Cookies Policy
Cookies Policy for Step1-USMLE.com
When you visit our website, some data is stored locally on your device through the web browser you are using (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.). This locally stored data will help you have a better user experience and make the visit to our website more relevant to you. The most common type of local data storage is cookies, which serve to identify the search behavior of website users to improve their overall experience on the site.
Using cookies, Aksios Corp OÜ receives information about your device from which you access our website. Step1-USMLE.com using cookies does not collect data about you as a user.
Cookies: What Do They Represent and What Are They Used For?
Step1-USMLE.com uses tracking technology called cookies. Cookies are used to provide better services and a better user experience. Cookies are small encrypted/protected files. They are small text files stored on the user’s computer/mobile device. In order to perform uninterrupted and efficient website functions, web browsers use cookies. The acceptance of the cookies and the agreement to use them is not obligatory.
Cookies are not program codes that can be executed with other functions or by themselves, so there is no danger for the user. Cookies are not viruses or any other software that could harm your device. If the user does not delete or restrict the usage of the cookies, they will be deleted after a certain period of time, which might be from a few minutes to more than one year.
Cookies do not collect information that identifies the user; they are used only to improve the way our website works and to provide service to users for the purposes for which they visit and use Step1-USMLE.com.
Types of Cookies
There are a few types of cookies, and the difference between them is the goal they are used for. Some cookies are set up by Step1-USMLE.com in order to improve the user experience and to deliver the services with better quality. Some cookies are set up by third parties, and Step1-USMLE.com does not have any responsibility for them, nor insights and access to such types of cookies.
- Mandatory or strictly necessary cookies: Step1-USMLE.com uses cookies that are necessary for creating a positive user experience and delivering the service for which the user accessed the website. These types of cookies are used to provide the basic functionality of the website, enabling the user to use the website. Without the mandatory and necessary cookies, the website will not work appropriately. These types of cookies do not collect information that identifies the user.
- Marketing cookies: These types of cookies are used for relevant marketing campaigns and advertisements to be shown to the website users. Using marketing cookies, the advertisements are shown in accordance with the user’s interests, from which the users benefit.
- Statistical cookies: These cookies are used to identify the way website users are using the website. These cookies collect this type of information: number of visitors, number of visits, bounce rate (analytical rate that shows the percentage of visitors that have made only one visit to the website and immediately left the website without visiting an additional page), etc. These cookies enable Step1-USMLE.com to analyze the website usage to improve the quality and content of the offered services.
- Social media cookies: These cookies are set by Facebook or other social media networks so Facebook or the other social media network can show relevant ads after the user visits Step1-USMLE.com.
Step1-USMLE.com is only responsible for the cookies set by the website itself. Step1-USMLE.com is not accountable for the cookies set by third parties, collaborators, partners, social media sites, etc. Step1-USMLE.com advises its users to read the privacy policy rules, as well as the cookie policy of their collaborators, partners, and the relevant social media sites (third party cookies) for maximum safety. Step1-USMLE.com is not accountable for the cookies set by third parties.
Step1-USMLE.com informs and receives agreement from its website users before activating the cookies, in accordance with the clause 19 of the Guidelines for Security of Personal Data Processing.
Purpose of Deploying Step1-USMLE.com Cookies
Cookies set by Step1-USMLE.com are not used for collecting personal information about the users, but they are used for collecting information about the search behavior of the website users. Additionally, the cookies allow the website users to receive relevant information according to the content of their visited pages by showing them promotional banners set on Step1-USMLE.com clients’ requests.
Specific reasons why Step1-USMLE.com deploys cookies:
- Proper technical functionality of the website
- Saving anonymous information related to the user: IP address, device location, visited web pages on Step1-USMLE.com, number of visited pages, average time on site, etc., with the goal of improving the services and functionalities offered by Step1-USMLE.com
- Displaying relevant banner ads according to the visitor’s interest, on the request of Step1-USMLE.com clients. Displaying personalized ads according to a previously selected category or location.
- Displaying relevant content according to the previous activity of the website user.
- Collecting information about the users’ behavior with the use of a third-party service – Google Analytics, in a way that doesn’t identify the personal characteristics of the user visiting Step1-USMLE.com
- Saving user’s website preferences like language, font size, etc.
Cookies Functions
The meaning and function of the cookies used by Step1-USMLE.com are solely for improving the users’ experience and enabling the proper functioning of certain Step1-USMLE.com services. Step1-USMLE.com doesn’t use cookies with the goal of identifying the end user but with a goal to identify users’ behavior on the website and their interests, in order to show them relevant content and functionalities that comply with users’ needs and interests. The information collected with the use of cookies is anonymous and in no way identifies the end user. The use of random numbers is used to identify the unique visitors of the website.
How Long Are Cookies Stored on the Computer
The length of time cookies are stored on the computer is dependent on a number of factors like the type of cookies and whether they are set by Step1-USMLE.com or other third parties. The functional and statistical cookies are stored for a period from 30 minutes to 2 years, and the cookies used for marketing purposes are stored for a period of 15 minutes to 1 year.
All of the cookies used by Step1-USMLE.com do not identify the end user and are solely used for providing the service which the end user has requested from Step1-USMLE.com and for which it has visited the website itself.
Managing and Deleting the Cookies
Every website visitor on Step1-USMLE.com or any other website has the possibility to manage, restrict, or erase the cookies by defining specific settings on their web browser. Changing the way the web browser is using cookies, including erasing or blocking the cookies from the web pages of Step1-USMLE.com, can be done by changing the settings on the web browser, and that process is different depending on which type of browser you are using. To check how you can do that with a specific web browser, click on the web browser you are using:
Useful links for disabling the cookies:
Other Information
The Cookies policy is a part of the Step1-USMLE.com privacy policy. Step1-USMLE.com reserves the right to make any changes to the privacy policy and/or the terms of using it at any time. Such an amendment comes into force with the publication on the website. Please read the basic rules of the website to be informed about the news on the website in time.
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Harju maakond, Tallinn, Lasnamäe linnaosa, Sepapaja tn 6, 15551, Estonia
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