Cookie Notice
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites that you visit. The QTS website (https://quinnstraining.co.uk/) uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Necessary – to help the website function correctly (e.g. the secure user log in function)
- Functional – to help the website perform certain functionalities such as collecting feedback or other third-party functions (e.g. player preferences for playing the embedded Youtube videos)
- Analytical – to help us understand how visitors interact with the website (e.g. to store and count page views)
- Advertisement- to inform targeted advertisement ( e.g. store users’ cookie consent status)
Cookies used by our service providers
Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. These cookies are directly administered by each individual third party, your ability to change Cookie settings are set out in their own respective policies.
These providers collect and store data on their own servers. They may communicate data to third parties in case of legal obligation or when these third parties deal with the data on their behalf. QTS does not control how these platforms manage this data.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics gathers information about the use of our website by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website, including storing and counting page views, as well as calculating visitor, session and campaign data. You can find out more about Google’s use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can review Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy
YouTube (Google)
Videos from our YouTube channel are embedded into our website. Youtube uses cookies to gather information such as tracking the views of embedded videos, measuring bandwidth to determine player interface, storing the user’s cookie consent state, storing video preferences, storing searches, storing user preferences about casting, interface and video player. You can find out more about Google’s use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can review Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy
DoubleClick (Google)
Doubleclick cookies track user behaviour and deliver targeted advertising. Doubleclick cookies are placed on a user’s device when they visit a website that uses Doubleclick advertising content such as YouTube (embedded Youtube videos are used on the QTS website). The cookies collect information about user activities such as websites visited, ads viewed and clicks. This data is used to create a profile of the user’s interests, allowing Doubleclick to serve more relevant ads on various websites. You can find out more about Google’s use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can review Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy
WordPress
WordPress.org uses cookies for a number of different purposes. Some cookies are necessary for technical reasons; some enable a personalized experience for both visitors and registered users; and some allow the display of advertising from selected third party networks. Some of these cookies may be set when a page is loaded, or when a visitor takes a particular action (clicking the ‘like’ or ‘follow’ button on a post, for example). More information on cookies used by WordPress, their Cookie Policy is available here: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/cookies/
A more detailed description of cookies on our website is available in the table below.
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
| PHPSESSID | quinnstraining.co.uk | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users’ unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. | session | Necessary |
| YSC | youtube.com | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. | session | Advertisement |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. | 6 months | Advertisement |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | youtube.com | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. | 6 months | Advertisement |
| _ga_* | quinnstraining.co.uk | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytics |
| _ga | quinnstraining.co.uk | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytics |
| yt.innertube::nextId | youtube.com | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | never | Advertisement |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. | never | Functional |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | youtube.com | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. | never | Functional |
| yt.innertube::requests | youtube.com | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | never | advertisement |
| yt-remote-device-id | youtube.com | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. | never | functional |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | quinnstraining.co.uk | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. | session | Necessary |
| yt-remote-session-name | youtube.com | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | session | Functional |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | youtube.com | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. | session | Functional |
| yt-remote-session-app | youtube.com | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. | session | Functional |
| yt-remote-cast-available | youtube.com | The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user’s preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player. | session | Functional |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | session | Functional |
Managing cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop (Firefox);
(c) https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
(f) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy (Edge).
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
Cookie preferences
You can manage your preferences relating to the use of cookies on our website by visiting: https://quinnstraining.co.uk/
If you require any more information about cookies and how to manage them, please visit the ICO’s website at the following link: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/
Please note the links throughout this policy will take you to external, third-party websites. QTS take no responsibility for the accuracy and reliability of these websites and/ or their contents.
