Cookie Policy

01 Who We Are

STEMExpress is operated by DREO Solutions Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales.

STEMExpress provides online STEM learning clubs and educational activities primarily for school-age students in the UK.

Website: stemexpress.co.uk
Email: stemclubforyou@gmail.com
Telephone: +44 7707 831247

02 What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites can place on your device when you visit them.

Cookies can help websites function correctly, remember certain preferences, understand how visitors use a website and, where applicable, support analytics or marketing activities.

Some cookies are stored only for the duration of your visit, while others may remain on your device for a specified period.

03 How STEMExpress Uses Cookies

STEMExpress aims to use cookies only where they are necessary or useful for operating and improving our website.

Depending on the technologies and services used on our website, cookies may be used to:

• Make the website function correctly
• Maintain website security
• Remember preferences
• Support forms and registration functionality
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Measure website performance
• Improve website content and user experience
• Support embedded third-party services where applicable

The exact cookies used may change as our website and technology develop.

04 Types of Cookies We May Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies — These cookies are required for essential website functionality and cannot normally be switched off through our cookie preferences. They may be used for purposes such as website security, navigation, forms, session management and remembering privacy choices. Where cookies are strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the visitor, consent may not be required.

Functional Cookies — Functional cookies allow the website to provide enhanced functionality or remember choices made by visitors, for example remembering certain website preferences or settings. Where required by applicable law, these cookies will only be activated after appropriate consent.

Analytics and Performance Cookies — These cookies can help us understand how visitors interact with STEMExpress, such as which pages are visited and how visitors navigate around the website. This information can help us understand what is useful to parents and students and improve the website. Where required, analytics cookies will not be activated until the visitor has provided consent.

Marketing Cookies — STEMExpress may in the future use marketing or advertising technologies to understand the effectiveness of promotional campaigns or provide more relevant advertising. Where consent is required, marketing cookies will not be activated unless the visitor chooses to accept them. Visitors should be able to reject optional marketing cookies without losing access to the basic STEMExpress website.

05 Essential and Optional Cookies

We distinguish between cookies that are necessary for the website to operate and those that are optional.

Essential cookies may be used without asking visitors to enable them where permitted by law because they are required to provide requested website functionality.

Optional cookies, such as certain analytics, advertising or tracking cookies, will be handled in accordance with applicable consent requirements. Where consent is required, visitors should be able to accept or reject these cookies.

06 Cookie Consent

Where required, STEMExpress may display a cookie banner or consent-management tool when you first visit the website. Depending on the cookies being used, you may be provided with options to:

• Accept optional cookies
• Reject optional cookies
• Manage your cookie preferences

Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent you from accessing the core content of the STEMExpress website.

Your cookie preferences may themselves be stored using a necessary cookie so that we can remember your choice.

07 Third-Party Cookies

Some services incorporated into the STEMExpress website may be provided by third parties. For example, we may use third-party services for:

• Website analytics
• Online forms
• Video content
• Payment processing
• Social-media functionality
• Online registration
• Embedded educational content

These providers may place or access cookies when their services are used. Third-party providers are responsible for their own cookies and privacy practices, and we encourage visitors to review the relevant provider's privacy and cookie information where appropriate.

08 Analytics

STEMExpress may use website analytics tools to understand general website usage and improve our services. Depending on the analytics service used, information collected may include:

• Pages visited
• Approximate visit duration
• Device or browser type
• General traffic source
• Interactions with website features
• Approximate geographic information derived from technical information

Where analytics cookies require consent, they will only be used after appropriate consent has been obtained.

09 Children's Privacy

STEMExpress provides services involving children and young people, so we take additional care regarding privacy.

Our website is primarily intended to provide information to parents, guardians and students about our educational programmes.

We do not intend to use cookies to create advertising profiles of children or to knowingly use children's information for behavioural advertising.

For more information about how we handle children's personal information, please read our Privacy Policy.

10 How Long Cookies Are Stored

Different cookies may remain on your device for different periods.

Session cookies generally expire when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies may remain for a specified period or until they are deleted.

Where practical, we aim to ensure cookies are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for their purpose.

11 Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most web browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies through their settings.

You may also be able to configure your browser to prevent certain websites from storing cookies.

Blocking all cookies may affect some website functionality, particularly where cookies are necessary for features such as forms, logins or preferences.

12 Changing Your Cookie Preferences

Where STEMExpress provides a cookie preference or consent-management tool, you can use it to review or change your choices regarding optional cookies.

Withdrawing consent should be as straightforward as providing it.

Changes to your preferences will apply to future cookie use, although cookies already stored on your device may need to be removed through the consent tool or your browser settings where appropriate.

13 Personal Information and Cookies

Some information collected through cookies or similar technologies may constitute personal data under UK data-protection law.

Where this occurs, the information will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection requirements.

DREO Solutions Ltd is the data controller for personal information processed through STEMExpress unless otherwise stated.

14 Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when:

• Our website changes
• We introduce new technologies or services
• The cookies we use change
• Our legal or regulatory obligations change

The latest version will be published on the STEMExpress website and the date at the top of this policy will be updated.

15 Contact Us

If you have questions about cookies, privacy or how STEMExpress handles personal information, please contact: