Cookie Policy
When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. If you reject cookies, cookies that have already been set on your device will expire at their intended time and will not be reset. You should read this Policy alongside our terms and privacy policy.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These are the cookies that we need in order to run our website. We cannot turn these off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by a user, such as logging in or making a purchase.
| Cookie name | Cookie used | Duration | Cookie description |
|---|---|---|---|
| apolitical_auth | 1st Party | 90 days | This cookie holds encrypted data about the user that we use to understand who is logged into the platform and allow them to access functionality available to logged in users. This uses a standard called JWT to decode/encode the data to keep it secure. |
| apolitical_locale | 1st Party | 1 year | Set by Apolitical to remember the user's language preference and is used to display the correct language on the platform. |
| apolitical_id | 1st Party | 90 days | Set by Apolitical when a user logs in, in order to determine whether a user is logged in and to identify users specifically when monitoring individual progress through our courses/interactions with other platform features. |
| apol-cookie-banner | 1st Party | 1 year | This cookie lets us know whether you have set your cookie preferences. |
| functional-cookie-consent | 1st Party | 1 year | Set by Apolitical when a user consents to functional cookies. |
| apolitical-performance-cookie-consent | 1st Party | 1 year | Set by Apolitical when a user consents to performance cookies. |
| ph_flags | 3rd Party | 1 day | This cookie allows us to use feature flags to turn platform features on or off for different users. This is essential for the safe functioning of our site, to ensure that access-restricted features are only available to appropriate users. |
| _ga | 3rd Party | 2 years | This cookie allows us to monitor the usage of the site and respond to unusual/malicious activity quickly. This cookie also lets us collect course experience and completion data critical to improving our product and reporting course completion to our commercial partners. It also enables us to personalise the user experience. |
| _ga_SWY4NJD9GJ | 3rd Party | 1 year | This cookie allows us to monitor the usage of the site and respond to unusual/malicious activity quickly. This cookie also lets us collect course experience and completion data critical to improving our product and reporting course completion to our commercial partners. It also enables us to personalise the user experience. |
| __stripe_mid | 3rd Party | 1 year | Set by Stripe, the service we use to process payments, to allow prevention of fraud. |
| __stripe_sid | 3rd Party | 1 year | Stripe is used to make credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable Apolitical to process payments without storing credit card information on its own servers. |
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Cookie name | Cookie used | Duration | Cookie description |
|---|---|---|---|
| signup-this-session | 1st Party | Session | This cookie tells us when a user has signed up using the form on our homepage. |
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie name | Cookie used | Duration | Cookie description |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCLB | 3rd Party | 6 months | The "GCLB" cookie is set by the Google Cloud Platform service to optimise performance of the website. |
| apolitical_anon_id | 1st Party | 1 year | This cookie provides a stable identifier for non-logged in users to ensure a consistent experience for personalisation on the website. |
How Do I Change My Cookie Settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org.uk or allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout