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Cookie Policy

First and foremost, we do not sell your personal information.
When you visit or interact with the ED-World website or related services, applications, tools, or communications, we and our authorised service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to improve your experience, enhance security, support analytics, and help us continuously improve our services.Any personal data collected through these technologies is used solely by us, or by authorised service providers acting on our behalf, and only for the purposes described in this Privacy and Cookie Policy.
What are cookies, web beacons and similar technologies
These technologies are small data files that are placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or other device (collectively, a “device”). They allow us to record certain information when you visit or interact with the ED-World website and related services, applications, communications, and tools. While these technologies are often referred to collectively as “cookies,” they may function in different ways. The main types of technologies we use are explained below.
What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow the ED-World website to recognise your device, store information about your session, improve website security, and help customise your browsing experience. Where applicable, cookies may be used to create a unique user identifier so that, if you are logged in as a customer, you are not required to re-enter your login details as you navigate through the website.

Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are placed in the memory of your web browser or on your device when you visit a website or view certain messages. Cookies allow a website to recognise a particular device or browser and to function more effectively. There are several different types of cookies, which are described below.
  • Session cookies expire at the end of your browser session and allow us to link your actions during a single visit to the ED-World website.
  • Persistent cookies are stored on your device between browser sessions and allow us to remember your preferences or actions when you return to the website.
  • First-party cookies are set by the ED-World website you are visiting and are used to preserve settings or preferences while you navigate the site.
  • Third-party cookies are set by a domain other than the website you are visiting. This may occur where third-party services or content are integrated into the ED-World website.
Cookies are used for a variety of purposes on the ED-World website. For example, they may store information that allows us to display content in your preferred language or show prices in a local currency. Cookies also enable communication with our servers when you visit the website, allowing you to remain logged in during your visit and to maintain the site preferences you have selected. Please note that preventing your browser from accepting first-party cookies may restrict the placement of certain cookies that are classified as essential and may affect the functionality of the website.
Web beacons (pixels): Web beacons (also known as “tracking pixels” or “image tags”) are small files, typically transparent 1×1 pixel images, that may be loaded on the ED-World website. Web beacons may work in conjunction with cookies to collect information about your visit, including details about your browser or device, browsing activity, and interactions with the website. This information may be shared with authorised service providers acting on our behalf. Web beacons are most commonly used to collect aggregated and anonymised metrics—such as page visits, button clicks, or order completion—in order to analyse website performance and improve functionality.
Scripts: Scripts are small pieces of code placed on the ED-World website that enable specific website features and functionality. These include customer support tools such as live chat, the delivery of video tutorials or help content, and the provision of interactive experiences for visitors. Scripts may also be used to collect information for website analytics purposes or to help us understand the effectiveness of our communications and advertising. Any data collected through scripts is processed in accordance with this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy.
Similar technologies include tools that store information in your browser or on your device using mechanisms such as local storage, HTML5 storage, or other web application software methods. These technologies may operate across different browsers on your device. In some cases, these technologies may not be fully managed through standard browser settings and may require management directly through your device or installed applications. We do not use these technologies to store information for the purpose of targeting advertising to you, either on the ED-World website or on other websites.
How cookies are used Cookies help websites function more efficiently by remembering certain information about your visit. For example, cookies may store preferences such as your language selection or technical details like your IP address and the time of your visit. When you leave the ED-World website and return, this information may be retrieved from your device to improve functionality and enhance your user experience. Where applicable, such cookies are typically set for a limited duration (for example, up to one hour), after which they automatically expire.
We may use Google Analytics , a web analytics service that helps us understand how visitors use the ED-World website. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about website usage, such as pages visited, time spent on the site, and interactions with content. The information generated by these cookies is used to analyse website performance and improve functionality. Further details about how Google Analytics uses cookies are available on Google’s website.
What technologies do we use and why
Our cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies are used for a number of purposes on the ED-World website. In general, these technologies are used to:

