What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit them. They serve a range of functions, from remembering your preferences to helping website operators understand how visitors navigate their pages. Cookies do not contain programmes or viruses and cannot access other data stored on your device. At Docubays Language Academy, we use cookies in a limited and purposeful manner to ensure our website operates smoothly and to respect your browsing choices.
Cookies We Deploy
Our website uses the following categories of cookies:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function correctly. They cannot be disabled without affecting core site features.
- Session cookie — maintains your browsing session as you move between pages, ensuring forms and navigation work as expected. This cookie expires when you close your browser.
- CSRF token — a security cookie that protects form submissions from cross-site request forgery attacks. It is generated each time you load a page containing a form and expires with your session.
Functional Cookies
These cookies remember choices you make to provide a more personalised experience.
- Language preference — stores your selected interface language so you do not need to choose it on every visit.
- Consent choice — records whether you have accepted or declined non-essential cookies via our consent banner, so the banner is not displayed repeatedly.
Analytics Cookies
If you provide consent through our cookie banner, we may use analytics cookies to collect anonymised information about how visitors use our website. This data helps us identify which pages are most popular, how users arrive at our site and where we can improve the browsing experience. Analytics data is processed in aggregate form and cannot be used to identify you personally.
Managing Your Preferences
You have full control over the cookies stored on your device. There are two primary ways to manage your preferences:
- Our consent banner — when you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear. You can accept or decline non-essential cookies from there. Your choice is saved via a functional cookie so that you are not asked again on subsequent visits.
- Browser settings — most modern browsers allow you to view, manage and delete cookies through their settings or preferences menu. You can configure your browser to block all cookies, accept only certain categories or prompt you each time a cookie is set. Please note that blocking essential cookies may prevent parts of our website from functioning properly.
For guidance on managing cookies in your specific browser, consult the help documentation provided by the browser developer.
Third-Party Cookies
Our website loads fonts from Google Fonts to ensure consistent typography across different devices and operating systems. When these fonts are requested, Google may set its own cookies or collect limited technical data such as your IP address and browser type. This data is subject to Google's own privacy policy. Apart from Google Fonts, we do not embed third-party services that set cookies on our site without your knowledge.
Contact
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or need assistance managing your cookie preferences, please contact us at [email protected].