Cookie Policy

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that is used to distinguish you from another user and it resides on the user computer. They are designed to hold a small amount of data specific to a particular client and website, and can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer.

Why do we use Cookies?

We use cookies on our website. However, we do not collect or store personal data via the cookies used. When someone visits our website we collect standard internet log information. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the website. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone.

You can adjust the settings on your computer to prevent cookies being stored on your computer without your explicit consent. This can easily be done by disabling the cookies in the browser on your computer.

Cookie Overview

The table below provides an overview of the cookies used by our website, the purpose of the cookie, its perceived level of potential intrusiveness to visitors and when it expires:

Cookie

Purpose

Instrusiveness

Expiry

PHPSESSID

This cookie is set providing a Session ID for the visitor to enhance the browsing experience and use some features of the site.

Very Low

When the browsing session ends

GuruAid Marketing cookies

This cookie stores the marketing parameter for performance evaluation.

Very Low

24 hours

conversion_id

This cookies stores numeric data which will be used to guage the marketing performance on adwords account.

Very Low

24 hours

conversion_label

This cookies stores alphanumeric number which will be used to guage the marketing performance on adwords account.

Very Low

24 hours

_utma

Google Analytics uses this cookie name.

Low

When the browsing session ends

DivRamdomValueCookie

This cookie is set for generating random integer to display the facebook comment

Very Low

When the browsing session ends

_utmc

Google Analytics uses this cookie name.

Low

When the browsing session ends

_utmz

Google Analytics uses this cookie name.

Low

When the browsing session ends

Information

By using and browsing the Guruaid website, you are approving the use of cookies by Guruaid in accordance with our cookies policy. If you have an objection to our use of cookies you must or disable the cookies or stop using the site.

To disable cookies your website browser settings needs to be set to disable cookies; this depends on the browser being used. We have provided guidance on how to do this for popular browsers:-

For Microsoft Internet Explorer:

  1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Internet Options”

  2. Click on the “privacy” tab

  3. Select the appropriate setting

For Mozilla firefox:

  1. Choose the menu “tools” then “Options”

  2. Click on the icon “privacy”

  3. Find the menu “cookie” and select the relevant options

For Google Chrome:

  1. Choose the menu “Settings” then “Content Settings”

  2. Select Block third-party cookies and site data

  3. For further assistance please refer to help pages within your browser.
We've updated our Privacy Policy to reflect the increased transparency requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (known as the 'GDPR').