Cookies Policy

COOKIE NOTICE

This Notice is issued by UNICAF Group (“UNICAF Group”, “we”, “us” and “our”).

Websites to which this Notice applies

This Notice applies to the following domains / subdomains that are operated or controlled by UNICAF Group:

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your computer or other device when you visit a website. They are generally used to make websites work, to keep track of your movements within the website, to remember your login details, and so on.

There are different types of cookies, and they can be distinguished on the basis of their origin, function and lifespan. Important characteristics of cookies include the following:

  • First party cookies are cookies that are placed by the website you are visiting, while third party cookies are placed by a website other than the one you are visiting. Please note that we do not control the collection or further use of data by third parties. 

  • Necessary cookies are necessary to allow the technical operation of a website (e.g., they enable you to move around on a website and to use its features).

  • Performance cookies collect data on the performance of a website such as the number of visitors, the time spent on the website and error messages.

  • Functionality cookies increase the usability of a website by remembering your choices (e.g. language, region, login, and so on).

  • Targeting/advertising cookies enable a website to send you personalized advertising.

  • Session cookies are temporary cookies that are erased once you close your browser while persistent or permanent cookies stay on your device until you manually delete them or until your browser deletes them based on the duration period specified in the persistent cookie file.

More information on all aspects of cookies can be found on www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that UNICAF Group has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, this third party website.

 

Why do we use cookies?

We may use cookies to:

  • distinguish between visitors; 

  • improve the use and the functionality of our website;

  • tailor our website and products to your needs and preferences;

  • and

  • analyse how our website is used and compile anonymous and aggregate statistics.

We do not use the collected information to create visitor profiles.

 

What types of cookies do we use?

 

An overview of the cookies used on this website is set out in the following table.

 

Name

First Party / Third Party

Duration / Expiration

Purpose

Functionality

_uetsid

First party

24 hours


 Marketing/Tracking

This contains the session ID for a unique session on the site.

_uetmsclkid

First party

Session

Marketing/Tracking

This is the Microsoft Click ID, which is used to improve the accuracy of conversion tracking.

_uetvid

First party

13 months

Marketing/Tracking

UET assigns this unique, anonymized visitor ID, representing a unique visitor.

_fbp

First party

90 days

Marketing/Tracking

Store and Track visits across websites

_fbc

First Party

2 years

Marketing/Tracking


 To store last visit.

_twclid

First-Party

30 days

Marketing/Tracking

Advertising cookie

_gcl_dc

First-Party

90 days

Marketing/Tracking

The conversion linker tag sets ad click information in this cookie

_gcl_aw

First-Party

90 days

Marketing/Tracking

To provide ad delivery or retargeting.

__gads

First-Party

12 Months

Marketing/Tracking

To provide ad delivery or retargeting.

_gcl_au

First-Party

90 days

Marketing/Tracking

Stores info related with the ad click

_gid

First-Party

24 hours

Statistics

Store and count pageviews

_ga_

First-Party

2 years

Statistics

Used to persist session state.

_ga

First-Party

2 years

Statistics

Used to distinguish users.

_gat

First-Party

1 minute

Statistics

Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_.

ULPSESSID

First-Party

Session

Essential

keep track of sessions

campaign_id

First-Party

30 Days

Functionality/site analytics

Custom data used to identify advertising campaigns that led visitors to the website.

unicaf_uuid

First-Party

24 hours

Tracking/Analytics

stores a uuid for the visitor

http_referrer

First-Party

30 days

Analytics

stores the server HTTP_REFERRER

cookie_consent

First-Party

1 week

Functionality/cookies

Recording the user consent to the dropping and reading of cookies.

cookie_consent_time

First-Party

1 week

Functionality/cookies

Recording the user consent to the dropping and reading of cookies.

_unicaf_cm

First-Party

12 months

Functionality/cookies

Recording the user consent to the dropping and reading of cookies.

utm_campaign

First-Party

30 days

Marketing/Tracking

Custom data used to identify advertising campaigns that led visitors to the website.

utm_content

First-Party

30 days

Marketing/Tracking

Custom data used to identify advertising campaigns that led visitors to the website.

utm_medium

First-Party

30 days

Marketing/Tracking

Custom data used to identify advertising campaigns that led visitors to the website.

utm_others

First-Party

30 days

Marketing/Tracking

Custom data used to identify advertising campaigns that led visitors to the website.

utm_source

First-Party

30 days

Marketing/Tracking

Custom data used to identify advertising campaigns that led visitors to the website.

utm_term

First-Party

30 days

Marketing/Tracking

Custom data used to identify advertising campaigns that led visitors to the website.

lp_referrer

First-Party

24 hours

Tracking/Analytics

stores the request_uri of the accesed page

dg_tag

First-Party

30 days

Functionality

Determines the handling agents for the region

gclid

First-Party

90 days

Marketing/Tracking

A parameter passed in the URL with ad clicks, to identify the campaign and other attributes of the click associated with the ad for ad tracking and campaign attribution

gtmPixel

First-Party

30 days

Marketing/Tracking

Used to identify and store the advertisement platform

source_page

First-Party

30 days

Marketing/Tracking

Stores the registration resource of referrer identification

viewed_cookie_policy

First-Party

12 months

Functional

Is the primary cookie that records the user consent for the usage of the cookies upon ‘accept’ and ‘reject’.
 It doesn’t track any personal data and is set only upon user action(accept/reject).

