Cookie policy

Gatherwell Limited t/a Your School Lottery (Gatherwell, or we, us, our) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. On this page we describe how we may use cookies when you visit this website.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are very small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences, enhance user experience. and gather analytical information to improve performance.

Your Choices

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie banner. From there, you can:

• Accept all cookies;
• Reject all non-essential cookies; or
• Follow the link to this Cookie Policy, where you can manage your cookie preferences by category.

We will only use non-functional cookies (such as analytics or marketing tools) with your explicit consent.

You can manage your preferences or withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie settings below. You can also adjust your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies. Disabling essential cookies may affect site performance, but you're always in control of what gets stored.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies on our website to:

• Provide core site functionality (e.g. account registration, shopping basket, entry form progress).
• Understand how visitors interact with our site to improve performance.
• Offer a more tailored experience where appropriate.
• Evaluate and improve our website and our online services.

Cookies enable our system to recognise your browser and maintain your purchasing details in your shopping basket. They also allow us to track users across multiple sessions for analytical purposes.

Our cookies don't send us back any information about your computer (except your IP address and device information) and they do not collect information about previous sites visited or destination when leaving.

We derive information from Cookies by way of:

Functional Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary as they are essential for the website to function properly. They help us to:

• Facilitate users, ability to navigate through the website.
• Ascertain whether the website is operating effectively.
• We also use cookie technology with our online registration forms to ensure we maintain your confidentiality and security as you move through secure, or password protected areas of the website.

Non-Functional Cookies

These cookies are non-essential, such as those used for analytics, personalisation, or marketing, which require your consent before they're placed on your device and help us to:

• Personalise and improve the service we offer you by understanding your preferences and establishing which areas of the website are most relevant to you.
• Compile statistics on how our website is being used, which helps us to improve our website and online services.
• Analyse users, behaviour as they navigate our website, which helps us to identify issues and find ways to improve the user experience.

Managing Cookies

In your web browser you can control which types of cookies you allow. You can turn cookies on or off using your browser's settings. You can also delete cookies and clear your browser's cache (history). By disabling Non-Functional Cookies, you will not be able to participate in some of the features offered by us.

You may also opt out of non-functional cookies below:

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time and any updates will be posted on this website.

A list of the cookies used on this website are set out below: