Maritime Institute Cookie Policy

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, shopping cart, or other preferences) over a period of time, so you do not have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

We have put our cookies into the following categories to make it easier for you to understand why we need them:

  1. Strictly necessary: These are used to help make our website work efficiently, provide security features on our website, and provide services you have asked for, like shopping carts and billing.
  2. Performance/analytics: These are used to analyze the way our website works and how we can improve it.
  3. Functionality: These help to enhance your experience by remembering choices you have made concerning the features of the website (e.g., username, language, region you are in).
  4. Advertising/targeting: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.

Cookies and You

To sign up for an account or make a purchase online, you must have cookies enabled on your internet browser. If you choose not to enable cookies, you will still be able to browse our website, but it will restrict some of the functionality of our website or what you can do.

Cookies on MaritimeInstitute.com

 

Cookie Description Duration Type
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary.” 1 hour Strictly necessary
viewed_cookie_policy The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. 1 year Strictly necessary
woocommerce_cart_hash

woocommerce_items_in_cart

 These cookies are set by WooCommerce and helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes. Session Strictly necessary
wp_woocommerce_session_* This cookie is set by WooCommerce and contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. 2 days Strictly necessary
_ga This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. 2 years Performance/analytics
_gat_gtag_UA_* This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to distinguish users. 1 minute Performance/analytics
_gid This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. 1 day Performance/analytics
wordpress_test_cookie This cookie is set by WordPress and checks if cookies can be placed. Session Functionality

We are currently reviewing our lists and will update them from time to time.

Controlling your cookies

You can control cookies in your browser to enable or disable them.  If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by any website, you should do this through the web browser settings for each web browser you use, on each device you use to access the internet.

You can also manage many companies’ cookies used for online advertising via the consumer choice tools created under self-regulation programs in many countries, such as the US-based aboutads.info choices page or the EU-based Your Online Choices.