Cookie Policy
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. This policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a limited number of purposes, consistent with our role as an educational platform. Our uses include:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality. For example, we use a cookie to remember your cookie consent choice.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Functionality | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 1 year |
| _ga | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 24 hours |
4. Third-Party Cookies
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our website is being used. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Our site may also include embedded content from third parties, such as maps from Google Maps, which may set their own cookies. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party's website for more information.
5. How to Manage Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
The cookie consent banner on your first visit allows you to accept or decline our use of non-essential cookies. Your preference is stored in the "cookieConsent" cookie.
6. Policy Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.