This Cookie Policy explains how the Fashion Retail Academy (“FRA”) uses cookies and other tracking technologies through our website https://www.fashionretailacademy.ac.uk. This Cookie Policy is to be read alongside the FRA’s Privacy Policy which explains how FRA uses personal information. If you do not accept our use of cookies please disable them following our guidance below.
What are web cookies?
Web cookies are small files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by a website when you visit it. They contain details of your browsing history on that website and distinguish you from other users. Cookies send data back to the originating website on each subsequent visit or allow another website to recognise the cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device and, for instance, remember your preferences and generally improve your online user experience. Like most websites, the FRA’s website uses cookies.
Although this Policy refers to the general term “cookie”, which is the main method used by our website to store information, the browser’s local storage space is also used for the same purpose and we may use other tracking technologies through this website such as web beacons. As a result, the information included in this Cookie Policy is likewise applicable to all such tracking technologies that we use.
You can find out more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Why do we use cookies?
- To let you do things on our website – for example, cookies enable you to log in to secure areas of our website, fill in application forms or order products like prospectuses.
- To collect anonymous statistics – the information collected by cookies enables us to improve the website through usage figures and patterns. For example, it is really useful to see which pages of the website – and therefore which of our services – are the most popular and how users are interacting with them.
- To improve your experience of our website – for example, to prevent you having to re-enter details when you have already done so, or by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily.
- Marketing: marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites and display adverts that are relevant and engaging for the individual user.
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why.
Category: Necessary(6)
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| TYPE |
EXPIRY |
PROVIDER |
COOKIE INFO |
| HTTP |
1 Year |
tawk.to |
__cfduid
Cookie purpose description: Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
__RequestVerificationToken
Cookie purpose description: Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
ARRAffinity
Cookie purpose description: Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
1 year |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
CookieConsent
Cookie purpose description: Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain
Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
secure.worldpay.com |
JSESSIONID
Cookie purpose description: Preserves users states across page requests.
Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
secure.worldpay.com |
machine
Cookie purpose description: Used By Worldpay
Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate)
|
Category: Live Chat (7)
These cookies are required to support the Live Chat functionality on the website.
| TYPE |
EXPIRY |
PROVIDER |
COOKIE INFO |
| HTTP |
10 years |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
__tawkuuid
Cookie purpose description: Used By Twak
Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 80 Source: tawk.coData is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
www.tawk.to |
ss
Cookie purpose description: Used by Tawk
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
10 years |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
Tawk_58fe089e64f23d19a89aef06
Cookie purpose description: Used by Tawk
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
TawkConnectionTime
Cookie purpose description: Used by Tawk
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
TawkCookie
Cookie purpose description: Used by Tawk
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
1824999 days |
va.tawk.to |
tawkUUID
Cookie purpose description: Used by Tawk
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTML |
Session |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
TawkWindowName
Cookie purpose description: Used by Tawk
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
Category: Statistics (6)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| TYPE |
EXPIRY |
PROVIDER |
COOKIE INFO |
| HTTP |
1 year |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
__qca
Cookie purpose description: Collects anonymous data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
_dc_gtm_UA-#
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
2 years |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
_ga
Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
_gid
Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
cdn.syndication.twimg.com |
lang
Cookie purpose description: Remembers the user's selected language version of a website
Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 1332-1340
Source: cdn.syndication.twimg.com
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
_uetsid
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google Tag Manager
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
Category: Marketing (19)
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| TYPE |
EXPIRY |
PROVIDER |
COOKIE INFO |
| HTTP |
Session |
fashionretailacademy.ac.uk |
_hjIncludedInSample
Cookie purpose description: Determines if the user's navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| Pixel |
Session |
bing.com |
action/0
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google Tag Manager
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| Pixel |
Session |
google.com |
ads/ga-audiences
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites.
Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 111 Source: www.google.bevia https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-TCCDP7 Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| Pixel |
Session |
google.com |
ads/user-lists/#
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google AdWords
Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 1633 Source: www.google.bevia https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion.js Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
rubiconproject.com |
c
Cookie purpose description: User by rubiconproject
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| Pixel |
Session |
google-analytics.com |
collect
Cookie purpose description: Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 111 Source: www.google-analytics.comvia https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-TCCDP7 Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
3 months |
facebook.com |
fr
Cookie purpose description: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 64 Source: www.facebook.comvia https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
1 year |
doubleclick.net |
IDE
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| Pixel |
Session |
facebook.com |
impression.php/#
Cookie purpose description: Used by Facebook to register impressions on pages with the Facebook login button.
Initiator: Inline script, page source line number 1356-1430 Source: www.facebook.comData is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
1 year |
rubiconproject.com |
khaos
Cookie purpose description: Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
13 months |
quantserve.com |
mc
Cookie purpose description: Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as what pages have been loaded. The registered data is used for targeted ads.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
1 year |
bing.com |
MUID
Cookie purpose description: Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
1 year |
bing.com |
MUIDB
Cookie purpose description: Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
29 days |
rubiconproject.com |
put_#
Cookie purpose description: Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
29 days |
rubiconproject.com |
rpb
Cookie purpose description: Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.
|
| HTTP |
29 days |
rubiconproject.com |
rpx
Cookie purpose description: Use by rubiconproject
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
Session |
doubleclick.net |
test_cookie
Cookie purpose description: Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.
Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 1633
Source: https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion.js
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| Pixel |
Session |
facebook.com |
tr
Cookie purpose description: Used by Facebook
Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 64 Source: www.facebook.comvia https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
| HTTP |
29 days |
trackcmp.net |
cmp798686931
Cookie purpose description: Used by Trackcmp
Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 120
Source: trackcmp.net
Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
|
FRA also uses some cookies which are strictly necessary in order for you to use our services available on our website.
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Updating our Cookie Policy
We may update our use of cookies from time to time and consequently we may update this Policy. We therefore recommend that you check this Policy regularly. We will notify you of any significant changes by way of a notice on our website or by contacting you directly when reasonably possible.
Review of this Policy
We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in March 2020.
Social Impact
The reach of the FRA goes far beyond the classroom. Each year we measure our social impact, by looking at the courses we have delivered, wellbeing services offered to students, the financial support we provide through bursary schemes, the social & economic impact created by the staff we employ, the students going into employment and local supply chain spending to support our activities. Each year our social value has been increasing, and last year we are proud to announce it was calculated at £92 million. This equates to almost £7 generated for every £1 spent. View the full report here.