Cookies. You decide what we store.
We need essential cookies for the site to work; analytics and marketing cookies are loaded only with your consent. Here we explain which they are, why, how long they stay and how to switch them off at any time.
Contents of the document
What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files that a website saves in your browser when you visit. On your next visit the browser sends them back so the website recognises you – it remembers, for example, your language choice, your settings or whether you have already answered the consent question. Cookies themselves do not know your identity and cannot run programs or transfer viruses.
Similar in operation are local storage (localStorage, sessionStorage) and pixels or tags used by advertising and analytics platforms. This policy applies to all these technologies; for clarity we call them cookies.
Depending on who sets them, we distinguish first-party cookies (set by academia.si) and third-party cookies (set by e.g. Google, Meta or LinkedIn when their code is embedded in our page). By duration we distinguish session cookies, which are deleted when the browser is closed, and persistentcookies, which remain for a set period.
Legal basis and your consent
The use of cookies in Slovenia is governed by the Electronic Communications Act (ZEKom-2), and the processing of personal data that results from it by the GDPR and the Personal Data Protection Act (ZVOP-2). We may store cookies that are not essential for the website to work only with your prior, voluntary and informed consent.
On your first visit the banner offers three options: Accept all, Essential only and Settings, where you switch analytics and marketing cookies on or off by category. Until you decide, only essential cookies are loaded. Refusing is as simple as accepting and does not affect your use of the website.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time – here or via the link Cookies in the footer of every page:
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal. You can delete cookies that are already stored in your browser (see section 6).
Cookie categories
Essential
Enable basic operation: storing your cookie choice, security, pre-filling forms with data from the same session, accessibility settings. They do not require consent (ZEKom-2) and cannot be switched off.
Analytics
Help us understand which pages and content interest visitors so we can improve the website. Vercel Web Analytics works without cookies and without consent; Google Analytics 4 is loaded only with your consent.
Marketing
Set by advertising platforms (Meta, LinkedIn, Google Ads) to measure the effectiveness of our adverts and show you more relevant content on their networks. They are loaded exclusively with your consent.
On the website we do not use cookies for content personalisation and we do not sell visit data.
Cookie table
A list of the cookies and similar technologies the website may store in your browser, by category. Durations are maximums; you can delete a cookie yourself at any time.
Essential (no consent)
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent (Cookiebot) | stores your choice in the cookie settings so the banner does not ask you again | 12 months | Cookiebot (Usercentrics A/S) for Academia |
| utm, pick, lead, exit, logo-in (sessionStorage) | remember the UTM parameters of your first visit and the chosen programme/mode of study to pre-fill forms; prevent the enrolment information window from reappearing after a form has been submitted; contain no personal data and are not sent to third parties | until the browser is closed (session) | Academia (local storage, not a cookie) |
| gbar:… (localStorage) | remembers that you closed the notice bar at the top of the page (the key contains the notice ID – new content is shown again) | until browser data is deleted | Academia (local storage) |
| a11y | remembers your accessibility settings (font size, contrast) | until browser data is deleted | Academia (local storage) |
| __vercel_live, _vercel_jwt | technical hosting cookies when viewing protected previews – ordinary visitors do not receive them | session | Vercel Inc. |
Analytics (Vercel without consent – no cookies; Google with consent only)
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel Web Analytics (no cookies) | counting page views and visitors based on an anonymised, daily-changing hash; uses no cookies and does not track across websites | nothing stored in the browser | Vercel Inc. |
| _ga | Google Analytics 4: distinguishing visitors (random identifier) | 2 years | Google Ireland Ltd. |
| _ga_<ID> | Google Analytics 4: maintaining session state | 2 years | Google Ireland Ltd. |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads: conversion measurement | 3 months | Google Ireland Ltd. |
Marketing (with consent only)
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Meta Pixel: distinguishing browsers for measuring and targeting adverts on Facebook and Instagram | 3 months | Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. |
| _fbc | Meta Pixel: stores the ad click identifier (fbclid) | 3 months | Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. |
| li_sugr, bcookie, lidc, UserMatchHistory, AnalyticsSyncHistory | LinkedIn Insight Tag: campaign measurement and ad targeting on LinkedIn | 1 day – 1 year (depending on the cookie) | LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company |
| TikTok Pixel: ad measurement on TikTok | 13 months | TikTok Technology Ltd. |
Embedded content and third-party services
Videos (Student of the Year presentations, school presentations) are stored on our servers and play directly from the website – no YouTube or other video platform cookies are loaded when you watch. When a link takes you to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or TikTok, those providers' privacy rules apply.
Fonts for the website are loaded from Google Fonts; Google receives your IP address but sets no cookies.
Maps of locations are shown as static images or links to an external map; we do not use an embedded Google Maps map.
External portals My Enrolment (Salesforce) and Orbita (student.academia.si) have their own cookies needed for login and security; they inform you about them when you log in.
Sharing on social networks works through ordinary links – we do not embed like or share plug-ins that would track visitors.
Managing cookies in your browser
In addition to the consent settings on this page, you can control cookies in your browser: delete them all, block third-party cookies or set your browser to ask before storing each cookie. If you block essential cookies and local storage, some functions (accessibility settings, remembered consent choice, pre-filled forms) will not work.
| Browser | Where to find the settings |
|---|---|
| Google Chrome | Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data (instructions) |
| Mozilla Firefox | Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data (instructions) |
| Apple Safari (Mac, iPhone, iPad) | Settings → Safari → Privacy & Security / Manage Website Data (instructions) |
| Microsoft Edge | Settings → Cookies and site permissions (instructions) |
| Opera | Settings → Privacy & security → Cookies (instructions) |
| Samsung Internet, Brave, others | look for the "Privacy" or "Cookies" section in your browser settings |
To opt out of Google Analytics measurement you can also install Google's browser add-on; you can switch off Meta's and LinkedIn's targeted adverts in your account settings on those platforms or via youronlinechoices.com.
Changes and validity
We update the cookie policy when we add or remove a tool that stores data in your browser or when legislation changes. When new categories requiring consent are added, the banner asks you again.
The policy is published at academia.si/piskotki/ and applies from 1. 11. 2026. More on the processing of personal data: Privacy policy; on the use of the website: Terms and conditions.
<button type="button" data-cookie-settings> on this page and the "Cookies" link in the footer are connected by the project lead to the consent management window (CMP). Analytics and marketing tags may be loaded only after consent (Google Consent Mode v2 for GA4/Ads).Questions about this document
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Personal data protection
Data protection officer: info@academia.si (subject: "data protection")
Requests concerning individuals' rights: info@academia.si (subject "Personal data").