General
John Lyon recognises its duty of care in regard to website user data. Data is only collected and processed when necessary. We will never sell or otherwise distribute website user data.
Relevant legislation
This website is designed to comply with:
UK Data Protection Act 1988
EU Data Protection Directive 1995
EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018
Personal information collected by this website
Site visitor tracking – We use Google Analytics to record and measure how our website is used – this records information on which pages are visited, how long visitors spend on each page, and which links are clicked on. We don’t store any personal information and no information can personally identify any user. You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies
Email links – When using email links in this website, no data is stored by the website
Cookies
When using the John Lyon website, small files – known as cookies – are put onto your computer to collect information about how you use the website. We use these cookies to see how you use the website so we can continue to make improvements. The data collected is never used to identify you personally.
When you visit the website for the first time you will be shown a cookie consent box. You will not see this again unless you clear your browser data, visit from a different browser, or visit from a different computer.
Cookie information, purpose and expiry information is detailed at the bottom of this page.
For further information on the school’s cookie policy please refer to the John Lyon School Cookie Notice.
Server information
This website is hosted by the School’s website developers, MSO.
Third-party data processors
Changes to policy
Changes to this privacy policy will be made to this page as and when necessary.
Our website sets the following cookies
NAME | PURPOSE | EXPIRES |
AWSELB | Used to send traffic to same server on the load balancer | 1 day |
cookieconsent_status | Used to know that the user has dismissed the cookie notification message | 1 year |
wfvt_ | Cookie set by Wordfence Security WordPress Plugin which notes information about your general geographic location | 15 minutes |
_ga | This helps us count how many people visit by tracking if you’ve visited before | 2 years |
_gat | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 10 minutes |
_gid | This helps us count how many people visit by tracking if you’ve visited before | 24 hours |
__cf_bm | This is used to display fonts on the website | 30 minutes |
wp_lang | To store language settings. | Session |
APISID | HSID, SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube | 1 year |
HSID | HSID, SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube | 1 year |
LOGIN_INFO | This cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website. | 4 months |
PREF | YouTube uses the ‘PREF’ cookie to store information such as a user’s preferred page configuration and playback preferences like autoplay, shuffle content, and player size. For YouTube Music, these preferences include volume, repeat mode, and autoplay. | 8 months |
SAPISID | HSID, SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube | 1 year |
SID | To provide ad delivery or retargeting, provide fraud prevention for Youtube. | 1 year |
SIDCC | To provide the identification of trusted web traffic for Youube. | 1 year |
SSID | HSID, SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube | 1 year |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | To provide ad delivery or retargeting, store and track a visitor’s identity, Store and track interaction for Youtube. | 1 year |
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain for Youtube | 180 days |
YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
__Secure-1PAPISID, __Secure-1PSID, __Secure-1PSIDCC | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 1 year |
__Secure-3PAPISID, __Secure-3PSIDCC | Used by YouTube for ads on Google/YouTube. | 1 year |
__Secure-3PSID, __Secure-3PSIDTS | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 1 year |