Cookie Policy
Last Updated: January 27, 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit websites. They help websites remember your preferences, analyze usage patterns, and provide personalized experiences. Cookies do not typically contain personal information and cannot harm your device.
2. How We Use Cookies
En Coursera uses cookies and similar technologies to:
- Enable essential platform functionality
- Remember your preferences and settings
- Analyze how users interact with our platform
- Improve user experience and content relevance
- Ensure platform security
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies (Always Active)
These cookies are necessary for the platform to function properly and cannot be disabled in our systems.
- Session Cookies: Maintain your login state during your visit
- Security Cookies: Detect suspicious activity and protect against fraud
- Load Balancing: Distribute server load for optimal performance
Functional Cookies (Optional)
These cookies remember your choices and provide enhanced features.
- Preference Cookies: Remember language, timezone, and display settings
- Progress Cookies: Track course progress and completed modules
- Interface Cookies: Remember customization of platform interface
Analytics Cookies (Optional)
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our platform.
- Usage Analytics: Track page views, time spent, navigation patterns
- Performance Monitoring: Identify technical issues and slow pages
- Feature Analytics: Measure effectiveness of new features
Marketing Cookies (Optional)
These cookies may be used to deliver relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness.
- Advertising Cookies: Track ad impressions and clicks
- Retargeting Cookies: Show relevant ads on other websites
- Campaign Cookies: Measure marketing campaign performance
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services we use:
- Payment Processors: Secure payment processing
- Analytics Services: Google Analytics or similar services
- Content Delivery: Fast delivery of platform assets
These third parties have their own privacy policies governing cookie use. We recommend reviewing their policies.
5. Cookie Duration
Cookies have different lifespans:
- Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
- Persistent Cookies: Remain for a set period (typically 30 days to 2 years)
6. Managing Cookie Preferences
Through Our Platform
When you first visit En Coursera, you'll see a cookie consent banner allowing you to:
- Accept all cookies
- Accept only essential cookies
- Customize your preferences by cookie category
You can change your preferences at any time by accessing the cookie settings in the footer of our website.
Through Your Browser
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through settings:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
Note: Blocking essential cookies may affect platform functionality.
7. Other Tracking Technologies
Web Beacons
Small transparent images embedded in web pages or emails that track whether content was viewed. We use these to measure email campaign effectiveness and platform usage.
Local Storage
HTML5 local storage allows websites to store data locally in your browser. We use this for storing user preferences and interface settings.
Device Fingerprinting
We may collect technical device information (browser type, screen resolution, operating system) to detect fraud and ensure platform security. This information is not used for marketing purposes.
8. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer "Do Not Track" (DNT) features. Currently, there is no industry standard for how to respond to DNT signals. We do not alter our data collection practices based on DNT signals but respect your cookie preferences as expressed through our consent management system.
9. Changes to Cookie Policy
We may update this cookie policy to reflect changes in technology or legal requirements. Material changes will be communicated through prominent notices on our platform. Continued use after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
10. Impact of Refusing Cookies
Refusing certain cookies may affect your experience:
- Essential Cookies: Platform may not function properly
- Functional Cookies: Settings and preferences won't be saved
- Analytics Cookies: No impact on functionality, but we can't improve user experience as effectively
- Marketing Cookies: No impact on core functionality
11. Cookie List
Current cookies used on our platform:
Essential Cookies
- encrs_session - Session management (expires on browser close)
- encrs_csrf - Security protection (24 hours)
- encrs_cookie_consent - Stores your cookie preferences (1 year)
Functional Cookies
- encrs_preferences - User preferences (1 year)
- encrs_progress - Course progress tracking (1 year)
Analytics Cookies
- encrs_analytics - Analytics consent flag (1 year)
- _ga - Google Analytics (2 years)
- _gid - Google Analytics (24 hours)
Marketing Cookies
- encrs_marketing - Marketing consent flag (1 year)
12. Contact Us
For questions about our cookie policy, contact us at:
En Coursera
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10115
United States
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 646-845-2198