Cookie Policy
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small data file made up of letters and numbers which is placed by a website on the device you use to access the internet. Cookies serve different purposes. We use cookies to help us to improve our site and to provide us with information about usage of the website. Certain third parties also place cookies on your device when you browse our website.
Most web browsers allow you to have some control over the placing of cookies on your device through your browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to block, manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies.
Our system will place cookies on your device as soon as you visit any page on our website. Important note: Disabling cookies may mean that you cannot access parts of our website.
We use the following categories of cookies:
Essential cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, and to use online forms.
Analytical cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Marketing cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences. These cookies also record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and communications sent more relevant to your interests.
The following table lists the cookies used on the School of Marketing website:
| Cookie Name | First or Third Party | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| _ga _gid _gat_gtag_{website_id} | These are third party cookies placed by Google that allow us to use the Google Analytics service. | These cookies enable us to anonymously track how visitors access and browse our website thereby enabling us to optimise and improve our service. Further information is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy |
| DFTT_END_USER_PREV_BOOTSTRAPPED driftt_aid driftt_sid | These are third party cookies placed by Drift | This website uses the Drift Chat widget to connect with and help visitors. These cookies enable Drift to tie conversations to a particular visitor to the website. |
| __stripe_mid __stripe_sid | These are third party cookies placed by Stripe | Stripe is used to make credit card payments. These cookies are used by Stripe to remember who you are and enable School of Marketing to process card payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers. |
| school_of_marketing_session som_cookie_consent som_lt_hide | These are first party cookies placed by us | These are unique identifiers for your session while on the website, and to remember your consent to our use of cookies. |
| XSRF-TOKEN | This is a first party cookie placed by us | This prevents cross-site request forgery from occurring, and ensures the current user is not attempting to run a XSRF exploit on this website. |
