Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that are stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, mobile phone or tablet when you visit a website. They stay on your device and are sent back to the website they came from on subsequent visits. Cookies collect data and send it to us while you use the website. These are written into mobile apps and web pages that you visit on your device. Keep in mind, if more than one person uses your device (i.e. a shared school or family computer), the choices set up by other people will apply to you as well unless you change them.

How do we use them?

Our website (which includes when you access our services through our website) uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website and services.

We use the cookies to automatically gather information about your visits to our website. This includes demographic data and browsing patterns, but it is only collected in aggregate form – no individual user is identified. This is used to build up marketing profiles, aid strategic development, and audit site usage.

We may use cookies to identify you when you visit our website to confirm that you are logged in and to build up a demographic profile. Our use of cookies may also allow logged-in users to be presented with a personalised version of the website.

We use the following different types of cookies:
Essential or strictly necessary cookies:

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access or properly use all or parts of our website.

Site preference cookies:

These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. 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). These are non-essential cookies, so if you do not consent to us using them or if you choose to switch them off then our website will still work, but will not be personalised in the same way.

Analytical cookies:

These cookies are added to allow us to analyse how our website and services are used. We then use this analysis to help us improve our website and services over time. 
These are non-essential cookies, so if you do not consent to us using them or if you choose to switch them off then our website will still work.

Marketing cookies:

These enable the tracking of key marketing performance metrics, such as user demographics, behaviour, conversion information, and device usage. 
These are non-essential cookies, so if you do not consent to us using them or if you choose to switch them off then our website will still work. 



The table below identifies the cookies we use, what type of cookie they are, the purpose for which we use them and their duration. The list may be regularly updated so we recommend you check it from time to time.

Cookie name
Type of cookie
What it’s for
Duration
AWSALB
Essential
Manages and routes web traffic by saving data on routing traffic.
7 days
AWSALBCORS
Essential
Ensures a smooth user experience by acting as a traffic controller 
and balancing traffic load.
7 days
rc::a
Essential
This is set by the Google reCaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
Persistent
rc::c
Essential
This is set by the Google reCaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
Session
_GRECAPTCHA
Essential
A security tool created by Google's reCaptcha service. This seeks to differentiate between real human web users and potentially harmful 
bots on websites.
180 days
AEC
Essential
Ensures that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user's knowledge.
180 days
cookieControl
Essential
Indicates if the user should see the Cookie Policy pop up box or not. 
It would not be possible to select or disable cookies without this cookie.
30 days
cookieControlPrefs
Essential
Used to hold the user’s cookie preferences. Without it the preference functionality would not work and all cookies would become active.
365 days
1P_JAR
Site Preference
Stores information about how the user uses the website and any advertising that the user may have seen before visiting the website.
30 days
ci_session
Site Preference
To maintain a user state during a browser session for consistency 
of user experience.
5 minutes
_ga
Analytical
Used to distinguish one visitor from another and calculate user and session data in order to create analytics reports.
400 days
_ga_27R7LZLHKB
Analytical
Used to distinguish one visitor from another and calculate user and session data in order to create analytics reports.
5 minutes
ar_debug
Marketing
Used by Google Ad Services to debug ads.
90 days
NID
Marketing
Used to show Google ads in Google services for signed-out users.
183 days
Manage your cookies

You can also choose to "Reject All" cookies in the cookie banner.

However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website or services.

The cookie banner also allows you to select an option to “Manage” your cookies. 

If you like, you can change your cookie preferences here: https://www.ear-academy.com/cookie-policy.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

This Cookie Policy may be amended by us at any time. Please check this page periodically to inform yourself of any changes. 

This Cookie Policy was last updated on 13 May 2024.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES, PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL AT info@the-ear.com.