Cookie Notice

At STRATEGIC SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS (SSDS), we respect your privacy concerns and value our relationship with you.

We use technology on our website to collect information that helps us enhance your experience and our products and services. The cookies used at SSDS allow our website to work efficiently and help us to understand what information and advertising is most useful to our visitors.

Please take a look at our cookie practices and let us know if you have any questions by sending us an email or by submitting a request through the “Contact Us” form on our website.

Who Is Collecting It?
Any personal data provided to or collected by SSDS via cookies and other tracking technologies is controlled by SSDS, the data controller.

This Cookie Notice applies to any websites, apps, branded pages on third-party platforms (such as Facebook or YouTube), and applications accessed or used through such websites or third-party platforms (hereinafter, “our websites”) which are operated by or on behalf of SSDS.

By using our websites, you are consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie Notice and our Privacy Notice. If you do not agree to our use of cookies in this way, you should set your browser settings accordingly, disable the cookies that we use or not use our websites at all. If you disable the cookies we use, this may impact your user experience while on the websites.

The section below summarises the different types of cookies we use on our website, together with their respective purpose and provides you with the ability to manage these cookies.

SSDS will only collect, use, or disclose your personal data where it is fair and lawful to do so.

Please refer to our Privacy Notice for a more detailed understanding of how we use personal data collected by SSDS cookies. Cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies (collectively ‘cookies’) are files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to any internet-enabled device – such as your computer, smartphone, or tablet – when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit or another website that recognises that cookie.

Cookies do lots of different and useful jobs, such as remembering your preferences, generally improving your online experience, and helping us to offer you the best product and services.

There are many types of cookies. They all work in the same way but have minor differences. For a detailed list of cookies used on our websites, please refer to the below relevant section.

Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use cookies to make our website easier to use, to deliver a personalised consumer, and to better tailor our products and services and websites to your needs. Cookies are used to help enhance your future interactions and your experience with SSDS on our website.

The cookies you consent to, are also used to collect your personal data, which we then profile into audiences so that we can deliver targeted advertising tailored to your interests and limit the number of times you see an advertisement. For more detailed information about the profiling activities SSDS undertakes with your personal data for advertising, please see our Privacy Notice.

We also insert cookies in emails and newsletters to improve our content and advertising.

Lastly, we use cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how people use our website and help us improve its structure and content, and help us measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on the SSDS website.

More detailed information about the types of cookies we use and for what purposes can be found in the below relevant section.

Control Via Your Browser Settings
Most internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies. If you do not want SSDS to store cookies on your device, you can change your browser settings so that you receive a warning before certain cookies are stored. You can also adjust your settings so that your browser refuses most of our cookies or only certain cookies from third parties. You can also withdraw your consent to cookies by deleting the cookies that have already been stored.

If you disable the cookies that we use, this may impact your experience while on the SSDS website. For example, you may not be able to visit certain areas of our website, or you may not receive personalised information when you visit our website.

If you use different devices to view and access the SSDS website (e.g. your computer, smartphone, tablet), you will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.

The procedures for changing your settings and cookies differ from browser to browser. If necessary, use the help function on your browser or click on one of the links below to go directly to the user manual for your browser.

There are also software products available that can manage cookies for you. You can also use www.ghostery.com to evaluate the use of cookies used on our websites.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Control Via Our Cookie Management Tool
You can disable SSDS or third-party cookies by use of our cookie consent tool which can be found here.

Switching off tracking cookies, for example, ensures that SSDS will no longer track your online behaviour. However, please note that opting-out from tracking cookies does not necessarily mean that you will receive less advertising about SSDS. It just means that the advertising you receive will not be tailored to your interests.

What Cookies Do We Use?
The cookies used on the SSDS website may be generally categorised as follow:

The cookies used on the SSDS website may be generally categorised as follows:

Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential to make the SSDS website work correctly. They enable you to move around our website and use our features. Without these cookies, services like shopping baskets cannot be provided. Examples include remembering previous actions (e.g. entered text) when navigating back to a page in the same session.

Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, for instance, which pages you go to most often, the time spent on our website, and any issues encountered, such as error messages. These cookies are also used to let affiliates know if you came to one of our websites from an affiliate and if your visit resulted in the use or purchase of a product or service from us, including details of the product or service purchased. This helps us improve the performance of our website.

Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the SSDS website to remember the choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) to provide a more personalised online experience. These cookies may also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. Similarly, they may be used to keep track of what featured products or videos have been viewed to avoid repetition and enable you to play games and engage with social tools, such as blogs, chatrooms, and forums.

Targeting Or Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to deliver targeted advertising or limit the number of times you see an advertisement, as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns on the SSDS website. They remember that you have visited our website, and this information is shared with other parties, including advertisers and our agencies. These cookies may also be linked to site functionality provided by third parties.

Third-Party Cookies
In terms of duration, we may use two different types of cookies on our websites:

Last updated January 2022