Due to the entry into force of the Ley de Servicios de la Sociedad de la Información y del Comercio Electrónico (Law on Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce) (LSSICE), established by Law 34/2002, it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of the user of all web sites that use dispensable cookies, before the user navigates through them.

  • WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by Web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to offer a correct functioning of the site.

Through the use of these devices, the Web server is allowed to remember some data concerning the user, such as their preferences for viewing the websites of that server, name and password, products that interest them the most, etc.

According to the EU directive, the cookies that require the informed consent of the user are analytical cookies and advertising and affiliation cookies, excepting those of a technical nature and those necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user.

  • TYPES OF COOKIES USED IN THIS WEBSITE https://www.latvia.kingscollegeschools.org/

    ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSE
    • Technical and functional cookies: Are those that allow the user to navigate through a web site, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist in it.
       
    • Analytical cookies: Are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of websites, applications, or platforms and to create browsing profiles for users of said sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements in function of the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.
    • Advertising cookies: Are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web site, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency in which the ads are displayed.
    • Behavioural advertising cookies: They collect information about the preferences and personal choices of the user (retargeting) to allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which the requested service is provided.
    • Social cookies: These are set by social networking platforms on the Services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside of the Services. This may affect the content and messages you see on other services you visit.
    • Affiliate cookies: Allow monitoring of visits from other websites, with which the website establishes an affiliation contract (affiliation companies).
    • Security cookies: They store encrypted information to prevent the data stored in them from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.

ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY

  • Own cookies: Are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • Third-party cookies: Are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
  • ACCORDING TO THE CONSERVATION PERIOD

    • Session cookies: These are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
    • Persistent cookies: They are a type of cookie in which the data is still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
  • PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

King’s College, The British School of Latvia, as Data Controller, informs you that this data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the General Regulation (EU) 2016/679, on data protection (RGPD) and L.O. 3/2018, of data protection and guarantee of digital rights (LOPDGDD), for which the following treatment information is provided:

  • Purposes of the processing: As specified in the section on cookies used on this website.
  • Legitimation of the processing: Consent of the interested party.
  • Data conservation criteria: As specified in the section on cookies used on the web.
  • Communication of the data: The data will not be communicated to third parties, except in cookies owned by third parties or by legal obligation.
  • Rights that assist the Interested Party: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You have the right to access, rectify, object and delete your data, as well as the portability and limitation of its treatment, directing motivated communication to our DPO at dpo@kingsgroup.org. You also have the right to file a claim with the Data State Inspectorate (DSI) (https://www.dvi.gov.lv/en/) with e-mail: info@dvi.gov.lv.

COOKIES CONTROLLED BY THE EDITOR

Technical and functional

Property Cookie Purpose Term
kingslatvia.openapply.com _openapply_session Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website 22 hours
kingslatvia.openapply.com ui_locale Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website Session
latvia.kingscollegeschools.org cookie-agreed Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website 4 months
latvia.kingscollegeschools.org cookie-agreed-categories Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website 4 months
latvia.kingscollegeschools.org cookie-agreed-version Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website 4 months
latvia.kingscollegeschools.org inspired_referer Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website 1 month
latvia.kingscollegeschools.org inspired_session Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website Session
nr-data.net JSESSIONID JSESSIONID is a platform session cookie and is used by sites with Java Server Pages (JSP). The cookie is used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. Session
openapply.com _ga_QRJXSP2P38 Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website 1 year
openapply.com _gat_UA-309033-55 Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website Session
youtube.com CONSENT Google Cookie Consent Tracker 1 year
youtube.com YSC Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of which YouTube videos the user has viewed. Session

Analytics

Property Cookie Purpose Term
kingscollegeschools.org _ga ID used to identify users 1 year
kingscollegeschools.org _gid ID used to identify users and sessions 1 year
kingslatvia.openapply.com __utmb It is used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the ga.js JavaScript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated each time the data is sent to the Google Analytics server. Session
kingslatvia.openapply.com __utmc It is used only with older versions of Google Analytics Urchin and not with ga.js. It was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. Session
kingslatvia.openapply.com __utmz Contains information about the source of traffic or campaign that directs the user to the website. The cookie is set when the ga.js. Javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Analytics server 7 months
openapply.com __utma ID used to identify users and sessions 1 year
openapply.com __utmb It is used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the ga.js JavaScript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated each time the data is sent to the Google Analytics server. Session
openapply.com __utmc It is used only with older versions of Google Analytics Urchin and not with ga.js. It was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. Session
openapply.com __utmt It is used to monitor the number of requests to the Google Analytics server Session
openapply.com __utmz Contains information about the source of traffic or campaign that directs the user to the website. The cookie is set when the ga.js. Javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Analytics server 7 months
openapply.com _ga ID used to identify users 1 year
openapply.com _gid ID used to identify users for 24 hours after the last activity 22 hours

Advertising

Property Cookie Purpose Term
kingscollegeschools.org _fbp Used by Facebook to offer a series of products such as advertising, real-time offers from third-party advertisers 3 months
openapply.com _fbp Used by Facebook to offer a series of products such as advertising, real-time offers from third-party advertisers 3 months
openapply.com _gcl_au Used by Google AdSense to experiment with advertising through the efficiency of websites that use its services. 3 months
youtube.com VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Try to estimate the bandwidth of users on YouTube pages with embedded videos. 6 months

THIRD PARTY COOKIES NOT CONTROLLED BY THE EDITOR

Third party services are beyond the control of the publisher. The providers can modify at any time their conditions of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.

External providers of this website:

HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES FROM THE BROWSER

Delete cookies from the device Cookies that are already on a device can be deleted by clearing the browser history, thereby removing cookies from all websites visited. However, some of the saved information (for example, login details or website preferences) may also be lost.
Manage specific cookies To have more precise control of site-specific cookies, users can adjust their privacy and cookie settings in the browser.
Block cookies Although most modern browsers can be configured to prevent cookies from being installed on devices, this may require manual adjustment of certain preferences each time a site or page is visited. Also, some services and features may not work properly.

HOW TO DELETE COOKIES FROM THE MOST COMMON BROWSERS

This cookie policy was last updated in April 2023