From time to time, our Sites may use cookies and other technologies to improve our Services.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a piece of information that a website places on your device when you visit a website. Cookies may involve the transmission of information from us to you, from you to us, or to another party on our behalf or with your consent.
What type of cookies do your Sites use?
Our Sites use the following categories of cookies:
- Necessary. Necessary cookies are essential for our Sites to operate and function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features for the Sites.
- Analytics. Analytical cookies are used to help us understand how users of our Sites interact with our Sites. These cookies provide information on usage metrics like the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
- Functional. Functional cookies help us perform certain functions like sharing the content of our Sites on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and providing other third-party features.
- Advertisement. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across different websites and collection so as to provide customized ads and experiences.
How do we use cookies and other related technologies?
We use cookies on our Sites for a variety of reasons, including to distinguish you from other users of our Sites, to help compile aggregate statistics about usage of our Sites, and to help us provide you with a positive experience when you browse our Sites, help improve our content, and to personalize your visit.
In addition to cookies, we may also, from time to time, use tracking technologies called web beacons to collect information about your visit to our Sites and when you Communicate with us. These are small images embedded in web content and HTML-formatted email messages and are ordinarily not visible to users. Like cookies, this technology enables us to track pages and content accessed and viewed by users on our Sites. Also, when we send HTML-formatted (as opposed to plain text) emails to our users, this technology may be embedded in such emails. Using web beacons allows us to determine whether emails have been opened or links were accessed, and identify aggregate trends, individual usage, and generate statistics about how our Sites are used. This enables us to provide our users with more relevant content or additional information about our Services.
We may also use analytic software, such as Google Analytics and others, to help better understand how our Sites function on your device(s) and for other analytical purposes. To learn more about how Google uses data when you use our Sites, see How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on here https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
What are my choices regarding cookies and other technologies?
You may wish to restrict the use of cookies or completely prevent them from being set. Most browsers provide for ways to control cookie behavior, such as the length of time they are stored. If you disable cookies, please be aware that some of the features of our Websites may not function correctly. To find out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org. For more details on your choices regarding use of your web browsing activity for interest-based advertising, you may visit the following sites:
Web beacons are often used in combination with cookies; however unlike cookies, web beacons cannot be declined when delivered via a regular web page. However, they can be refused when delivered via email.
If you do not wish to receive this technology via email, configure your email software to disable HTML images or refuse HTML emails (selecting the option for text only viewing). Setting your browser to decline cookies or to prompt you for an opt-in response before cookies are set will also reduce web beacons' functionality.
What cookies do we use?
Depending on the Sites you use, and how you interact with our Sites, we use the following cookies:
Cookie
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Category
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Purpose
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Duration
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Expiration
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Advertising
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This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisements when the user is on Facebook, or another digital platform powered by Facebook after visiting our Sites.
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Persistent
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3 months
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fr
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Advertising
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This cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisements to users of our Sites, and to measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have a Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
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Persistent
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3 months
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
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Advertising
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This cookie is set by Youtube, and is used to track the information embedded in Youtube videos on our Sites.
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Persistent
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5 months 27 days
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IDE
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Advertisement
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This cookie is set by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses our Sites and other advertisements before the user visit our Sites. This cookie is used to present users with advertisements that are relevant based on the user’s interests.
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Persistent
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1 year 24 days
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loc
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Advertisement
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This cookie is set by Addthis, and is a geolocation cookie used to understand where the users sharing the information are located.
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Persistent
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1 year 1 month
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test_cookie
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Advertisement
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This cookie is set by doubleclick.net, and is used to determine whether the user’s browser supports cookies.
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Persistent
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15 minutes
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_gcl_au
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Analytics
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This cookie is used by Google Analytics to help us understand user interaction with our Sites.
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Persistent
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3 months
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_ga
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Analytics
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This cookie is installed by Google Analytics, and is used to calculate visitors to our Sites, campaign data, and usage of our Sites. The information collected through this cookie is anonymous.
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Persistent
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2 years
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_gid
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Analytics
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This cookie is installed by Google Analytics, and is used to store information on how visitors use our Sites. The data collected through this cookie is anonymous, and includes the number of visitors to our Sites, the course form where they came, and the pages visited.
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Persistent
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1 day
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_gat_UA-86254223-1
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Analytics
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This cookie is installed by Google Analytics, and is used to limit the data recorded on high volume Sites.
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Persistent
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1 minute
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uvc
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Analytics
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This cookie is set by addthis.com, and is used to determine the usage of Addthis.com’s service.
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Persistent
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1 year 1 month
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_atuvc
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Functional
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This cookie is set by Addthis to ensure accurate counting of Site users.
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Persistent
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1 year 1 month
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_atuvs
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Functional
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This cookie is set by Addthis to ensure accurate counting of Site users.
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Persistent
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30 minutes
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_zlcmid
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Functional
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This cookie is used by Zendesk live chat, and is used to store the live chat ID.
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Persistent
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1 year
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_cfruid
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Necessary
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This cookie is set by Cloudflare, and is used for load balancing and for identifying trusted web traffic.
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Session
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N/A
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JSESSIONID
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Necessary
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This cookie is used by websites written in JSP, and is used to maintain a users’ state across page requests.
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Session
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N/A
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AWSALBCORS
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Necessary
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This cookie is used for load balancing services provided by Amazon in order to optimize the user experience on our Sites.
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Persistent
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7 days
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_stripe_mid
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Necessary
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This cookie is set by Stripe, and is used to enable payment on our Sites without storing payment information on a server.
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Persistent
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1 year
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_stripe_sid
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Necessary
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This cookie is set by Stripe, and is used to enable payment on our Sites without storing payment information on a server.
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Persistent
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30 minutes
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