Cookie Policy

Advance Careers Ltd, trading as Advance Careers UK. Last updated 1 November 2026.

Cookies are small files a website stores on your device. Some are needed for our website, student portal and checkout to work. Others - for analytics and marketing - are only used if you allow them. You choose when you first visit, and you can change your choice at any time:

Your choice applies across advancecareersuk.com, the student portal and our checkout pages, and is remembered for 6 months.

Necessary cookies

Always on. Without them you couldn't sign in, pay securely or keep your settings.

CookiePurposeHow long
Session cookie (e.g. advance_careers_session)Keeps you signed in to the portal and remembers this visitUntil you sign out or close the browser, at most a few hours
XSRF-TOKENSecurity: protects forms against cross-site request forgeryAs the session
remember_web_…"Remember me" when you choose it at sign-inUp to 5 years, or until you sign out
acuk_themeYour light / dark display choice1 year
acuk_consentYour cookie choice6 months
Stripe (__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid)Fraud prevention when you pay by cardUp to 1 year

Our course app and checkout also keep your sign-in and progress in your browser's local storage; this is needed for them to work.

Analytics cookies

Only with your permission. They tell us how visitors use the site, so we can improve it.

CookieProviderPurposeHow long
_ga, _ga_*Google (Tag Manager / Analytics)Counts visits and how pages are usedUp to 2 years

At the moment our Google Analytics runs through the same Google Tag Manager set-up as our adverts, so it only runs if you also allow marketing cookies.

Marketing cookies

Only with your permission. They measure our adverts and credit the person who referred you.

CookieProviderPurposeHow long
_gcl_*Google AdsMeasures whether an advert led to a sign-up90 days
_fbp, _fbc, frMeta (Facebook)Measures our Facebook and Instagram advertsUp to 90 days
acuk_refAdvance Careers UKRemembers the ambassador or affiliate who referred you, if you come back laterAs set in our referral programme (up to 60 days)
wj_user_productAdvance Careers UK / WebinarJamRemembers the webinar you came from, so the right webinar is credited48 hours

If you don't allow marketing cookies, a referral or webinar link still works for the visit you arrive on - it just isn't remembered afterwards.

More information

See our Privacy Policy for how we use personal data, and our Terms and Conditions. Questions: hello@advancecareersuk.com.

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings; if you block necessary cookies, parts of the site and portal won't work.

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