Cookie policy.
How College Match uses cookies and similar technologies.
Your choices
Necessary cookies are used without consent because the website cannot operate securely without them. Analytics, marketing and external media are disabled by default and run only after you choose to allow them. You can withdraw your consent at any time using the “Cookie settings” button.
Cookies and services we use
| Category | Purpose | Examples | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Authentication, CSRF protection, payment flow security and remembering your cookie choices. | Session cookie, XSRF-TOKEN, collegematch_consent | Session to 180 days |
| Analytics | Aggregated usage measurement through Google Analytics 4. | _ga, _ga_* | Up to 2 years |
| Marketing | Advertising-related Google consent signals if linked advertising services are enabled. | _gcl_*, _gac_* | Depends on the connected service |
| External media | Displaying embedded athlete videos. | YouTube or Vimeo cookies and local storage | Set by the media provider |
Google Consent Mode v2
Google storage signals are denied by default. The Google Analytics tag is not downloaded until analytics consent is granted. Marketing consent separately controls advertising storage, user-data and personalisation signals.
Third-party services
When you allow external media, the selected video provider may receive your IP address and information about your browser. Stripe may set strictly necessary cookies when you start a subscription checkout on Stripe’s hosted payment pages.
Changing your mind
Open cookie settings from the button on this page or the persistent button at the bottom of any page. Rejecting a previously allowed category stops future optional processing and removes accessible first-party Google cookies.