Privacy & Cookie Policy
How the James Gillespie’s High School website handles cookies and protects your privacy.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device when you visit a website. They are safe — they cannot carry viruses or execute code. The cookies used on this website cannot identify you personally; no personal information such as names, email addresses or phone numbers is stored within them.
Operational Cookies
This website is hosted on WordPress.com. WordPress does not use operational cookies for general site visitors. Cookies may be set only if you are logged in to WordPress. These include:
- wordpress_test_cookie — establishes your connection to WordPress
- wordpress_logged_in — a session cookie used for navigation when logged in to WordPress
These cookies are covered by the WordPress Privacy Policy and are only active when you choose to access the site while logged in to a WordPress account.
Analytics Cookies
WordPress uses cookies to generate anonymous statistics about how visitors use this site — including the number of daily visits and the countries visitors come from. This data is aggregated and cannot be used to identify individual users. No personal data is shared with third parties for advertising purposes.
Your Privacy
James Gillespie’s High School takes the privacy of all members of our community seriously. If you have any questions about how your data is used, please contact the school office. For broader information about City of Edinburgh Council’s approach to data protection, visit the Council’s Privacy Notice.