Cookie Policy
Information about the cookies used on the BRITANICA Park School website.
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Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
“Cookies” are small text files stored in the directories of the browser used by the user. Cookies are used to help users use websites effectively and to make certain functionalities available. Cookies play an essential role in facilitating and improving the usability of websites, and if they are deleted or blocked, some websites or certain functionalities may become inaccessible to users.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies on this website to ensure its accessibility and usability, to provide certain functionalities such as remembering user language preferences and settings, to improve its operation and to analyse information about user behaviour while using it. No personal data is stored in cookies. Cookies do not allow us to identify you personally. The information collected from cookies is usually used in aggregated form, allowing us to optimise the website and improve its structure, functionality and content.
What cookies do we use?
- Strictly necessary / functional cookies
These cookies make the correct operation of our website possible, as they allow you to browse the information on it and use its functions. Through them we remember your display settings, such as language preferences and other settings. Some of these cookies are session cookies and others are persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary files that remain on the terminal until the user session ends or the application is closed. Persistent cookies remain on the user’s terminal for the period specified by the cookie parameters or until manually deleted by the user. These cookies allow us to adapt the operation of our website to the preferences of our visitors, so that you can use its full functionality, watch videos and use similar features. This information is fully anonymous, is used for very limited purposes and is stored for a limited period.
- Performance cookies
We use analytical tools that allow us to understand the traffic on our website, whether visitors can use it easily and what content interests them. The information collected through these cookies is used exclusively for statistical purposes and is not intended to personally identify website visitors. We do not receive any information about your personal data. These cookies show us which pages of the website you have viewed, whether you visited the website from a mobile or desktop device and other anonymous data. Analytics tools are provided by Google Analytics, and the information collected about your IP address is not linked to any other information stored by Google.
- Targeting cookies
These cookies do not store personal information. They contain only information about how you have used our website. They may be activated by our advertising partners in order to show you information that is relevant to you, for example cookies used by Facebook, Google and similar services.
Our website uses the following cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies – 3
| Name | Domain | Cookie type | Duration | Description |
| _hjFirstSeen | .britanica-parkschool.bg | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie is set so that Hotjar can track the user journey from its beginning for the duration of the session. The cookie does not contain identifying information. |
| _hjIncludedIn | britanica-parkschool.bg | First-party | 2 minutes | This cookie is set so that Hotjar can determine whether the website visitor is included in the processing of information defined by the maximum pageview limit of the website. |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | .britanica-parkschool.bg | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie is set so that Hotjar can track the user journey from its beginning for the duration of the session. The cookie does not contain identifying information. |
Performance cookies – 3
| Name | Domain | Cookie type | Duration | Description |
| _gid | .britanica-parkschool.bg | First-party | 1 day | This cookie is used by Google Analytics. It stores and updates individual data for each visited page and is used to count and track page visits. |
| _ga | .britanica-parkschool.bg | First-party | 2 years | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is used to distinguish individual users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request and is used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for site analytics reports. |
| _gat_UA-137793987-1 | .britanica-parkschool.bg | First-party | 1 minute | This is a pattern-type cookie set by Google Analytics. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identification number of the account or website to which it relates. It is a variation of the _gat cookie used to limit the amount of data collected by Google from high-traffic websites. |
Targeting cookies – 4
| Name | Domain | Cookie type | Duration | Description |
| _fbp | .britanica-parkschool.bg | First-party | 3 months | Used by Facebook to provide a series of advertising products, such as real-time bidding from advertisers. |
| _gcl_au | .britanica-parkschool.bg | First-party | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense to experiment with advertising effectiveness across websites that use Google AdSense services. |
| test_cookie | .britanica-parkschool.bg | First-party | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by DoubleClick, owned by Google, to determine whether the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| IDE | .doubleclick.net | Third-party | 1 year | This cookie is set by DoubleClick and provides information about how the end user uses the website and what advertisements they may have seen before visiting the website. |
Third-party cookies
The website may contain links to other websites or embedded content from other websites, such as Facebook, YouTube or similar services. When visiting those websites or opening their content, cookies from those other websites may be placed on your device. In practice, such cookies are called third-party cookies. We have no control over the generation and management of third-party cookies. For more information about the purpose and content of third-party cookies, please review the privacy and cookie policies adopted by the relevant third parties.
Managing cookies used by this website
Most publicly available browsers allow cookies to be placed on the device by default. If you prefer, you may change your browser settings so that existing cookies are deleted or the placement of cookies, including third-party cookies, is automatically blocked. Please note that if you choose to delete or block cookies, this may affect the accessibility or functionality of this website.
More information about cookies, including options for managing them, is available at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/
Please note that the content of http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/ is available only in English, German, Spanish and French.