Cookie Policy
COOKIE POLICY
Digital Boost Upskilling, Ltd, a subsidiary of the registered charity Founders4Schools (collectively, "we", "us" and "our"), is a company located at 22 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LS, and we use cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience of Digital Boost.
This Policy explains what cookies are, the general categories we use, and how you can manage your preferences on our different services.
Your Consent
Under UK privacy legislation, including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we must obtain your unambiguous, affirmative consent before setting any cookies that are not strictly necessary for the operation of our services.
You can indicate your acceptance of or refusal of each cookie category via the Cookie Preference Centre that appears when you first visit our services.
- We will not set any non-essential cookies (Statistics, Functionality, Marketing, etc.) before you have given your explicit consent. The act of continuing to browse our Services is not deemed as acceptance.
- Consent must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous, and you must be able to withdraw your consent as easily as you gave it.
In this Policy:
- "Personal Information" means information that relates to a living individual who can be identified from that information that is held by us or is likely to be held by us.
- "Digital Boost Services" (or "our Services") refers collectively to our public marketing website (https://www.digitalboost.org.uk/) and our user platform (https://app.digitalboost.org.uk/ or other related subdomains).
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small text file containing small amounts of information which is downloaded to/stored on your computer (or other internet-enabled devices, such as a smartphone or tablet) ("your device") when you use the Digital Boost Services. Cookies help us remember information about your visit, like your settings and preferences. They can also help us to operate our services more efficiently and allow us to do various other things, as explained below.
What Cookies do we use?
The cookies we use fall into the following categories, based on their purpose:
| Cookie Category | Purpose / Description | Domain Where Used | Consent Required? |
| Strictly Necessary | These cookies are essential for our services to function correctly. They enable core features like logging into secure areas, maintaining your user session, and running security checks (e.g., anti-bot measures). The service cannot operate without them. | Both (Public Website & User Platform) | No (PECR exception) |
| Statistics | These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Services (e.g., which pages are popular, how users navigate the site). This helps us measure performance and improve site functionality. | Both (Public Website & User Platform) | Yes (Affirmative Opt-in) |
| Functionality | These cookies are used to recognise you when you return and remember choices you have made (e.g., remembering your skills preferences or a filter set within the platform). | Primarily User Platform | Yes (Affirmative Opt-in) |
| Marketing | These cookies track user activity to deliver targeted and personalised advertising content on other platforms (like social media) and measure the effectiveness of our campaigns. | Both (Public Website & User Platform) | Yes (Affirmative Opt-in) |
Third-Party Cookies and Detailed List
The specific cookies (names, providers, and duration) within these categories will vary depending on which of the Digital Boost Services you are using.
- For a live, detailed list of all specific cookies used on this public site, including their provider, purpose, and expiration period, please refer to the Cookie Preference Centre, using the "Update Content" link at the bottom of this page. For a live, detailed list of all specific cookies used on the User Platform, including their provider, purpose, and expiration period, please refer to "Cookie Policy" link in the platform footer. This will take you the site's Cookie Preference Centre, where you can view or change your consent preferences.
- We use third-party cookies from services like Google reCAPTCHA (security) and embedded content from platforms like YouTube or LinkedIn. When you interact with embedded content, the third party may set their own tracking cookies. We do not control these third-party cookies, and you should check the relevant third-party website for more information.
How you can manage or withdraw your consent
You must be able to withdraw your consent as easily as you gave it.
1. Cookie Preference Centre
The easiest and most effective way to manage or withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies is via our Cookie Preference Centres. Please see below for cookies relating to this public website, or the footer of our platform, for cookies related to the User Platform.
2. Browser Settings
You can also block or delete cookies by changing the settings on your internet browser. The "Help" section of your browser will tell you how to prevent your device from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.
Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies, including those that are Strictly Necessary, you may experience reduced functionality or not be able to access all or parts of the Digital Boost Services.
Changes to our Policy
This Policy was last updated on 7 November 2025. This Policy may change from time to time to reflect changes in our cookie usage or legal requirements. If it does, the up-to-date version will always be available on the Digital Boost Services. We will ask for new consent if we introduce a new type of non-essential cookie or if the purpose of an existing cookie changes significantly.
QUERIES AND OUR CONTACT DETAILS
If you have any questions or comments relating to this Policy, please get in touch with us (or, if you are under the age of 16, ask your parents to get in touch with us) by:
Write to us at: Digital Boost Upskilling, Ltd, c/o Founders4Schools, 22 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LS.
Email: contact@digitalboost.org.uk
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