Privacy and Cookies

This page describes how we use your personal data, and how we use cookies on OU websites.

Your Personal data

We don't collect any personal data at this stage. This may be subject to change in the future with the progress of the project. This section will be updated correpspondingly depending on what types of personal data we are collecting. It will follow the guidance from the Data Protection Officer at The Open University.

Cookies and similar technology

Tracking and analytics

We use Google Analytics, which will store a cookie on your computer when you visit our website, to track user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of our website and to see how effective our navigational structure is. We do not release this information to third parties.

How to manage your cookies

If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website, you can choose to opt-out of Google Analytics cookies, or you can set your browser to refuse all cookies that are stored on your computer. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use or navigate through many parts of our website.