Cookie policy

This website, www.2school.com, uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance user experience and analyze website performance. By continuing to use our site, you consent to the placement of cookies as described in this policy. Upon your first visit, you will be asked to accept or decline cookies via a cookie banner or manage your preferences through the cookie settings manager.

In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

Cookie: A small file placed on your computer or device by 2school.com when you visit certain parts of our site and/or when you use certain features of our site.
Cookie Law: The relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Personal data: Any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by GDPR.
We/Us/Our: Refers to FH Education BV, the legal entity that owns and operates 2school.com.

3.1 Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

3.2 By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third-party Cookies are used on Our Site for analytics and for marketing purposes. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.

3.3 All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

3.3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
A Cookie falls into this category (usually first-party cookies) if it is essential to the operation of Our Site as without them we cannot provide the functionality that you need to use this website. For example, essential cookies help remember your preferences as you navigate through the online school, also support functions such as logging in, and payment transactions.

3.3.2 Functionality Cookies
Functional Cookies allow our web site to remember choices you make, e.g. your user name, log in details and language preferences and any customizations you make to pages during your visit. They are necessary to provide features and services specific to individual users.

3.3.3 Analytics Cookies
It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it.

3.3.4 Marketing/Targeting Cookies
It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.

3.3.5 Third Party Cookies
Third-party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third-party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).

3.3.6 Persistent Cookies
Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

3.3.7 Session Cookies
Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

Name of Cookie	Purpose	Strictly Necessary	Expires
XSRF-TOKEN	Preserves User Login information and states	Yes	When you close your browser
DPSettings	Preserves the user's Cookie policy preferences	Yes	12 days
slim_session	Preserves User Login information and states	Yes	2.5 days
affiliate	Tracks purchases made through affiliate links to ensure proper credit is given to the affiliate partner.	No	Depends on your affiliate cookie settings

Name of Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Expires
__stripe_sid	checkout.stripe.com	Used to process payments for our website.	30 minutes
__stripe_mid	checkout.stripe.com	Used to distinguish users.	1 year
cid	checkout.stripe.com	Used to process payments for our website.	3 months
vuid	vimeo.com	These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information.	3 years
player	player.vimeo.com	These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information.	1 year
cf_clearance	www.cloudflare.com	Used by clouflare to specify the duration that our website is accessible to a visitor that successfully completed a previous Captcha or challenge.	4 hours

Name of Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Expires
ZD-zE_oauth	www.2school.com	Stores the authentication token once the user has been authenticated.	2 hours
ZD-currentTime	www.2school.com	Sets the time when page loads.	Forever
ZD-settings	www.2school.com	Stores a hash of settings so that we don't keep sending blips after the initial one	Forever
ZD-suid	www.2school.com	Session id for pathfinder.	20 minutes
ZD-buid	www.2school.com	Collects Machine ID.	Forever
_answer_bot_service_session	www.2school.com	Used to uniquely identify a user session when using Answer Bot Article Recommendations.	When you close your browser

4.4 Our Site uses analytics services provided by your analytics services, if any. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve Our Site and the products and services offered through them.

4.5 The analytics services used by Our Site use Cookies to gather the required information. You do not have to allow us to use these Cookies, however, whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

4.6 The analytics services used by Our Site uses the following Cookies:

Name of Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Expires
_ga	www.2school.com	Google Analytics: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	2 years
_gat	www.2school.com	Google Analytics: Used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate.	When you close your browser
_gid	www.2school.com	Google Analytics: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	When you close your browser
_ga_container-id	www.2school.com	Used to persist session state.	2 years

4.7 Targeting/Marketing cookies
Targeting/Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising:

Name of Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Expires
_fbp	www.2school.com	Identifies browsers for advertising and site analytics services	90 days
fr	facebook.com	Delivers advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers	90 days
datr	facebook.com	Identifies the web browser used to connect to Facebook; enhances security and site integrity	2 years
c_user	facebook.com	Contains the user ID of the currently logged-in user	1 year<
xs	facebook.com	Contains session number and secret number for security	Varies, tied to session
sb	facebook.com	Helps improve friend suggestions	2 years
oo	facebook.com	Opt-out of Facebook showing ads based on activity on third-party websites	5 years
presence	facebook.com	Contains user's chat state (e.g., which chat tabs are open)	End of session

5.1 Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a banner requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies unless those Cookies are strictly necessary; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow and/or deny different categories of Cookie that We use.
5.2 In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
5.3 The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:

6.1 We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our data practices. If we make significant changes, we will notify users through a website banner, email (if applicable), or other appropriate means before the changes take effect. Continued use of our Website after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

6.2 In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

Cookie policy

1. Definitions and Interpretation

2. Information About Us

3. How Does Our Site Use Cookies?

4. What Cookies Does Our Site Use?

5. Consent and Control

6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

7. Further Information