English 1 Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files or pieces of information that are stored on your computer or mobile device (e.g. smartphone or tablet) when you visit our sites. A cookie typically contains the name of the website from which the cookie originated, the lifetime of the cookie (i.e. how long the cookie will remain on your device), and a value, which is typically a randomly generated unique number.

We use cookies to make our sites easier to use and to better tailor the sites and our products to your interests and needs. Cookies can do this because websites can read and write these files.This enables them to recognise you and store important information that makes your use of a website more convenient for you (for example, by storing your preferred settings).

Cookies may also be used to enable you to speed up your future activities and experience on our sites. We also use cookies to create anonymous, aggregated statistics that provide us with an understanding of the user behaviour of visitors to our sites and that help us improve the structure and content of our sites. The information in cookies does not enable us to identify you personally.

Two different types of cookies may be used on the sites, called "session cookies" and "persistent cookies". Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain on your device until you leave the site. A persistent cookie, on the other hand, remains on your device for a certain period of time after you leave the site or until you manually delete it (how long a cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or "lifetime" of the specific cookie).

Third-party cookies

We also use various service providers who may also place cookies on your device on our behalf when you visit our sites to enable them to deliver the services they are providing. If you would like more information about these cookies, as well as information about how to opt out of receiving such cookies, please read the respective privacy policies of our service providers.

Below we list different types of cookies that may be used on English 1 sites. Please note that to the extent information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, the provisions of our Privacy Policy apply and supplement this Cookie Policy.

These cookies are essential for the site to function and enable you to navigate around the site and to use its services and features. Without these strictly necessary cookies, the site will not function as smoothly for you as we would like and we may not be able to provide the site or certain services and features you request.

Preference cookies collect information about your settings and preferences and allow us to recall language or other local settings and customize the site accordingly.

This type of cookie is used to track the movements of members [and non-members] of social networks for market research analysis, and product development.

Analytics cookies collect information about your use of the site and allow us to improve the functionality of the site. For example, analytics cookies tell us which are the most visited pages on the site, help us to identify any difficulties you may have with the site, and show us whether  or not our advertising is effective. This enable us to analyse general profiles regarding the use of our site, rather than the user behaviour of individual people.

Advertising cookies are used for advertising purposes.

Although most Internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies, most browsers allow you to block cookies or to alert you when cookies are stored on your device.

In addition to the options mentioned above, you can refuse, accept or remove cookies at any time by activating or accessing the browser settings. Information about the procedure to enable, disable or remove cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website, via the help funtion.

Please note that if cookies are disabled or removed, not all features of the site may operate as intended, for example, you may not be able to visit certain areas of our site or you may not receive personalised information when you visit our site.

If you use different devices to view and access the sites (e.g. your computer, smartphone, tablet, etc) you will need to ensure that each browser on each device is set according to your cookie preferences.

Some of the pages you visit on the site may also collect information through the use of pixel tags (also known as “clear gifs”) that may be passed on to third parties that directly support our advertising activities and website development. For example, website usage information about visitors to our sites may be shared with our external advertising agency to be able to design the advertising in advertising banners on our websites more specifically.  However, the information collected through the use of pixel tags does not enable you to be personally identified. However, the information collected could be linked to your personal data.