Last Updated: May 5, 2026
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
Cookies are small text files or fragments of code (such as pixels, beacons, or local storage objects) placed on your device to collect data regarding your interaction with the Savantia website. These technologies help us provide a seamless, secure, and personalized user experience.
2. CATEGORIES OF COOKIES WE USETo ensure full transparency, Savantia categorizes cookies based on their specific purpose:
2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies (Always Active):These are essential for the operation of our website and the delivery of our Services. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas, utilize shopping carts, or prevent fraudulent activities. Without these, the Services cannot be provided. Legal Basis: Performance of a Contract.
2.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies:These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how they navigate our site. This helps us improve our platform’s pedagogical flow and optimize technical performance. Data from these cookies may also support our internal research and development of future educational technologies (AI R&D). Legal Basis: Legitimate Interest.
2.3 Functional Cookies:These are used to recognize you when you return to our website, enabling us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences (e.g., your choice of language or region).
2.4 Targeting and Marketing Cookies:These record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
3. THIRD-PARTY COOKIESIn certain instances, we utilize industry-standard analytics tools provided by trusted third-party partners (e.g., Google Analytics). These third parties may place cookies on your device to help us analyze traffic patterns and user behavior. We do not control these third-party cookies; please refer to the respective third-party privacy policies for details on their data processing.
4. YOUR CHOICES AND CONTROL4.1 Consent Mechanism: Upon your first visit to our website, you will be presented with a Cookie Banner. You have the right to accept or decline non-essential cookies.4.2 Browser Settings: You can also block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Services.4.3 Opt-Out Impact: Choosing to decline analytics cookies will not prejudice the quality of the human-led correction service you receive from Savantia.
5. DATA TRANSFERS AND RETENTIONData collected via cookies may be processed in various jurisdictions, including the Asia-Pacific region, as part of our global academic network. We apply the same rigorous protections (including Standard Contractual Clauses) as detailed in our Privacy Policy. Cookie retention periods vary from "session" cookies (which expire when you close your browser) to "persistent" cookies (which remain for a predetermined period or until deleted).
6. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTIONConsistent with our Terms of Service, this Cookie Policy shall be governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Hong Kong.
7. CONTACT US
If you have any questions regarding our use of cookies, please contact us at Welcome@savantiaedu.com