Cookie policy

This website, testex-fwg.academy, uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users. By using cookies, we are able to provide you with a better experience and improve our site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this cookie policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our cookie policy is deemed to occur when you press the “accept” button on our cookie banner or when you have selected your preferred cookie options in our cookie manager and pressed the “continue” button. If you do not agree to our cookie policy, please stop using our site immediately.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

In this cookie policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
Cookie: means a small file placed on your computer or device by our site when you visit certain parts of our site and/or when you use certain features of our site.
Cookie law: means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
Personal data: means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
We/Us/Our: means “our website/school/company,” the brand owned and operated by the company or individual.

2. Information About Us

Our Site is owned and operated by Company name or person(s).
  • Registered address:

Switzerland, Zurich, Gotthardstrasse 61, 8002
Switzerland, Zurich, Wolfswinkel 18, 8046 
  • Email address: support@testex-fwg.academy

3. How Does Our Site Use Cookies?

  • 3.1 Our site may place and access certain first-party cookies on your computer or device. First-party cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our site and services. We have carefully chosen these cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data are protected and respected at all times.
  • 3.2 By using our site, you may also receive certain third-party cookies on your computer or device. Third-party cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party cookies are used on our site for analytics and marketing purposes. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.
  • 3.3 All cookies used by and on our site are used in accordance with current cookie law. We may use some or all of the following types of cookie:
  • 3.3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
    A cookie falls into this category (usually first-party cookies) if it is essential to the operation of our site, as without them we cannot provide the functionality you need to use this website. For example, essential cookies help remember your preferences as you navigate through the online school and support functions such as logging in and payment transactions.
  • 3.3.2 Functionality Cookies
    Functionality cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your username, login details, language preferences, and any customisations you make to pages during your visit. They are necessary to provide features and services specific to individual users.
  • 3.3.3 Analytics Cookies
    It is important for us to understand how you use our site, for example, how efficiently you navigate it and which features you use. Analytics cookies enable us to gather this information, helping us improve our site and your experience of it.
  • 3.3.4 Marketing/Targeting Cookies
    It is important for us to know when and how often you visit our site, and which parts you use (including pages and links visited). As with analytics cookies, this information helps us better understand you and make our site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting cookies may also be shared with third parties.
  • 3.3.5 Third Party Cookies
    Third-party cookies are not placed by us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to us and/or to you. Third-party cookies may be used by advertising services to deliver tailored advertising to you on our site, or by third parties providing analytics services to us (these cookies function like analytics cookies as described above).
  • 3.3.6 Persistent Cookies
    Any of the above types of cookie may be a persistent cookie. Persistent cookies remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit our site.
  • 3.3.7 Session Cookies
    Any of the above types of cookie may be a session cookie. Session cookies are temporary and remain on your computer or device only from the point you visit our site until you close your browser. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
  • 3.4 Cookies on our site are not permanent and will expire as indicated in the table below.
  • 3.5 For more details about the personal data we collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our privacy policy.
  • 3.6 For more specific details about the cookies we use, please refer to the table below.

4. What Cookies Does Our Site Use?

  • 4.1 The following first-party cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
Name of Cookie Purpose Strictly Necessary Expires
XSRF-TOKEN Preserves User Login information and states Yes When you close your browser
DPSettings Preserves the user's Cookie policy preferences Yes 12 days
slim_session Preserves User Login information and states Yes 2.5 days
  • 4.2 The following strictly necessary third-party cookies may be placed on your computer or device (remove stripe cookies from the list if you don’t use stripe):
Name of Cookie Provider Purpose Expires
__stripe_sid checkout.stripe.com Used to process payments for our website. 30 minutes
__stripe_mid checkout.stripe.com Used to distinguish users. 1 year
cid checkout.stripe.com Used to process payments for our website. 3 months
vuid vimeo.com These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information. 3 years
player player.vimeo.com These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information. 1 year
cf_clearance www.cloudflare.com Used by clouflare to specify the duration that our website is accessible to a visitor that successfully completed a previous Captcha or challenge. 4 hours
  • 4.3 Our site uses the following functional cookies (remove cookies not exploited in your school):

