Cookie Policy
1. WHAT IS THIS COOKIE POLICY AND WHAT IS IT FOR?
This cookie policy (hereinafter referred to as “Cookie Policy”) explains how K2 College (hereinafter referred to as “K2 College” or “We”) uses and manages cookies during your visit and browsing on website k2college.com (hereinafter referred to as “Website”), what type of cookies are used, on what legal grounds, for what purpose, as well as how you can manage and/or refuse cookies when using the Website.
The owner of this Website is: UAB K2 College, a private limited liability company registered in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, legal form of legal entity: joint stock company, legal entity code: 306706816, registered head office address at: Žalgirio g. 90, LT-09303 Vilnius, the Republic of Lithuania. The data about the legal entity is collected and stored, first of all, in the Register of Legal Entities of the Republic of Lithuania, managed by the State Enterprise Centre of Registers. Information for contacting K2 College with regard to matters related to personal data and privacy: phone number – +370 618 60152, email address – info@k2college.com, address for correspondence – Žalgirio g. 90, LT-09303 Vilnius, Lithuania.
This Cokie Policy does not apply to websites, separate webpages or other internet resources outside this Website, including those that can be accessed through a link provided on the Website or through manual or automated redirection from this Website. At the same time, any cookie policies of websites or separate webpages or other internet resources outside this Website, as well as cookie policies of any third party shall not apply to this Website or K2 College, unless otherwise stated in this Cookie Policy or applicable legislation.
By entering the Website and choosing/confirming your cookie preferences related to this Website (for example, by accepting all cookies or part of them, or refusing certain cookies) you also confirm that before using this Website you have read and understood this Cookie Policy.
2. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND WHAT DO THEY DO?
Cookies are small electronic files of information that a web server running the Website generates and stores in your web browser or device used for browsing the internet when you visit the Website.
Cookies is a well known, widely and commonly used technology in most modern internet websites all over the world, in small and large, simple and complex websites owned and/or managed by various entities.
Cookies can be used for several purposes and reasons, for example, to ensure basic and proper functioning of a website, to personalize and/or customize user experience when using a website, to track and/or analyze user’s behavior or activity on a website, to analyze website traffic, sources from which user enters the website, to recognize and remember user from previous visits to the website, to ensure secure authentication of a website user, to provide relevant advertising material to a website user.
3. WHAT IS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THIS COOKIE POLICY AND USAGE OF COOKIES?
This Cookie Policy is prepared and published on this Website in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR“).
The GDPR considers cookie identifiers to be personal data. Moreover, any personal data collected by cookies falls under the GDPR’s jurisdiction. Therefore, cookie management and usage must comply with the requirements of the GDPR.
Under the legal requirements set out in the GDPR K2 College can store Website related cookies in your web browser and on your device if such cookies are strictly necessary for the Website to function.
For processing of any other type of cookies (which are not strictly necessary for the Website to function) K2 College needs your consent.
Due to these and other legal requirements the Website displays cookie banner / notification that allows you to review, understand and control the cookies used during the time you browse the Website.
4. WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE THERE AND WHICH OF THEM ARE USED ON THIS WEBSITE?
There are several types of cookies, for example:
- Necessary cookies (sometime also referred to as Technical) – these are cookies that are strictly necessary for a website to function. In other words, a website would not function or would not function properly without this type of cookies. A user’s consent is not required for storage of such cookies in a web browser or on a devise of a website user.
- Optional cookies – these are cookies that are not strictly necessary for a website to function, and therefore they can be chosen and stored in a web browser or on a device of a website user as an option and only with a prior consent of a website user.
- First-party cookies – these are cookies set by the website you are visiting. Only that website can read them.
- Third-party cookies – these cookies are set by a third party (external) provider, in order to include third-party services (for example, advertisement, tracking, analytics), functionality and features. The source of this type of cookies is not the website you are visiting but a third-party provider (service). This type of cookies can be provided by, for example: Google, Youtube, Internet Archive, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Vimeo, Facebook and other service providers.
- Session cookies – these cookies are stored in a web browser or device of a website user temporarily, for the length of a user’s session on a website and are automatically deleted when you quit the website or close your browser.
- Persistent cookies – these cookies are stored in a web browser or on a device for a predetermined period of time and are not automatically deleted when you quit your browser (for example, for 2 years).
- Zombie cookies – these cookies regenerate after they are deleted. Zombie cookies create a backup version of themselves outside of a browser’s typical cookie storage location. They use these backups to reappear within a browser after they are deleted. This type of cookies can be used by unfair website owners and even cyber criminals. K2 College does not use Zombie cookies in any if its websites or internet services.
- Functional or Preferences cookies – these cookies allow to remember user’s choices made on the website, for example, user name, log in details, language preferences, text size preferences, design (e.g. colour) preferences, etc.
- Analytics cookies – these cookies help website to gather data about user’s navigation within the website. These cookies enable website owners to gather this information, helping to improve the website and user experience when using the website.
- Statistics cookies – these cookies help website owners to gather data on certain statistics related to users of a website and usage of a website, and help website owner to understand how users use the website, how many users visit the website and pages are visited most.
- Advertisement/Marketing/Targeting cookies – these cookies allow a website to better understand the user by gathering certain information like which pages and links the user has visited. These cookies help understand the user’s preferences or interest for goods and or services, and allow website to display advertisement and other marketing related material most relevant to the user’s interest.
