24/05/2025
Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy outlines how Language Consultants – The English Grammar Club S.r.l. uses cookies and related technologies on www.artofspeaking.it. This helps us enhance user experience, analyze website performance, and comply with applicable legal standards such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember your actions and preferences — such as login details, language selection, or test progress — over a period of time. Cookies can also help us understand how users interact with our pages, so we can continuously improve usability and performance.
For example, when you start a placement test, a cookie may remember your answers as you progress through the quiz, ensuring the logic flows correctly even if you reload the page.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential Cookies: These are strictly necessary for the operation of our site. They include cookies that allow you to navigate pages securely, maintain session states during a test, and use core functionality.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies enhance usability by remembering your test level, language preference, or previous actions. For instance, they may remember which popup you’ve already closed.
- Analytics Cookies: We use services like Google Analytics to track anonymous user behavior, such as which test pages are visited most or how long users spend on each section. This data helps us improve test structure and overall site performance.
- Third-party Cookies: These may be placed by embedded tools from trusted platforms such as YouTube (for videos), Mailchimp (for newsletter forms), or Google Forms (for surveys and reports).
3. Cookie Duration
Cookies may be set for the duration of a browsing session (session cookies) or stored for a longer period (persistent cookies). Essential test cookies may persist until you complete the placement test or reset your browser. Analytics cookies may be stored for up to 13 months depending on service settings.
4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can control cookies through your browser settings. You may choose to block or delete cookies, or receive alerts before a cookie is stored. Below are helpful links to manage cookies in popular browsers:
Alternatively, visit www.aboutcookies.org for practical guides on cookie management.
5. Embedded Content & Third-Party Cookies
Our site occasionally embeds content from third-party platforms, such as YouTube videos or newsletter forms from Mailchimp. These services may set their own cookies to track engagement or provide localized content. We do not control how these cookies are set. Please refer to their individual cookie policies.
6. Consent and Legal Basis
Under GDPR, we are required to obtain your consent for any non-essential cookies. When you first visit the site, you may see a cookie banner prompting you to accept or reject analytics and third-party cookies. Your preferences may be stored using local storage or cookies themselves. You can withdraw or modify your consent at any time via browser controls.
8. Why Do I Need to Accept Cookies?
Cookies allow our website to function properly, especially when delivering interactive elements like the placement test engine. Without cookies, your test session may not save progress, and some embedded services may fail to load. Accepting cookies ensures a smoother, more consistent experience — and enables us to improve the platform based on anonymized usage data.
9. Cookies and GDPR Compliance
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), websites serving users in the EU must obtain clear and informed consent before setting non-essential cookies. This policy is designed to enhance transparency, accountability, and digital privacy rights for users. As part of our compliance, you can review this Cookie Policy at any time and manage your choices freely.
7. Contact Us
Language Consultants – The English Grammar Club S.r.l.
Via Vitruvio, 5, 20124 Milano (MI), Italy
C.F./P.IVA: 09648710961
Email: support@languageconsultants.it
This Cookie Policy was last updated on 24 May 2025. It may be revised periodically to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or platform services.
