Effective from November 19, 2021
The cookie policy of The Scholar Post explains the different types of cookies we may use on our website, https://thescholarpost.com/, which we own and manage. It also provides information on how you can control these cookies.
What are actually cookies?
Cookies are small files that store information on a user’s computer, mobile device, tablet, or other equipment. They help facilitate access to the Internet.
Cookies are installed when a website’s server sends a request to your web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, or Mozilla). They are completely passive. Cookies do not contain software, viruses, or spyware. They also cannot access information on your device.
What are cookies used for?
Cookies are used in a way, allowing the Website to function better and more efficiently. Cookies are needed in order for you to browse the Website and to use their services and functionalities. Without those essential cookies, our Website will not function as fluently as we would like them to and we might not be able to provide you with certain services or features.
Cookies are also used in order to prepare anonymous statistics, which aid us at understanding, how a given user prefers to use our Website, allowing us to improve its structure and contents, without identifying the user. The The Scholar PostWebsite may also use certain WordPress features, software such as Google Analytics, Google Adsense or Google Adwords, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or other social media “like” buttons or plugins, which contain cookies.
What types of cookies do we use?
We use two types of cookies – for the user session and fixed ones. The former ones are temporary files, which remain on the device of the User until the end of his/her user session or until closing the web browser. The fixed files remain on the device of the User for the period, specified in the cookies themselves or until deleted by the User.
What are the purposes, for which we use cookies?
| Processes | Intended to make the Website work in the way you expect. For example, we use a cookie that tells us whether you have already signed up for a User Account. |
| Authentication, Security and Compliance | Intended to prevent fraud, protect your data from unauthorized parties, and comply with legal requirements. For example, we use cookies to determine if you are logged in your User Account. |
| Preferences | Intended to remember information about how you prefer the services to behave and look. For example, we use a cookie that tells us whether you have declined to allow us to use your phone’s geolocation data. |
| Notifications | Intended to allow or prevent notices of information or options that we think could improve your use of the Service. For example, we use a Cookie that stops us from showing you the signup notification if you have already seen it. |
| Analytics | Intended to help us understand how visitors use the services. For example, we use a Cookie that tells us how our search suggestions correlate with your interactions with the search page. |
Do cookies contain personal data?
Cookies do not require personal information to function. In most cases, they do not identify internet users. We collect personal data through cookies only to make our services easier for the user to use. We encrypt this data to prevent unauthorized access.
Deleting the cookies
In general, applications for access to web pages (web- or mobile browsers) allow the storage of cookies by default. These settings may be changed in such a way that the automatic administration of cookies is blocked by the web browser or that the User would be informed each time when cookies are sent to his/her device. Detailed information about the options and management of cookies may be found in the settings of the Web Browser. Limiting the usage of cookies may affect some of the features of the Website.
Security and confidentiality
Cookies do not act as viruses. They exist as simple text. They do not contain code and cannot execute themselves. Therefore, you cannot duplicate or copy them to other networks to run them again. Since cookies cannot perform these actions, we do not classify them as viruses.
Most often, browsers have built-in privacy settings, which provide different levels for the acceptance of cookies, the period of their validity and their automatic deletion after a User has visited a given website.
Advice on secure and responsible surfing, using cookies
Thanks to their flexibility and the fact that many of the most visited and biggest websites use cookies, their use is almost inevitable. Deactivating cookies will not allow the access of a given user to many of the most commonly used websites, including YouTube, Yahoo, Gmail and others.
Tips for Secure Browsing with Cookies
Here is some advice, in line with our cookie policy, to ensure safe surfing with the help of cookies:
- Personalize your cookie browser settings, in order to create an adequate level of protection from the use of cookies.
- If you are the only person, who uses the computer, you may set longer terms for expiration of the storage of the browsing history and access to personal data.
- If you share your computer access with somebody, you may set your browser settings to delete the surfing data every time you close your web browser.
- Ensure that your browser is always up to date. Many cookie-based attacks exploit vulnerabilities in old or outdated browsers. Most major websites require cookies to provide full access.
Managing Your Browser Cookie Settings
You can block cookies entirely through your browser settings. You can also allow cookies only from specific websites. These options give you more control over how websites store and use cookies on your device. All modern browsers offer the option to change cookie settings. This includes computer browsers, as well as mobile device browsers. You can find these settings in your browser’s “Options” or “Preferences” menu. In order to find those settings, you can also use the links below or use the “help” menu of your browser for more information.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari
Managing Third-Party Cookies
For managing third-party cookies in accordance with our cookie policy, you may use the following website
http://www.youronlinechoices.com
Useful links
Use the links below to obtain additional information about cookies, their purposes, and how websites use them.
Microsoft Cookies guide
All About Cookies
By continuing to use our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our cookie policy and consent to the collection and use of cookies as described in this cookie policy, in accordance with applicable data protection standards