A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages.

For system administration purposes, We may use cookies to collect information about your computer including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual. We then use that information to monitor usage and improve the user experience.

Please note: 'Cookies' cannot harm your computer. We don't store personally identifiable information in the cookies we create, but we do use information gathered from them to help improve your experience of the site.

Bloomsbury Early Years uses 'Session cookies'. These allow the Website to link your actions during a browser session. They maintain Website state information specific to the current user’s visit. These session cookies expire after a browser session so would not be stored long-term.

The session cookies we use enable us to:

• Provide a good user experience; and
• to estimate our audience size and usage pattern.

Bloomsbury Early Years also uses ‘Permanent or stored cookies’. These are stored long-term on a user’s hard drive until their expiration date or until the user deletes the cookie.

Below is a list of cookies used on the site and how they are categorised:

Google Chrome

• Click on the 'tools' icon at the top of your browser window and select ‘Settings’
• Click the ‘Under the bonnet’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button
• Now select ‘Allow local data to be set’

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0

• Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet options' , then click on the 'Privacy' tab
• Ensure that your Privacy level is set to Medium or below, which will enable cookies in your browser. Settings above Medium will disable cookies.

Mozilla Firefox 7

• Click on 'home' at the top left of your browser window and select Options, then select the Privacy icon
• Click on Tracking and untick ‘Tell websites I do not want to be tracked’

Safari

• With a Safari window open, click on the Safari entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu
• Select the Privacy tab
• Check the "Block cookies from third parties and advertisers" is selected

Firefox

• With a Firefox window open, click on the Firefox entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu
• Select the Privacy tab
• Ensure the ‘Tell websites I do not want to be tracked’ option is not selected

Google Chrome

• With a Chrome window open, click on the Chrome entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu
• Click the ‘Under the bonnet’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button
• Now select ‘Allow local data to be set’

All other browsers

• Please consult your documentation or online help files.

Google Chrome 15

• Click on the 'tools' icon at the top of your browser window and select 'Settings'
• Click the ‘Under the bonnet’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button
• Now select ‘Block sites from setting any data’

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0

• Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet options' , then click on the 'Privacy' tab
• Ensure that your Privacy level is set to High, which will block all cookies.

Mozilla Firefox 7

• Click on 'home' at the top left of your browser window and select Options, then select the Privacy icon
• Click on Tracking and tick ‘Tell websites I do not want to be tracked’

Safari

• With a Safari window open, click on the Safari entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu
• Select the Privacy tab
• Check the Block cookies option is set to "Always"

Firefox

• With a Firefox window open, click on the Firefox entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu
• Select the Privacy tab
• Ensure the ‘Tell websites I do not want to be tracked’ option is selected

Google Chrome

• With a Chrome window open, click on the Chrome entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu
• Click the ‘Under the bonnet’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button
• Now select ‘Block sites from setting any data’.

All other browsers
Please consult your documentation or online help files.

Any changes we may make to our Privacy & Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on this page. You should check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we might make.

This Privacy & Cookie Policy does not cover the links within the Website (if any) linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy & Cookie Policy are welcomed and should sent to The Legal Department, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK (legal@bloomsbury.com).