Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Building It Better NI uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, why they are used and the choices available to you.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.
They can help websites remember information about your visit, support important website functions, remember preferences and provide information about how a website is being used.
Similar technologies, such as browser storage, pixels, tags and scripts, may perform comparable functions.
How We Use Cookies
Building It Better NI uses cookies and similar technologies to support the operation of our website and online services.
Depending on the choices you make, these technologies may be used to:
- keep the website functioning correctly;
- support security and fraud prevention;
- operate booking and checkout functions;
- remember website or cookie preferences;
- understand how visitors use the website;
- measure website and marketing performance;
- support advertising or campaign measurement; and
- provide functionality supplied by third-party services.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Some cookies and similar technologies are necessary for the website or a service you have requested to work properly.
These may support functions such as:
- website security;
- session management;
- shopping basket or checkout functionality;
- online course booking;
- payment processing;
- remembering privacy or cookie choices; and
- preventing technical faults or abuse.
Where a technology is strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the user, consent may not be required for that particular technology.
Functional Cookies
Functional technologies may help provide enhanced website features or remember choices you make.
For example, they may help remember preferences or support functionality provided by another service embedded within the website.
Where these technologies are not strictly necessary, they will be handled in accordance with the applicable consent requirements.
Analytics and Performance
We may use analytics or performance technologies to understand how people use our website and to identify areas that could be improved.
Information may include matters such as:
- which pages are visited;
- how visitors move around the website;
- which pages or links are most useful;
- technical information about website use; and
- general information about website performance.
Where consent is required for these technologies, they will not be enabled unless the appropriate choice has been made.
Advertising and Marketing Technologies
Building It Better NI may use advertising, conversion measurement or similar technologies to understand whether advertising campaigns are effective and how visitors interact with our website after seeing an advertisement.
These technologies may be provided by third-party advertising or social-media platforms.
Advertising or tracking technologies that require consent will only be used where the appropriate consent has been obtained.
Depending on the service and the choices you make, third-party providers may receive information about your interaction with our website.
Services Used on Our Website
Building It Better NI uses a number of website services that may use cookies or similar technologies as part of their operation.
These may include services connected with:
- WordPress website functionality;
- WooCommerce;
- Amelia course and event booking;
- online payments;
- website security;
- analytics or performance measurement;
- advertising and campaign measurement;
- social-media services; and
- embedded third-party content.
The exact cookies or similar technologies used may change as these services are updated or as Building It Better NI changes the tools used on the website.
Third-Party Cookies and Technologies
Some services used on our website are provided by third parties.
Where these services are permitted to operate, they may set or access their own cookies or similar technologies.
Third-party providers are responsible for their own privacy practices, although Building It Better NI remains responsible for taking appropriate steps when deciding which technologies are used on our website.
Cookie Consent
When you visit our website, you may be shown a cookie or privacy control that allows you to make choices about non-essential cookies and similar technologies.
Strictly necessary technologies may operate without consent where the law permits this because they are essential to provide the website or a service you have requested.
Non-essential technologies that require consent should remain disabled until the appropriate consent has been provided.
Changing Your Cookie Choices
Where our website provides cookie preference controls, you can use those controls to change your choices about non-essential technologies.
You can also manage or remove cookies through your web browser settings.
Please be aware that disabling some technologies may affect certain website features or services.
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to view, delete or restrict cookies through their privacy or security settings.
The method differs between browsers and devices, so you should refer to the help information provided by your browser or device manufacturer.
Blocking all cookies may prevent some parts of our website, booking system or checkout process from working correctly.
Cookies Used During Booking and Payment
When you book a course or make a payment, technologies may be used to maintain your booking session, process your selection, operate the checkout and complete the requested transaction.
Some of these technologies may be strictly necessary for the booking or payment service to function.
Payment providers may also operate their own security and fraud-prevention technologies.
Personal Information
Some cookies and similar technologies may involve the collection or use of information that can identify or relate to an individual.
Where personal information is processed, it will also be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection requirements.
Read Our Privacy PolicyHow Long Cookies Remain
Some cookies only remain on your device for the duration of your browsing session and are removed when the browser is closed.
Others may remain for a longer period so that preferences, consent choices or other information can be remembered between visits.
The duration depends on the purpose of the technology and the service that provides it.
Changes to Website Technologies
The technologies used by the Building It Better NI website may change from time to time as the website is developed, plugins are updated or services are replaced.
We will review this Cookie Policy periodically and update it where appropriate to reflect significant changes.
Questions About Cookies
If you have a question about the way Building It Better NI uses cookies, privacy controls or personal information, you can contact us through our website.
Contact Building It Better NIReview of This Policy
Building It Better NI will review this Cookie Policy periodically and when there are significant changes to the website, the technologies we use or applicable privacy requirements.