Your Cookie & Data Settings
We and our partners use non-essential cookies, for example, to measure and personalise advertising on our services. You can choose whether we use these by switching the toggles on or off below.
The data collected about your use of the service is used for the purposes set out below. Some purposes require your consent, such as ad personalisation, whilst some of our partners process your data based on their legitimate interests.
Please manage your data choices by switching the toggles on or off under the Purposes listed below. You also have the right to object to the use of your data for legitimate interest purposes. You can also simply accept or reject all cookies and purposes.
Purposes
You give an affirmative action to indicate that we and our trusted partners can use your data for this purpose.
Store and/or access information on a device
Cookies, device identifiers, or other information can be stored or accessed on your device for the purposes presented to you. This enables persistent sign-in and theme preferences.
Personalised advertising and content, advertising measurement (Google AdSense)
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites across the web.
Functional & Personalisation cookies
Allows Study Guru to remember choices you make — such as your preferred theme (Dark/Light mode) and saved scholarships.
Performance & Analytics cookies
Helps us understand how students use Study Guru — which guides are popular and site speed metrics. All data is aggregated anonymously.
Strictly Necessary cookies
🔒 Always ActiveEssential for page navigation, CSRF protection, secure authentication sessions, and storing your consent preferences. Cannot be turned off.
Technical Features & Processing
Actively scan device characteristics for identification
Certain characteristics specific to your device (such as browser resolution and supported fonts) might be used to ensure correct layout rendering.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors
Data can be used to monitor for fraudulent system access, prevent malicious scraping, and ensure server infrastructure remains secure.
Authorised Third-Party Partners
Google LLC (AdSense & Analytics)
Advertising & AnalyticsGoogle uses cookies to serve ads and analyze traffic. DoubleClick DART cookies are used for personalized ad delivery. Retention: up to 13 months.
LiveChat / OpenWidget
Student SupportPowers our advisory chat widget. Retention: Session duration.