1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to site owners. Cookies do not contain viruses and cannot access other information on your device.
2. How We Use Cookies
Everest Skills Academy uses cookies to:
- Keep you signed in during your session and across return visits (remember me).
- Store your preferences such as language, video quality, and sidebar state.
- Track your learning progress so lessons are marked correctly as complete.
- Protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.
- Understand how users navigate the platform to improve our UX.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
| Name |
Type |
Purpose |
Expires |
| evrestskills_session |
Essential
|
Maintains your logged-in session |
Session |
| XSRF-TOKEN |
Essential
|
Protects against CSRF attacks |
Session |
| remember_web_* |
Essential
|
"Remember me" persistent login token |
30 days |
| esa_prefs |
Functional
|
Stores UI preferences (theme, video size) |
1 year |
| _ga / _gid |
Analytics
|
Google Analytics — anonymous usage statistics |
2 years / 24h |
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some pages embed content from third-party services that may set their own cookies:
- YouTube / Vimeo — lesson videos may set cookies when you play them.
- Google Analytics — anonymous usage analytics to help us understand traffic patterns.
- Payment processors — set during the checkout flow and are governed by their own privacy policies.
We have no control over third-party cookies. Please refer to the respective third-party privacy policies for more information.
5. Managing Cookies
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View and delete existing cookies.
- Block cookies from specific sites.
- Block all third-party cookies.
- Clear all cookies when you close the browser.
Please be aware that disabling essential cookies will affect site functionality — for example, you will not be able to stay logged in.
6. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy as our use of cookies changes or as required by law. The "last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
