Cookie Policy

INTRODUCTION
American School of The Hague may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies when you visit our website www.ash.nl including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected to (collectively, the “Site”) to help customize the Site and improve your experience.

American School of The Hague reserves the right to make changes to this Cookie Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Cookie Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon publishing the updated Cookie Policy, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification.

You are encouraged to periodically review this Cookie Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Cookie Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Cookie Policy is posted.

COOKIES
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. The Site may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

American School of The Hague respects your right to privacy, and therefore users can opt out of allowing some types of cookies on the ash.nl website. If you consent to the use of cookies, you are free to change your mind at any time. You can click on the different category headings to find out more and change your preferences, however, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the Site and the services we are able to offer.

CONTROL OF COOKIES
Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default; however, you can remove or reject cookies in your browser’s settings. Please be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the website.

Different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies.

USE OF COOKIES
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data. The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Functional cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Site and to facilitate its use. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into the secure areas of our Site, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services and cookies that remember your preferred settings with regard to the use of our Site (for example, your choice of language or region) and greet you by name.

Analytical/performance cookies
These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Marketing and Advertising
These cookies allow you to opt in to receive targeted adverts and marketing about the school. They are never used, sold or given away to third parties, and consent can freely be selected or revoked.

Google Analytics
The Site uses cookies from Google Analytics. These cookies (“_ga”, “_gat” and “_gid”) keep track of general visiting information, such as the page’s most frequently visited. The object is to optimize the layout of the Site and the information presented on it.

American School of The Hague uses 'YES Cookies' to manage our cookies consent and banner.

RETENTION 
American School of The Hague only collects and retains data, including any analytics from website cookies for only as long as is necessary. Detailed retention information can be found in the internal retention policies.

PRIVACY POLICY
For more information about how we use the information collected by cookies and other tracking technologies, please refer to our privacy policy on our website. This Cookie Policy is also part of our Privacy Policy. By using the website, you agree to be bound by this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at: dpo@ash.nl 

Data Protection Officer 
American School of The Hague
Rijksstraatweg 200
2241BX Wassenaar
+31 70 511 24 00

The American School of The Hague reserves the right to make changes to this policy at any time in accordance with applicable legislation and regulations. Please check this webpage from time to time to see whether any changes have been made.