Cookies Policy

(in force from May 25th, 2018)

In order to provide personalized and adequate services through our website and our offerings, the American College of Sofia needs technology to store and memorize information about your use of them. This is done through the use of so-called ‘cookies’. These are small text files that contain small amounts of information and are stored on your computer or in the memory of your web browser. Then, your web browser sends these cookies back to our website every next visit, helping the site recognize and store information about your user preferences (visits, clicks, activity history). The use of cookies collected is very limited and is related to technical purposes – improving and customizing the functionality of our website and our services. Information gathered through the use of cookies can not be associated with a particular person. The cookie storage time is 5 years according to international NAI standards, which you can get acquainted with here: https://www.networkadvertising.org/. More detailed information about cookies and their functionality can be found at https://www.aboutcookies.org/.

By visiting our site and registering for use of our services, you accept the use of cookies in the manner described in this document. However, you can control and manage cookies in different ways. Please note, however, that removing or blocking cookies may affect the use of our website and our services by restricting your access to certain features or parts of them.

Types of cookies that we use:

  • Necessary cookies

These cookies make the proper function of our website and our services possible, as they allow you to browse the information in them and use it. For example, thanks to them we can show you the information on our site in the correct language, and so on.

  • Functional Cookies

These cookies allow us to tailor the work of our site and our services to the preferences of our visitors and users in order to use their full functionality, watch the videos there, etc. This information is completely anonymous, it is used for very limited purposes and is kept for a limited time.

  • Analytical cookies

We use analytical tools to understand what our site visits are, whether it is easy for our users to work with our site, and what their interests in its content are. The information gathered through these cookies is used exclusively for statistical purposes, and it is not intended to be used for personal identification of our users. We do not receive any information about your personal data. These cookies show us what pages of our site you have viewed, whether you have visited our site through a mobile or a desktop device, and other anonymous data. These analytical tools are provided by Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics, and the information gathered for your IP address is not associated with any other information stored by Google and Adobe.

  • Cookies for precise targeting

These cookies do not store personal information, and only contain information about how you used our site. They can be utilized by our advertising partners to only show you information that is relevant to you. For example, Facebook and Google use such cookies.

How to Manage Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in different ways using your browser. Keep in mind that if you delete all cookies, the preferences you have saved will also be deleted. For more information on how to change your browser settings to block or filter cookies, visit https://www.aboutcookies.org or http://www.cookiecentral.com.

We use the services of the following providers and you can learn more about their privacy policies and how to opt out of their cookies by visiting their sites:

The American College of Sofia may modify and update this Cookies Policy at its sole discretion and at any time. In case of an amendment to these terms, we will indicate the date of the change and such amendment will take effect with respect to you and your data after the date of this amendment or on another, explicitly stated later date.