  1. Enable essential functionality, ensuring that the website, services, applications, tools, and communications operate correctly;
  2. Improve performance and functionality, helping us understand how the website is used and enhancing your experience;
  3. Support communications and promotional activities, where permitted by law and subject to your preferences and consent; and
  4. Provide customer support features, such as tools that allow you to interact with guidance, help resources, or support services.
Strictly Necessary or Essential: Strictly necessary or essential cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies enable you to navigate the ED-World website and use core features such as secure areas and transactional functionality. Without these technologies, the services you have requested cannot be provided. These technologies do not collect information that is used for marketing purposes or to track your browsing activity across other websites. Because these technologies are essential to the operation and security of the website, their use is a condition of accessing the ED-World website. If you use tools or settings that prevent these technologies from loading, we cannot guarantee that all features of the website or related security measures will function correctly during your visit.
Performance: Performance technologies may include first-party or third-party cookies, web beacons (pixels), and scripts that are used to collect information about how visitors use the ED-World website, such as pages visited, loading times, or whether errors are encountered. These technologies do not collect information that directly identifies you. They are used solely to help us improve how the website functions, understand user engagement, and measure the effectiveness of our content by generating aggregated and anonymised statistics.
Advertising: Advertising technologies may include first-party or third-party cookies, web beacons (pixels), and scripts that are used to help us understand the effectiveness of our communications, deliver relevant content, and, where permitted and subject to your consent, provide advertising that may be of interest to you on the ED-World website and on third-party websites. We may use authorised third-party service providers to support these activities. As a result, such providers may place cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies on your device through our services. These technologies may collect information such as IP address or other device identifiers in order to recognise your device and support the delivery of relevant content or advertising. Any use of advertising technologies is subject to applicable law and your preferences and consent choices.
Support: Support technologies may include first-party or third-party cookies, web beacons (pixels), and scripts that are used to provide tools allowing you to interact with our customer support services. These technologies enable features such as live chat, feedback collection, and other support-related tools designed to assist visitors to the ED-World website. Any data collected through support technologies is used solely for customer support purposes and is never used for marketing or advertising.
What types of Cookies are used on Ed-World.com?
The ED-World website uses the following categories of cookies and similar technologies to operate effectively, improve user experience, and support our services:
  1. Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies: These cookies are required for the website to function properly. They enable core features such as secure access, navigation, and basic site functionality. Without these cookies, certain services you request cannot be provided.
  2. Performance Cookies: Performance cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting information such as pages visited, loading times, and error messages. The data collected is aggregated and does not directly identify individual users. These cookies help us improve how the website works.
  3. Functionality Cookies: Functionality cookies allow the website to remember choices you make, such as language preferences or region settings, in order to provide a more personalised and enhanced experience.
  4. Analytics Cookies: We may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, that rely on cookies to help us analyse website usage and performance. These cookies help us understand how the website is used so we can improve content, structure, and usability.
  5. Advertising Cookies (Where Permitted and Subject to Consent): Advertising cookies may be used to help deliver relevant content and to measure the effectiveness of our communications. These cookies may be set by us or by authorised third-party service providers and are used only in accordance with applicable law and your consent preferences.
  6. Support and Customer Service Cookies: These cookies support tools such as live chat, feedback forms, and customer assistance features. Data collected through these cookies is used solely to provide support and is not used for marketing or advertising purposes.
List of Cookies Used on ed-world.com
PHPSESSID: The PHPSESSID cookie is created when a user session is initiated on the ED-World website.When you visit the website for the first time, a unique session identifier is assigned to your browser. This cookie is used to maintain session continuity and ensure the secure and proper functioning of the website during your visit. It does not store personally identifiable information and expires when you close your browser.
  • Your IP Address
  • The time you arrived on the site
  • If you have chosen to hide the cookie message at the bottom of the website.
This session cookie automatically expires after a period of inactivity of approximately one hour between your device and the ED-World website. The cookie is reset each time you return to ed-world.com.
Google Analytics related cookies
__utma: This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. Google Analytics uses the information from this cookie to calculate things like Days and Visits to purchase. This cookie is what’s called a ‘persistent’ cookie, as in, it is not set to automatically expire unless removed by the user.
‘__utmb’ and ‘utmc’:
The B and C cookies work together to calculate how long a visit takes. __utmb takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site, while __utmc takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site. __utmb expires at the end of the session. __utmc waits 30 minutes, and then it expires. You see, __utmc has no way of knowing when a user closes their browser or leaves a website, so it waits 30 minutes for another page view to happen, and if it doesn’t, it expires.
__utmz:
__utmz keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine you used, what link you clicked on, what keyword you used, and where you were in the world when you accessed a website. It expires in 6 months. This cookie is how Google Analytics knows to whom and to what source / medium / keyword to assign the credit for a Goal Conversion or an E-commerce Transaction.
All Google Analytics information is recorded anonymously and does not provide or share any user-identifiable information, for more information, please see Google’s Privacy Policy.
How to manage, control and delete these technologies
You may block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our website or service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site. Please note, as further described in our Privacy Policy, we currently do not alter our practices when we receive a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor’s browser.
If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings.
More information about cookies

For more detailed information on cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Contact Us
We hope this Cookie Policy provides clear information about the technologies we use and the purposes for which they are used. If you have any additional questions or require further information, please review our Privacy Policy or contact us at info@ed-world.com .