None
  • 4.4 Our site uses analytics services provided by your analytics services, if any. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how our site is used. This, in turn, helps us improve our site and the products and services offered through it.
  • 4.5 The analytics services used by our site use cookies to gather the required information. You do not have to allow us to use these cookies. However, while our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of our site, it enables us to continually improve our site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
  • 4.6 The analytics services used by our site use the following cookies (remove cookies not used in your school):
Google Analytics
Name of Cookie Provider Purpose Expires
__smToken https://testex-fwg.academy The __smToken is set once you login to Sumo and is checked to verify whether you are logged into Sumo or not 1 year
__smSmartbarShown https://testex-fwg.academy cookie is set when the Smart Bars are shown on your website 1 year
__smVID https://testex-fwg.academy Used to display relevant advertising 1 month
__smSessionId https://testex-fwg.academy Used by Sumo to establish a cookie on a users computer to begin a session to enable Sumo products When you close your browser
__smListBuilderShown https://testex-fwg.academy cookie is set when the List Builder is shown on your website 1 year
__smScrollBoxShown https://testex-fwg.academy cookie is set when the Scroll box is shown on your website 1 year
__smWelcomeMatShown https://testex-fwg.academy Cookie is set when the Welcome mat is shown on your website 1 year
__smListBuilderOptOut https://testex-fwg.academy Is set when a visitor clicks an "Opt-Out" button on the List Builder 1 year
__smSmartBarOptOut https://testex-fwg.academy Is set when a visitor clicks an "Opt-Out" button on Smart bars 1 year
__smScrollBoxOptOut https://testex-fwg.academy Is set when a visitor clicks an "Opt-Out" button on Scroll box 1 year
__smWelcomeMatOptOut https://testex-fwg.academy Is set when a visitor clicks an "Opt-Out" button on welcome mat 1 year
__smSubscribed https://testex-fwg.academy Is set when a visitor subscribes via any of the List Builder, Welcome Mat, Scroll Box or Smart Bars they are shown on your website 1 year
  • 4.7 Targeting/Marketing cookies
    Targeting/Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising (remove cookies not exploited in your school): 
Google AdWords
Name of Cookie Provider Purpose Expires
ads/ga-audiences https://testex-fwg.academy Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. When you close your browser

5. Consent and Control

(Keep section 5.1 and 5.2 if you are using our cookie opt-in mechanism from School Privacy settings.)
  • 5.1 Before cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a banner requesting your consent to set those cookies. By giving your consent to the placement of cookies, you enable us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placement of cookies unless those cookies are strictly necessary; however, certain features of our site may not function fully or as intended. You will have the opportunity to allow and/or deny different categories of cookies that we use.
  • 5.2 In addition to the controls we provide, you can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also allow you to choose whether to disable all cookies or only third-party cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept cookies, but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
  • 5.3 The links below provide instructions on how to control cookies in all mainstream browsers:
  • 5.3.1 Google Chrome
  • 5.3.2 Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • 5.3.3 Microsoft Edge (Please note that there are no specific instructions at this time, but Microsoft support will be able to assist)
  • 5.3.4 Safari (macOS)
  • 5.3.5 Safari (iOS)
  • 5.3.6 Mozilla Firefox
  • 5.3.7 Android (Please refer to your device’s documentation for manufacturers’ own browsers)

6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

  • 6.1 We may alter this cookie policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you upon your first use of our site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
  • 6.2 In the event of any conflict between the current version of this cookie policy and any previous version(s), the provisions of the current version in effect shall prevail unless expressly stated otherwise.

7. Further Information

  • 7.1 If you would like to know more about how we use cookies, please contact us at support@testex-fwg.com
  • 7.2 For more information about privacy, data protection, and our terms and conditions, please visit the following: