Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your browser on return visits and remember certain information about your preferences or activity. Cookies are widely used across the internet to make websites function properly and to give owners insight into how their pages are being used.

Similar technologies — such as web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage — may work alongside cookies to perform comparable functions. Where we refer to "cookies" in this policy, we mean all of these comparable technologies collectively.

2. How We Use Cookies

mekongined uses cookies for a limited and transparent set of purposes:

• To ensure the website operates correctly across different browsers and devices
• To remember your cookie consent preferences so we do not ask again unnecessarily
• To understand in aggregate terms how visitors navigate our pages, so we can improve the learning experience
• To measure the general effectiveness of our course information pages

We do not use cookies to build personal advertising profiles, to share data with advertising networks, or to track you across unrelated websites.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

The following table describes the categories of cookies present on this website and their individual purposes:

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services. We have chosen these services for their relevance to operating and understanding our website. The third parties below may set cookies subject to their own privacy and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review independently:

• Google Analytics — web measurement service operated by Google LLC. Their policy is available at policies.google.com
• Meta Pixel — measurement tool operated by Meta Platforms, Inc. Their policy is available at facebook.com/policy
• Microsoft Advertising (Bing) — measurement service operated by Microsoft Corporation. Their policy is available at privacy.microsoft.com
• Google Maps — mapping service embedded on our contact page, operated by Google LLC

mekongined does not have access to or control over the cookies set by these third parties once they are placed. We do not sell or license any data collected through these services.

5. Your Cookie Choices

When you first visit our website, a notice appears at the bottom of the page asking for your consent to analytics and marketing cookies. You may:

• Accept all cookies — all categories described in this policy will be active
• Decline optional cookies — only essential cookies necessary for the website to function will be placed

Essential cookies cannot be declined as they are necessary for the website to operate correctly. Your consent preference is saved so we do not ask again on subsequent visits, though you may change your preference at any time using the controls below.

Declining optional cookies will not affect your ability to read our course information, browse any page on this website, or contact us through the enquiry form.

6. Managing Your Preferences

You may review or withdraw your cookie consent at any time using the controls below. Changes take effect on your next page load.

7. Browser-Level Controls

All modern browsers allow you to view, manage, block, and delete cookies through their settings. The steps vary by browser, but you can typically find these options under Settings → Privacy or Settings → Security. Below are direct guidance links for common browsers:

• Google Chrome — Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox — Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari (macOS/iOS) — Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge — Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies

Please note that blocking all cookies through your browser may affect the functionality of some websites, including certain features of this one. mekongined is not responsible for the effect of browser-level cookie controls on the usability of third-party websites.

You may also opt out of Google Analytics measurement specifically by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

8. Your Rights Under Thai PDPA

Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (PDPA) grants you a number of rights in relation to personal data collected about you, including through cookies. Where cookies collect data that identifies you or can be used to identify you, you may have the right to:

• Access — request information about what personal data we hold about you
• Rectification — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Erasure — request deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances
• Restriction — ask us to limit the processing of your data while a concern is resolved
• Objection — object to processing of your personal data for specific purposes
• Withdrawal of consent — withdraw your consent to optional cookies at any time, without affecting prior processing

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 10 below. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.

9. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies we use, changes in applicable law, or changes in how we operate our website. When we make a material change, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically if you have questions about how cookies are used on our website. Continued use of the website following an update constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, wish to exercise your data rights, or would like to speak with someone about how your information is used, you are welcome to reach us through any of the following:

You may also refer to our Privacy Policy for a fuller account of how personal data is collected and handled across our services.