Information about how cookies are used on NotesVilla's study website: a learning platform where students and educators can buy and sell study notes, lecture notes and revision notes online.
This is the Cookie Policy for NotesVilla, accessible from NotesVilla.com
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, (which sell and buy study notes), NotesVilla uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to user's computer, to improve their experience. This page describes what information cookies gather, how NotesVilla uses them and why NotesVilla sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how users can prevent these cookies from being stored, however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the NotesVilla site’s functionality.
For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies". Information regarding cookies from this Cookies Policy, or from the Privacy Policy Generator.
How NotesVilla Uses Cookies
NotesVilla uses cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that users leave on all cookies if they are unsure whether they are needed or not, in case they are used to provide a service required.
Disabling Cookies
Users can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the browser settings (see browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the NotesVilla site. Therefore, it is recommended that users do not disable cookies. This Cookies Policy was created with the help of the Cookies Policy Generator from CookiePolicyGenerator.com.
The Cookies NotesVilla Sets
Account related cookies
If users create an account with NotesVilla to upload study notes to buy and sell, then NotesVilla will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when users log out however in some cases, they may remain afterwards to remember site preferences when logged out.
Login related cookies
NotesVilla uses cookies when users are logged in so that it can remember this fact. This prevents users from having to log in every single time they visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when users log out to ensure that restricted features and areas can be accessed when logged in.
Email newsletters related cookies
This site offers newsletter or email, about issues such as how to download free notes or to share when new online study notes have been created. The subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if users are already registered and to decide whether to show certain notifications, which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
Orders processing related cookies
This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities, and some cookies are essential to ensure that an order is remembered between pages so that it can be processed it properly.
Surveys related cookies
From time to time NotesVilla offers user surveys and questionnaires to provide interesting insights about free lecture notes, study notes, charity initatives and other helpful revision tools, or to understand our user base more accurately - for example how important it is to be able to save time when revising for exams. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide users with accurate results after you change pages.
Forms related cookies
When users submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember user details for future correspondence.
Site preferences cookies
To provide users with a great NotesVilla experience about accessing study documents on this site, NotesVilla provides the functionality to set preferences for how this site runs when it is used. To remember personal preferences, NotesVilla needs to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever a users' interaction with a page is affected by cookies preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases NotesVilla also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies a user might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how the site is used and ways that users' experiences can be improved. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that NotesVilla can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long users spend on the site or pages visited ad numbers of free downloads. These all help NotesVilla understand how the site can be improved.
From time to time NotesVilla tests new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When NotesVilla is still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that users receive a consistent experience whilst on the site, whilst ensuring an understaning which optimises what users appreciate the most.
As NotesVilla sells and buys study notes, it is important to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to the NotesVilla platform make purchases - this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to users as it means that NotesVilla can accurately make business predictions that allow the company to monitor its advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price of the study and revision notes sold.
The Google AdSense service NotesVilla uses to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to an individual.
For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
NotesVilla uses adverts to offset the costs of running the site and provide funding for further development. The behavioural advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that NotesVilla provide users with the most relevant adverts, where possible by anonymously tracking and responding to user interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.
Several partners advertise on the behalf of NotesVilla and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
NotesVilla also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow users to connect with social network. For these to work, social media sites including facebook and instagram, will set cookies through the site which may be used to enhance a user's profile on their own site, or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
Hopefully the above has clarified things for our users. More information about using cookies on this NotesVilla platform, where students and educators can buy and sell study notes, revision notes and lecture notes, save time revising and and raise money for educationcharities, is available by visiting this link: https://www.notesvilla.com/contact-us.