Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to website owners. Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels, and local storage, which work in comparable ways.

2. How We Use Cookies

• Essential cookies: Required for the site to function. These include session cookies that keep you logged in and security cookies that protect against cross-site request forgery. You cannot opt out of these without disabling the site entirely.
• Preference cookies: Remember your settings and choices (such as your selected curriculum region) so you do not need to re-enter them on each visit.
• Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the site — which pages are visited most, how long users stay, and where they come from. This data is aggregated and anonymous.
• Advertising cookies: Used by Google AdSense on our public Blog pages to serve relevant advertisements based on your browsing history across the web. These are third-party cookies set by Google LLC.

3. Google AdSense and Third-Party Cookies

We display advertisements on our Blog pages through Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site and other sites on the internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings at https://adssettings.google.com or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://optout.networkadvertising.org. Advertising cookies are not placed on authenticated dashboard pages — only on public-facing pages such as the Blog.

4. Your Consent

When you first visit our site from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, a consent banner will appear asking for your permission to use non-essential cookies (including advertising cookies). This banner is managed by Google's Consent Management Platform (CMP). You may accept all cookies, manage your preferences, or decline non-essential cookies. If you decline, advertising cookies will not be set and you will not see personalised ads. Essential cookies will still be used as they are necessary for the site to function.

5. Managing Cookies in Your Browser

• Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can block all cookies, delete existing cookies, or be notified when a cookie is set.
• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
• Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of the site, including your ability to stay logged in.

6. Cookies We Set

• gtb_session — Session authentication cookie. Expires when you close your browser or after 30 days if you choose 'Remember me'. Essential.
• gtb_csrf — Cross-site request forgery protection token. Expires at end of session. Essential.
• gtb_prefs — Stores your curriculum region and display preferences. Expires after 1 year. Preference.

7. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to cookies we set directly, third parties may also set cookies on your device when you visit our site. These include Google AdSense (advertising), Google Analytics (analytics), and Google OAuth (authentication). We do not control these third-party cookies. Please refer to the respective privacy policies of these services for more information: Google Privacy Policy — https://policies.google.com/privacy.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our practices. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised 'Last Updated' date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

9. Contact

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us through our Contact Us page. We respond to all enquiries within 1 business day.