- Authentication cookies – these cookies help manage user sessions. They are generated when a user logs into an account via their web browser. They ensure that sensitive information is delivered to the correct user sessions by associating user account information with a cookie identifier string.
- Tracking cookies – these cookies are generated by tracking services. They record user activity and browsers send this record to the associated tracking service the next time they load a website that uses that tracking service.
Due to constant and rapid development of internet technologies there might be other types of cookies which are not necessarily listed above.
On this Website, the following cookies are used (please note that cookies other strictly necessary are used only with your consent):
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5. HOW TO MANAGE YOUR COOKIE PREFERENCES, WITHDRAW CONSENT OR REFUSE (DELETE) COOKIES
Before cookies are stored in your web browser or device, the Website will display a cookie banner notifying you about usage of cookies on this Website and requesting your consent to store and use certain types of cookies.
Such cookie banner will be usually displayed: (i) upon your first visit to the Website; (ii) upon your first or subsequent visit to the Website through a different web browser or different device, or both; (iii) upon your visit to the Website after the cookies were cleared (deleted) by you; (iv) upon your visit to the Website after the storage period of cookies has expired; (v) due to changes in variety of cookies offered to be used on this Website; (vi) due to possible changes in this Cookie Policy.
You may accept (enable) or refuse (disable) cookies on this Website at your own discretion and preference, except for those cookies that are strictly necessary for the Website to function.
You can manage your cookie preferences related to this Website (including refusing cookies / withdrawing your consent with regard to cookies) anytime through cookie management tool available on this Website and which can be accessed by clicking here (manage your cookies preferences).
In addition to the controls that we provide on this Website, you can also choose to enable or disable and delete cookies in your internet browser.
The links below provide instructions on how to control cookies in most popular and commonly used modern web browsers:
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome;
- Safari;
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge.
Same web browsers used on mobile devices may have different instructions on management of your cookies.
If a link provided above is inactive or outdated, or if a web browser or a device used by you is not listed above, please refer to documentation (instructions, user manuals, etc.) of the owner, manufacturer or developer of your web browser or device.
For deletion of cookies you can also use computer software other than a web browser (for example, CCleaner). However, this type of software typically allows users to delete an entire collection of cookies (rather than cookies related to a specific website) from a web browser or a device, including cookies stored by any other websites, webpages and other internet resources.
In case you have any difficulties in managing your cookie preferences or updating/withdrawing your consent with regard to cookies related to this Website, you can contact K2 College as specified below in this Cookie policy.
6. COOKIE BLOCKING TOOLS
Please note that there are certain tools, for example web browser options (preferences), add-ons, extensions, as well as computer software designed and intended for forcibly preventing cookies from being enabled and stored in your web browser or device, or intended for disabling cookies (hereinafter referred to as “Cookie Blocking Tools”).
If you are using a Cookie Blocking Tool, even if you choose certain cookie preferences on this Website, the cookies may not work as intended or may not work at all.
Although using Cookie Blocking Tool can help to achieve desired results (for example, prevent display of marketing material or prevent tracking of user behavior on a website), it may also result in negative experience when using the Website. For example, if Cookie Blocking Tool is used to disable cookies that are strictly necessary for the Website to function, the Website might not work as intended and you may experience inconsistency of some features, bugs or errors which would not be present without the use of a Cookie Blocking Tool.
K2 College will not be responsible or liable for any inconvenience, improper functioning of the Website and features in it, for any other bugs and/or errors on the Website, any kind of loss incurred, damage or harm to you, your devices or other assets as a result of using a Cookie Blocking Tool on this Website. Therefore, any Cookie Blocking Tool will be used at your own discretion and at your own risk.
7. COOKIE POLICY CHANGES AND UPDATES
K2 College reserves the right to update or make other changes to this Cookie Policy and at any time at its own discretion or if it is required by law or an order or decision of a competent body, public authority or law enforcement body or officer.
Any updates or other changes to this Cookie Policy will be published on this Website and will be effective and binding on you immediately after they are published. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
Due to possible changes of this Cookie Policy you may be requested to reconfirm or update your cookie preferences on this Website.
8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If, in your opinion, K2 College cookie management on this Website is improper or not in line with the GDPR or other applicable laws, you have the right to apply to the national supervisory authority responsible for data protection (in this case – the State Data Protection Inspectorate (Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija), located at address: L. Sapiegos str. 17, 10312 Vilnius, Lithuania, phone: +370 5 271 28 04, e-mail: ada@ada.lt) with a complaint regarding a violation of your rights related to this. However, we are always ready and prefer to resolve all possible issues by mutual negotiations and mutual understanding.
To learn more about cookies used on this Website, you can contact K2 College by e-mail – info@k2college.com or by sending a registered letter to the address: Žalgirio g. 90, LT-09303 Vilnius, Lithuania (recipient – UAB K2 College).
We also recommend reading the Privacy Policy of this Website.
This Cookie Policy is governed by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and the GDPR. All disagreements regarding the content of this Cookie Policy or its implementation shall be resolved through mutual negotiations. If an agreement cannot be reached, disputes between you and K2 College shall be resolved in accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania.
Date of the last update of the Cokie Policy: Month XX, 2024.