Cookie Policy

This website, like most websites on the Internet, uses Cookies to improve and optimise the user experience. Below you will find detailed information on what “Cookies” are, what type this website uses, how you can deactivate them in your browser and how to specifically block the installation of third-party Cookies.

What are Cookies and how do SEK International School – Ecuador website use them?

Cookies are files that the website or application you use installs in your browser or on your device (Smartphone, tablet or connected television) during your visit to the pages or application, and are used to store information about your visit. Like most websites on the internet, the SEK International School – Ecuador websites use cookies to:

• Ensure that the web pages can function correctly
• Store your preferences, such as the language you have selected or the font size.
• Understand your browsing experience.
• Collect anonymous statistical information, such as which pages you have viewed or how long you have been on our media.

The use of cookies allows us to optimise your browsing experience, adapting the information and services offered to your interests, in order to provide you with a better experience whenever you visit us. The websites of SEK International School – Ecuador use Cookies to function, adapt and facilitate the User’s browsing experience as much as possible.

Cookies are only associated with an anonymous user and his/her computer/device and do not provide references that allow us to know personal data. At any time you can access the configuration of your browser to modify and/or block the installation of Cookies sent by the websites of SEK International School – Ecuador, without this preventing access to the contents. However, the quality of the functioning of the Services may be affected.

Users who complete the registration process or have logged in with their access data will be able to access personalised services adapted to their preferences according to the personal information provided at the time of registration and that stored in the Cookie of their browser.

SEK International School – Ecuador’s email-marketing tools use small images that are invisible to users and are included in the emails. This technology allows us to know whether an email has been read or not, on what date, the IP address from which it has been consulted, etc. With this information, we carry out statistical and analytical studies on the sending and reception of emails in order to improve the services to which the user is subscribed and to offer information that may be of interest to them.

Why are they important?

• From a technical point of view, they allow websites to work in a more agile and adapted way to the user’s preferences, such as storing the language, the country’s currency or detecting the access device.
• They establish levels of protection and security that prevent or hinder cyber-attacks against the website or its users.
• They allow media managers to obtain statistical data collected in the Cookies to improve the quality and experience of their services.
• They are used to optimise the advertising we show to users, offering the advertising that best suits their interests.

What are the different types of Cookies that we use at SEK International School – Ecuador?

• Session cookies expire when the user leaves the page or closes the browser, i.e. they are active for the duration of the visit to the website and are therefore deleted from our computer when the user leaves it.
• Permanent cookies expire when the purpose for which they are used is fulfilled or when they are manually deleted. They have a deletion date and are normally used in the online purchase process, personalisation or registration, so that we do not have to enter our password constantly.

On the other hand, depending on the entity that manages the equipment or domain from which the cookies are sent and treats the data obtained, we can distinguish between first-party and third-party cookies.

• First-party Cookies are those Cookies that are sent to your computer and managed exclusively by us for the better functioning of the Website. The information we collect is used to improve the quality of our service and your user experience.
• If you interact with the content of our Website, third-party cookies may also be set (for example, when you click on social media buttons or watch videos hosted on another website), which are those set by a domain other than our Website. We cannot access the data stored in cookies from other websites when you browse those websites.

Some of SEK International School – Ecuador services may use connectors with various social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, etc. By using the social register, you authorise the social network to store a persistent Cookie. This Cookie remembers your identification on the service, making access much faster on subsequent visits. This Cookie can be deleted, and you can also cancel the access permissions of the SEK International School – Ecuador services from the privacy settings of the specific social network.

How can I configure my Cookies?

By browsing and continuing on our website you are consenting to the use of cookies under the conditions contained in this Cookies Policy. SEK International School – Ecuador provides access to this Cookies Policy at the time of registration so that the user is informed, and without prejudice to the user’s right to block, delete and reject the use of Cookies at any time.

In any case, we inform you that, given that Cookies are not necessary for the use of our Website, you can block or disable them by activating the configuration of your browser, which allows you to reject the installation of all or some of the cookies. Most browsers allow you to be warned of the presence of cookies or to reject them automatically. If you reject them, you will still be able to use our Website, although the use of some of its services may be limited and therefore your experience on our Website may be less satisfactory.

Below are the links to the main browsers and devices so that you have all the information you need to find out how to manage cookies in your browser.

• Internet Explorer™ :
  • Version 5 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196955/es
  • Version 6 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283185/es
  • Version 7 and 8 http://windows.microsoft.com/es-ES/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
  • Version 9 http://windows.microsoft.com/es-ES/windows7/How-to-manage-cookies-in-Internet-Explorer-9
  • Version 10 http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/internet-explorer/ie-security-privacy-settings#ie=ie-10
  • Version 11 http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/internet-explorer/ie-security-privacy-settings#ie=ie-11
• Safari™:
  • Safari™ 5 and 6: http://www.apple.com/es/support/mac-apps/safari/
  • Safari™ 7: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?viewlocale=es_ES&locale=es_ES
  • Safari™ 8: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?viewlocale=es_ES&locale=es_ES Settings on iPhone, iPad or iPod: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=es_ES
• Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es&hlrm=en
• Firefox™: http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/cookies-informacion-que-los-sitios-web-guardan-en-?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Cookies
• Opera™: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html
• Android: http://support.google.com/android/?hl=es
• Windows Phone: http://www.windowsphone.com/es-ES/how-to/wp7/web/changing-privacy-and-other-browser-settings
• Blackberry: http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/18578/Turn_off_cookies_in_the_browser_60_1072866_11.jsp

For more information on how to set Cookies on a vendor-by-vendor basis or to manage your preferences, please visit the Your Online Choices portal.

Do we update our Cookie Policy?

We may update the Cookie Policy on our Website, so we recommend that you review this policy each time you access our Website in order to be properly informed about how and what we use cookies for.

The Cookie Policy was last updated on February 2024.