Cookie Policy
Cookies Policies
Like many other websites, Study247.co.uk uses session cookies as well as persistent cookies. These cookies help with website navigation and performing certain functions, such as allowing our site to authenticate you if you log in to a secure area of our website.
Please note that disabling cookies may prevent you from using certain webpages on our Site or accessing important functions. This Cookie Policy aims at informing you about our use of cookies and what this means for you.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information that your browser receives from most websites on the Internet. The cookie usually contains information about the domain it came from, an expiry date, as well as a unique value, usually a randomly generated number that helps the server identify the cookie when the user returns.
Why My Training Academy Uses Cookies and Web Beacons
My Training Academy uses cookies, web beacons, and pixels to track website interactions, offer various website functionalities, and improve our website performance, to ensure utmost usability and user experience throughout our Site. Please note that some cookies are essential to make our Site work.
Authentication
Used for login and account access. This ensures that unauthorized parties cannot access your account information.
Personalization
Used to determine which country you are likely from, so we can display the currency information that is applicable to you.
Analytics
If you may have noticed, we are constantly striving to improve your user experience on our Site. To identify what we can improve next, we are consistently analyzing anonymized user interactions with our site. This helps us understand how individuals like you are using our site, what features they use most often, and what problems and challenges they might be facing.
In particular, we are using Google Analytics and HotJar. Aside from the approximate location (determined via IP address), Google Analytics collects mostly anonymous traffic data including browser information, user language, and device information.
What Cookies Does Study247.co.uk Use?
Session Cookies
Session cookies are used by the server to store information about page activities so you can easily pick up where you left off. For example, session cookies help store ordering information to help make our shopping cart function work. Without it, our website users would need to remember all the items they put into their shopping cart. For more information, please see all about cookies.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies (also known as tracking cookies) store user preferences, such as what currency settings you have selected on our course pages. These settings make our website easier to navigate for you.
| Service provider | Cookie name | Expiration | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| doubleclick.net | test_cookie | End of session | Used by Google DoubleClick to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| Facebook Pixel | 28 Days | The Facebook pixel is an analytics tool that allows you to measure the effectiveness of your advertising by understanding the actions people take on your website. | |
| Google Analytics | _gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. |
| Google Analytics | _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
| Google Analytics | _gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
| Google Analytics | _gat_gtag_UA_108121794_1 | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. |
| Google Analytics | __utmz | 6 months | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached the site. |
| Google Analytics | __utmt | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate. |
| Google Analytics | __utmc | session | Determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
| Google Analytics | __utmb | 30 minutes | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| Google Analytics | __utma | 2 years | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| paypalobjects.com | PYPF | 28 days | PayPal uses cookies to recognise its customers and to shorten the time the user needs to log in to his PayPal account by checking his email on PayPal database. |
| tfw_exp | 1 day | Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. | |
| woocommerce | wp_woocommerce_session_ | 2 days | This cookie contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. No personal information is stored within these cookies. |
| woocommerce | woocommerce_items_in_cart | End of session | This cookie helps WooCommerce identify when the cart data changes. |
| woocommerce | woocommerce_cart_hash | End of session | This cookie contains information about the cart. |
| wordpress | wp-settings-1 | 1 day | Uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
| wordpress | wp-saving-post | 1 day | Use this cookie when the browser disregards "session cookies" expiration on quit |
| wordpress | wordpress_test_cookie | End of session | Sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies. |
| wordpress | wordpress_logged_in_ | End of session | Uses this cookie to indicate when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. |
Disabling/Enabling Cookies
Your browser may automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser preferences. Please be aware that disabling cookies may result in a loss of functionalities when accessing and using our Site. For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, please refer to the description related to your browser:
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari
- Google Analytics Opt-Out plugin
For more information about how long we keep your data, please contact us at the details above.
Questions
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