About this cookie policy
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent applies to the following domains: estudyit.co.uk
What are cookies ?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies ?
As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use ?
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket and checkout securely.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.
Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
How can I control the cookie preferences ?
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.
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.
Below are a list of session cookies and what each is used for:
| COOKIE NAME | COOKIE DESCRIPTION |
| CART | The association with the customer’s shopping cart. |
| CATEGORY_INFO | Stores the category info on the page to load pages faster. |
| COMPARE | The items in the customer’s Compare Products list. |
| CUSTOMER | An encrypted version of the shopper’s customer ID. |
| CUSTOMER_AUTH | Indicates if the customer are currently logged in to the store. |
| CUSTOMER_INFO | An encrypted version of the shopper’s customer group. |
| EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE | Indicates if caching is disabled or enabled. |
| FRONTEND | The customer’s session ID. |
| GUEST_VIEW | Determines if guests can edit their orders. |
| LAST_CATEGORY | The last category visited by the shopper. |
| LAST_PRODUCT | The most recent product viewed by the shopper. |
| NEWMESSAGE | Indicates whether a new message has been received. |
| NO_CACHE | Indicates if the cache can be used to store information. |
| PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART | A link to information about the shopper’s cart and viewing history. |
| RECENTLYCOMPARED | Items recently compared b the shopper. |
| STF | Information on products the shopper has emailed to friends. |
| STORE | The store view or language chosen by the shopper. |
| USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE | Indicates if the shopper allows cookies to be saved. |
| VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS | The products recently viewed by the shopper. |
| WISHLIST | An encrypted list of products added to the shopper’s wishlist. |
| WISHLST_CNT | The number of items in the shopper’s wishlist. |
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. |
| 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. |
| 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 | utmc | session | Determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
| Google Analytics | ___utmt | 10 minutes | 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 | __ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
| Google Analytics | gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
| Google Analytics | __gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. |
| HotJar | _hjIncludedInSample | 365 days | This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate Heatmaps, Funnels, Recordings, etc. |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| youtube.com | PREF | 9 months | These cookies help YouTube track the number of views for a particular video. The pref cookie tracks user preferences and serves up related content or adverts within an embedded YouTube video. |
| youtube.com | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | These cookies help YouTube track the number of views for a particular video. The pref cookie tracks user preferences and serves up related content or adverts within an embedded YouTube video. |
| youtube.com | YSC | End of sesssion | These cookies help YouTube track the number of views for a particular video. The pref cookie tracks user preferences and serves up related content or adverts within an embedded YouTube video. |
| SERVICE PROVIDER | COOKIE NAME | EXPIRATION | CONTENT |
| ShareThis | __stid | End of session | This cookie is a unique identifier that ShareThis uses to track the content you view and share. If you are in the US, then this data can be shared with ShareThis’s advertising partners. |
| ShareThis | uset | End of session | This cookie determines if the _stid cookie has already been set on your computer. |
| ShareThis | pxcelBcnLcy | End of session | ShareThis provides a customizable social sharing tool which make sharing online content simple. You can easily share anything on the web with your friends on social sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Email, Digg, Reddit and more through one tool (“ShareThis Icon”). |
| ShareThis | pxelPage_c010 | End of session | ShareThis provides a customizable social sharing tool which make sharing online content simple. You can easily share anything on the web with your friends on social sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Email, Digg, Reddit and more through one tool (“ShareThis Icon”). |
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:
