Communication Courses in London

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, to keep them secure, and to provide information to site owners. We also use similar technologies such as localStorage to remember choices you make, like your cookie preferences.

2. Who sets cookies?

Cookies may be set by our website (first‑party cookies) or by third parties that provide services on our site, such as analytics or advertising partners (third‑party cookies). We control which categories of non‑essential cookies are activated based on your preference choices.

3. Cookie categories we use

A) Essential cookies

Purpose: core site functionality, security, and session management. These are required for the website to operate and cannot be switched off.

Examples: session_id, csrf_token, cookie_consent_status
Consent required: no (always active)
Retention: session duration or up to 12 months for preference storage

B) Analytics cookies

Purpose: to measure traffic, understand which pages are used most, and improve site performance. Analytics cookies are only set after you choose to allow them in the preferences panel.

Tools: Google Analytics 4
Examples: _ga, _ga_XXXXXXX, _gid, _gat
Consent required: yes
Retention: up to 14 months

C) Marketing/advertising cookies

Purpose: personalised advertising, remarketing, and conversion measurement. These cookies help us show relevant ads on other platforms and understand which ads lead to actions on our website. They are only used after you provide consent.

Consent required: yes
Retention: up to 540 days
Technologies in use: Google Ads tags and Meta Pixel (where enabled)

4. Managing your cookie preferences

You can control your cookie settings at any time using the cookie banner or the preferences panel. Analytics and marketing cookies will remain off until you choose to enable them.

You can also adjust cookie settings in your browser. Blocking some types of cookies may impact how the website functions.

5. Details of cookies and retention

Below is an overview of typical cookies used on this site. Actual cookies may vary over time as we improve the website.

cookie_consent_status (essential)

Stores your consent choices. Retention up to 12 months.

session_id (essential)

Maintains your session for secure navigation. Retention: session only.

_ga, _ga_XXXXXXX, _gid (analytics)

Measure site usage when analytics are enabled. Retention up to 14 months.

Advertising tags (marketing)

Support remarketing and conversion measurement when marketing is enabled. Retention up to 540 days.

6. UK and EEA users

Users in the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area receive a consent banner that offers “Accept All”, “Reject Non‑Essential”, and “Manage Preferences”. Non‑essential cookies are activated only after explicit consent. Your choice is stored for 12 months and you may update it at any time through the preferences panel.

7. Changes to this Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our services. Material changes will be highlighted on this page, and where required, we will display a notice on the homepage at least 14 days before the changes take effect.

8. Contact us

If you have questions about cookies or this policy, please contact:

Northern Communication Academy Ltd

122 Leadenhall Street, City of London, EC3V 4AB, United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 3808 7320

Email: [email protected]

For more information about how we handle personal data, please see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

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