downloadBrochure

First-Party

1 minute

Functional

Provide technical monitoring

CookieLawInfoConsent

First-Party

12 months

Functional

Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. 
 It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary

First-Party

12 months

Functional

Records the default button state of the corresponding category.
 It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary

First-Party

12 months

Functional

Records the default button state of the corresponding category. 
 It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

cookies-acceptance

First-Party

30 days

Functional

stores the user cookie consent acceptance (Deprecated)

_unicafcm

First-Party

30 days

Functional

Stores the user consent selection

refcode

First-Party

1 week

Functional

stores user referral code

auth

First-Party

30 days

Essential

Stores the after registration login token

mp-submited

First-Party

30 days

Functional

Identifies if the form is submitted successfully in order to present the thank you page.

quiz_completed

First-Party

24 hours

Functional

Determines completion stage of the quiz

quiz_crm_register

First-Party

1 minute

Functional

Identifies if the lead account is created in order to redirect to the thank you page. Allows access to specific pages based on the value.

quiz_lsr

First-Party

30 seconds

Functional

Used to identify quiz process

quiz_results_completed

First-Party

24 hours

Functional

Created when the quiz results are completed. Identifies based on the posted information where to redirect.

quiz_results_sent

First-Party

1 minute

Functional

Identifies where to redirect based on the response received after the successfull form submission

university_sis_host

First-Party

1 hour

Functional

Store the univesity host domain of the programme selected

uniRef

First-Party

12 months

Functional

Client Refferal functionality

scart_auth

First-Party

12 months

Functional

shopping cart identificator

csrftoken

First-Party

session

Functional

Spam protection token

_lcltz

First Party

session

Functional

Timezone, which is used to present the local time

_pk_id

First-Party

13 months

Tracking/Analytics

Details about the user such as the unique visitor ID

matomo_ignore

First-Party

30 years

Functionality/cookies

Ignore traffic of specific users from being tracked in Matomo

mtm_consent

First-Party

30 years

Functionality/site analytics

remember that consent was given (or removed) by the user.

mtm_consent_removed

First-Party

30 years

Functionality/site analytics

remember that consent was given (or removed) by the user.

mtm_cookie_consent

First-Party

30 years

Functionality/site analytics

remember that consent was given (or removed) by the user.

_pk_ses

First-Party

30 minutes

Functionality/site analytics

Short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit

_pk_cvar

First-Party

30 minutes

Functionality/site analytics

Short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit

_pk_hsr

First-Party

30 minutes

Functionality/site analytics

Short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit

_pk_testcookie

First-Party

Session

Functional

used to check whether the visitor’s browser supports cookies(is created and should be then directly deleted)

_pk_ref

First-Party

180 days

Tracking/Analytics

Used to store the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website

matomo_sessid

First-Party

14 days

Functional

does not contain any data used to identify visitors and is considered an Essential cookie

MoodleSession

Fisrt-Party

Session

Functional

does not contain any data used to identify visitors and is considered an Essential cookie

MOODLEID[app_id]

Fisrt-Party

30 days

Functional

Responsible for storing username of moodle within the browser.

last_page_url

Fisrt-Party

1 hour

Functionality/cookies

Last Page Url before the login

 

 

Please note that the processing of your personal data in connection with cookies, and for other purposes, is governed by our External Privacy Notice.

 

In addition, we may also use web beacons (or clear GIFs) and other similar technologies in addition to, or in combination with, cookies. A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed on a website or in an email and it helps us to understand the behaviour of visitors to our website. More information on web beacons can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/faqs/beacons.html. Please note that UNICAF Group has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, this third party website.

 

Google cookies 

 

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. 

 

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. 

 

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

 

For more information please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/

 

Moodle cookies

 

Moodle uses or may use cookies and/or web beacons to help us determine and identify repeat visitors, the type of content and sites to which a user links, the length of time each user spends at any particular area, and the specific functionalities that users choose to use. To the extent that cookies data constitutes personally identifiable information, we process such data on the basis of your consent.

 

Both session and persistent cookies are use and we use different types of cookies:

  • Essential cookies.  We may use essential cookies to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of user accounts, or offer Site features.

  • Analytical/performance cookies. Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around when using Moodle. This helps us improve the way Moodle works.

  • Functionality cookies. Used to recognise you when you return to the Moodle. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

  • Targeting cookies. Record your visit to the Moodle, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the Site and the more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

 

 

How can you control cookies and web beacons? 

 

Most internet browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. Depending on your browser, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, or you can set it to refuse them. Please refer to the 'help' button (or similar) on your browser to learn more about how you can do this.

 

Disabling cookies may impact your experience on our websites.

 

If you use different devices to access our websites, you will need to ensure that each browser of each device is set to your cookie preference.

 

More information on how to manage cookies is available from: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/. Please note that UNICAF Group has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, this third party website.

 

In addition, you may opt-out from cookies by visiting the following sites and selecting which company cookies you would like to opt-out from: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/#completed and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Please note that UNICAF Group has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, these third party websites.

 

Consent to this Policy

 

By accepting this policy, you accept that your consent to our Cookies Policy will be stored and/or valid for the period of 3 years starting from the date of acceptance.

 

 

Last updated: 20 June 2023

 

 

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