1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, enhance user experience, and provide information to website owners.
Cookies help us remember your preferences, understand how you interact with our site, and improve your browsing experience. They do not typically contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
2. How We Use Cookies
Student Cycle uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Operations: To enable core functionality such as page navigation, secure areas, and form submissions
- Preferences: To remember your settings and preferences for future visits
- Analytics: To understand how visitors use our website and improve our services
- Performance: To monitor website performance and fix technical issues
- Security: To help protect your account and detect malicious activity
- Marketing: To deliver relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for our website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas, completing forms, and managing your account. Without these cookies, our services cannot be provided.
3.2 Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often, how users navigate the site, and if they receive error messages. This helps us improve the performance and design of our website.
3.3 Functional Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, personalized features. They may also be used to remember changes you've made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages.
3.4 Targeting/Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They also limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
3.5 Social Media Cookies
These cookies are set by social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They may track your browsing activity across different websites.
4. Specific Cookies We Use
The table below lists the specific cookies we use on our website:
| Cookie Name |
Type |
Purpose |
Duration |
| session_id |
Essential |
Maintains your session while you browse the site |
Session |
| csrf_token |
Essential |
Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks |
Session |
| user_preferences |
Functional |
Stores your display preferences and settings |
1 year |
| cookie_consent |
Essential |
Remembers your cookie preference settings |
1 year |
| _ga |
Performance |
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users |
2 years |
| _gid |
Performance |
Used by Google Analytics to track user behavior |
24 hours |
| _gat |
Performance |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
1 minute |
| last_visited |
Functional |
Records your last visit date and time |
30 days |
5. Third-Party Cookies
We may also use cookies from trusted third-party services to enhance our website. These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie policies. The third-party services we use include:
5.1 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymous information about your browsing behavior, including pages visited, time spent on site, and referral sources. Learn more about Google's cookie policy.
5.2 Social Media Platforms
Our website includes social media sharing buttons that may set cookies from these platforms when you interact with them. These platforms include:
5.3 Payment Processors
When you make a purchase, our payment partners may set cookies to process your transaction securely. These include:
6. Controlling Cookies
You have the right to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.
6.1 Browser Settings
You can configure your browser to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject all cookies
- Notify you when a cookie is set
- Delete existing cookies
To manage cookies in your browser, consult your browser's help documentation:
6.2 Mobile Devices
For mobile devices, you can typically manage cookies through your device settings or browser settings. Refer to your device manufacturer's instructions for specific guidance.
7. Cookie Settings
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner that allows you to set your cookie preferences. You can choose to:
- Accept All Cookies: Enable all types of cookies
- Reject Non-Essential Cookies: Only accept strictly necessary cookies
- Customize Settings: Select which categories of cookies to enable
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in our website footer or by clearing your browser cookies.
Please note that blocking certain types of cookies may impact your experience on our website. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the website to function properly.
8. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our business practices. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies. Your continued use of our website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
If we make significant changes to this policy, we will provide a more prominent notice, such as a banner on our website or email notification.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
