Kaplan International Pathways Cookie Policy

A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server. Only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier as well as the site name. 

Cookies do lots of different jobs, including letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Most websites you visit will use cookies to improve your user experience by enabling that website to “remember” you, either for the duration of your visit (using a “session cookie”) or for repeat visits (using a “persistent cookie”).

This website does not store any information that would, on its own, allow us to identify any individual users without their permission.

Type of Cookie	Cookie owner	Data collected and why	Expiry range
Necessary	Cloudflare	Cookies are used by our content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic by collecting and anonymising IP addresses. It is essential to the effective running of the website. Find out more about Cloudflare cookies.	1 month
Necessary	Formstack	Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience.	Session, 7 days
Functional	LinkedIn	Used by LinkedIn for tracking the use of embedded services.	Up to 2 years
Performance	Bing	This cookie is used to measure the use of the website for analytics purposes.	7 days
Performance	Google Analytics	We use Google Analytics to monitor traffic levels, search queries and visits to this website.    Google Analytics stores IP addresses anonymously on its servers in the US. Neither Kaplan nor Google associates your IP address with any personally identifiable information.    These cookies enable Google to determine whether you are a returning visitor to the site and to track the pages that you visit during your session. Find out more about Google cookies.	90 days
Performance	Hotjar	We use Hotjar to understand how users are interacting with the content on our website. Usage behaviours and basic device information are collected anonymously by these cookies. Find out more about Hotjar cookies collected here.	Up to 2 years
Performance	Igodigital	Collects information on user preferences and/or interaction with web-campaign content.	Up to 10 years
Performance	Microsoft	The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains.	1 year
Performance	Siteimprove	This cookie is used to help record the visitor’s use of the website. This information is then used to improve the user experience on this website.	2 years 8 months
Targeting	TikTok	Used by TikTok for tracking the use of embedded services.	Up to 2 years
Performance	Vimeo	Collects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as which pages have been read.	2 years
Targeting	Reddit	Used by Reddit for tracking the use of embedded services.	180 days
Targeting	DoubleClick	Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.	Up to 1 year 24 days
Targeting	Facebook	Cookies are collected by Facebook and store anonymous usage on the website in order to improve the relevancy of Facebook advertising. Find out more about Facebook cookies.	3 months
Functional, Necessary	Click	This cookie is used to remember user preferences so that the website can be customised for them.	Up to 27 years
Functional, Necessary	Live Chat	We use LiveChat on our site to enable real-time customer support. This cookie will anonymously track usage information to deliver a personalised experience. Personal information is only collected and stored when voluntarily inputted by the user. Find our more about LiveChat cookies.	Up to 3 years
Functional, Performance	Snapchat	The cookie detects the efficiency of the ads and collects visitor data for further visitor segmentation.	Up to 1 year
Functional, Targeting	Twitter	The cookie allows the visitor to share content from the website on to their Twitter profile.	2 years
Performance, Necessary	YouTube	This cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.	Up to 16 years 9 months
Performance, Targeting	Google	Collect anonymous data on how visitors use a website.	Up to 17 years

Performance and targeting cookies 

You may choose to prevent this website from aggregating and analysing the actions you take on it. Doing so will protect your privacy but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users. 

Performance and targeting cookies are set only after you give us permission to use them. You can manage your cookie preferences by clicking on the cog in the bottom left corner of the screen. Please refresh your browser after changing your preferences to reflect. 

• Google Analytics 
  We use Google Analytics cookies and Remarketing cookies together to inform, optimise and serve ads based on user’s past visits to our website. We use these tools to improve our website for the benefit of our users and make site improvements, all data collected is anonymous. For more information on Google Analytics cookie usage, please visit their website: www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html. 
• YouTube 
  A cookie is only stored on your browser if you a play an embedded video on our website. Don’t click play on any of our videos if you don’t want to have a YouTube cookie set. YouTube is owned by Google and their privacy policy can be found here: www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy  
• Targeting and advertising cookies 
  Cookies enable us to learn about what ads you see, what ads you click, and other actions you take on our site. This allows us to provide you with more useful and relevant ads. They also limit the number of times that you see an ad and help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. The advertising cookies are in accordance with each provider’s policies: 

Google: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/types/ 
Facebook and Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacyshield 
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en 
Bing: http://choice.microsoft.com/en-us/opt-out and http://www.aboutads.info/ 
Snapchat: https://www.snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-policy/ 
 

• Email tracking 
  We use Open Tracking to understand your interaction with the emails we send you, and to ensure we’re sending you relevant information. Open Tracking downloads a tiny image from the server when you open our email, and lets us know that you opened it, and also tells us which device you opened it on and the email client and browser you used. By signing up, you give us permission to use Open Tracking. 

Functional cookies 

You may choose to prevent this website from dropping functional cookies. Doing so will protect your privacy but will also prevent some functions from working on the site. On this site, these functions include Live Chat and Google Maps. 

Manage your cookie preferences by clicking on the cog in the bottom left corner of the screen. Please refresh your browser after changing your preferences to reflect. 

Necessary cookies 

If you would like to prevent Kaplan International Pathways from collecting necessary cookies when you visit www.kaplanliving.com, please update the privacy setting in your chosen web browser. 

You can directly control cookie acceptance from there, however, please note that doing so will affect the functionality of the website. 

Find out more about how to disable cookies on your browser on the browser privacy pages: 

Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/ 
Mozilla Firefox: www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy 
Internet Explorer: windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/change-internet-explorer-privacy-settings#1TC=windows-7 

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