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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
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Why ZWIA Uses Cookies and Web Beacons
ZWIA 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. 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 ZWIA 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 more information, please see All About Cookies (external link).
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.
Cookies in Use on ZWIA.org
| Service provider | Cookie name | Expiration | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| .doubleclick.net | IDE | 2 years | Used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts. |
| .doubleclick.net | test_cookie | End of session | Used by Google DoubleClick to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| creativecommons.org | _cfduid | End of session | Used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. |
| Google Analytics | _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
| Google Analytics | _gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. |
| Google Analytics | _gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
| 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 | End of 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. |
| MailChimp | _AVESTA_ENVIRONMENT | End of session | Used by Mailchimp to pass through your details if you sign up to our email list. |
| youtube.com | GPS | End of session | GPS data for mobile users |
| 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 | YSC | End of session | 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. |
| Zotabox | _ZB_ADMIN_LAST_URL_ | End of session | Unclassified Zotabox cookie. |
| Zotabox | _ZB_STATIC_…_SP_STATUS | End of session | Unclassified Zotabox cookie. |
| Zotabox | _ZB_STATIC_…_STATUS | End of session | Unclassified Zotabox cookie. |
| Zotabox | _ZB_STATIC_DR_currentSessionTimeVisit | End of session | Unclassified Zotabox cookie. |
| Zotabox | _ZB_STATS_IMPRESSION | End of session | Unclassified Zotabox cookie. |
| Zotabox | _ZB_STATS_IMPRESSION_PREMIUM_ | End of session | Unclassified Zotabox cookie. |
| Zotabox | _ZB_STATS_VISIT | End of session | Unclassified Zotabox cookie. |
| Zotabox | __cfduid | Less than 1 minute | Long-term cookie that contains random ID assigned to visitor. |
| Zotabox | _ZB_STATIC_DR_firstTimeVisit | Less than 1 minute | Unclassified Zotabox cookie. |
| Zotabox | _ZB_STATIC_DR_widgetsUpdateTime | Less than 1 minute | Unclassified Zotabox cookie. |
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| zwia.org | PHPSESSID | End of session | Contains a reference to a session stored on the web server. No information is stored in your browser. |
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