This page describes cookie choices on the Hearth website at hearthlearning.co.uk. The website choice is separate from your Hearth account and does not change the information you enter about your family.
Your choice
You can use the website with optional cookies rejected. Google Analytics loads only after you choose to allow website analytics. Advertising tags are switched off and these controls do not enable them.
Change cookie preferences at any time, or use Cookie preferences in the footer. Uncheck Website analytics and save, or choose Reject optional cookies. Withdrawing stops the website Analytics loader, removes its accessible first-party Analytics cookies and reloads the page. It cannot undo information already sent to Google.
Cookies used for these choices
- hearth_cookie_choice: a necessary website cookie that remembers your choice for 180 days after you save it. It stores the choice and its version, rather than your name or learning records. Clearing Hearth cookies in your browser removes the saved choice.
- Google Analytics cookies: optional cookies with names beginning with _ga. When you allow Analytics, they recognise visits and help measure website use. The website configures these cookies to last up to 400 days; your browser may shorten that time. Cookie lifetime is separate from how long Google stores Analytics data.
What website Analytics receives
Google receives website page addresses, browser and device details, and connection information. Hearth removes query strings and fragments from the page address configured by this loader. Google signals and advertising personalisation are disabled. This website control does not send learning records, child profiles or account details.
See Google’s privacy information for how Google handles information. See Hearth privacy information for the separate privacy notice.
Other browser storage
WordPress may use browser storage to support page rendering, and sign-in or editor cookies for website administrators. These are separate from optional visitor Analytics. The Hearth application uses its own session and editing storage; the website preference does not control those services.
Optional website scripts stay off if JavaScript is unavailable. In that case, use your browser settings to clear a saved cookie choice. For a website cookie question, contact hello@hearthlearning.co.uk.