Cookies
This page lists every cookie this website puts on your computer, what each one is for and how long it lasts. We do not use any tracking or advertising cookies. Nothing here counts you, profiles you, or follows you to another site.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small note a website leaves in your browser so that it can recognise you when you come back to a page. It cannot read anything else on your computer and it cannot run a program.
Why this site does not ask you to accept cookies
You have probably noticed that most websites open with a box asking you to accept cookies. The law requires that box for cookies that are not needed to run the site, which in practice means the ones that count visitors or advertise to them.
This site sets neither. Everything below either keeps you signed in and the site working, or remembers a choice you made yourself, such as bigger type. Asking your permission for those would be asking about something you have already decided, so we would rather show you the list.
Needed for the site to work
These do the thing you just asked for, such as keeping you signed in. The site cannot work without them, so there is nothing to switch off.
| Name | What it is for | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|
| mtc-account | Keeps you signed in to your membership, so you are not asked for your password on every page. | Until you sign out. |
| mtc-staff | Keeps a member of the Master the Curriculum team signed in to the staff area. Never set for a customer. | Until they sign out. |
| mtc-staff-challenge | Holds the two-minute gap between a staff password and the code from their phone. Never set for a customer. | Two minutes. |
| mtc-how-is-it | Remembers that this browser has already been asked what it thinks of the new site, so the question is never asked twice. It holds one word and nothing about you. | A year. |
| mtc-drive-oauth-state | A one-time value used while a member of staff connects Google Drive, so that the reply can be proved to be the one we asked for. | Minutes, and it is used once. |
| mtc-staff-view-as | Remembers which kind of account a member of staff is previewing the site as, so they can see what a teacher or a school sees. It is only ever set for somebody signed in to the back office, and it changes nothing about what anybody is allowed to download. | Until you close the browser. |
| mtc-demo-state | Remembers which kind of account the site is being viewed as when somebody from Master the Curriculum is checking a page. It is never set for an ordinary visitor. | Until you close the browser. |
| mtc-demo-box | Tells the page, before it draws, which heading to show when somebody from Master the Curriculum is checking a page. It opens nothing and it is not used to decide what you may see. | Until you close the browser. |
| mtc-consent | Remembers whether you agreed to being counted, so you are not asked again on every page. It is only written after you press something, and it records your answer either way. | Six months, or until you change your mind. |
| mtc-cookie-notice | Remembers that you have already seen the short note about cookies, so it is not shown to you again on every page. | A year. |
Choices you made yourself
These only exist because you pressed something. You can clear them in your browser at any time and the site will simply forget.
| Name | What it is for | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|
| mtc-year | Remembers the year group you were last looking at, so the site opens where you left it. | A year. |
| mtc-reading | Remembers that you turned on the easier reading setting, which changes spacing and line length. | A year. |
| mtc-reading-face | Remembers which typeface you chose for easier reading. | A year. |
| mtc-reading-size | Remembers that you asked for bigger type. | A year. |
| mtc-reading-calm | Remembers that you asked to keep the ordinary background colours rather than the dimmed ones. | A year. |
Counting visitors
We do not use any. Nothing on this site counts you, profiles you or reports on you.
None. This site sets no cookies of this kind.
Advertising
We do not use any. Nothing on this site advertises to you or follows you to another one.
None. This site sets no cookies of this kind.
Turning them off
Every browser lets you see the cookies a site has left and delete them, usually under Settings and then Privacy. If you delete the ones above, the site will simply forget your choices and sign you out. Nothing breaks.
If this ever changes
If we ever add something that counts visitors, this page will say so and you will be asked first. That is not a promise on a page: the site will not build unless the two agree.