Cookies
Effective Date: December 1, 2023.
The Elearn Academy (“we,” “us,” “our”) is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected while using our website, www.theelearnacademy.co.uk. This Cookies Policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, comply with legal requirements, and improve our services. This policy is fully compliant with UK and international data protection laws, including the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Please take the time to read this policy and understand how we use cookies. By continuing to use our website, you agree to our use of cookies as outlined in this policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. Cookies store small amounts of data specific to you and your interaction with our website, allowing us to improve your user experience, remember your preferences, and analyze web traffic. Cookies cannot access or read any other data on your device.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We use different types of cookies for various purposes. The cookies we use are categorized as follows:
a. Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of our website. They allow you to navigate our site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, certain services, such as account login or booking services, would not be possible.
b. Performance Cookies
Performance cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. These cookies allow us to monitor website traffic, improve site performance, and ensure users can find what they are looking for quickly and efficiently.
c. Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies allow us to remember choices you make, such as your language preferences or region, to provide a more personalized experience. These cookies ensure that the site works as expected during your future visits.
d. Targeting/Advertising Cookies
Targeting cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may share this information with third parties such as advertising networks.
e. Analytics Cookies
We use analytics cookies, such as those from Google Analytics, to gather information about how visitors use our site. These cookies help us improve the website by collecting anonymized data on pages viewed, time spent on the site, and any issues encountered, such as error messages.
3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website and to collect information that helps us improve the quality of our services. Specifically, we use cookies to:
- Recognize and remember your preferences when you return to our site.
- Analyze website traffic and usage to ensure our website runs smoothly and efficiently.
- Deliver personalized content and advertisements tailored to your interests.
- Improve security by identifying malicious activity and keeping your data safe.
- Track the performance of our marketing campaigns and website updates.
4. Third-Party Cookies
In some cases, we may use third-party cookies from trusted partners. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website. These third-party cookies are subject to the privacy policies of the third-party providers.
Some of the third-party services that may place cookies on your device include:
- Google Analytics: Helps us analyze web traffic and improve user experience.
- Facebook Pixel: Tracks conversions from Facebook ads and helps us optimize future campaigns.
- LinkedIn Insights: Collects information to help us analyze the effectiveness of our LinkedIn campaigns.
Please note that we do not have control over the cookies placed by third-party providers, and we recommend reviewing their privacy and cookies policies for more information.
5. Cookie Consent and Management
When you first visit our website, you will be asked to provide your consent for the use of cookies via a cookie banner. You have the right to manage your cookie preferences and can accept or reject different types of cookies.
a. How to Manage Cookies
You can manage or disable cookies directly through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies by adjusting your settings. However, please note that disabling certain cookies may impact the functionality and performance of our website.
Here are instructions for managing cookies in some commonly used browsers:
- Google Chrome: Manage cookies in Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox: Manage cookies in Firefox
- Safari: Manage cookies in Safari
- Microsoft Edge: Manage cookies in Edge
You can also withdraw your consent to cookies at any time by revisiting our cookie banner or adjusting your browser settings.
b. Opting Out of Targeted Advertising
If you wish to opt out of receiving targeted ads, you can manage your preferences with the following platforms:
- Google Ads Preferences: Opt out of personalized ads
- Facebook Ad Settings: Manage ad preferences
- LinkedIn Ad Preferences: Opt out of targeted ads
6. Retention of Cookies
We retain cookies for varying durations, depending on the type of cookie. Some cookies are deleted after your session ends, while others may persist for a set period unless deleted through your browser settings. We ensure that cookies are only kept for as long as necessary to fulfill their intended purpose.
7. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. We encourage you to regularly review this policy to stay informed about our use of cookies. The effective date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us at:
The Elearn Academy
15 Plumstead Road, Woolwich Se18 7bz, London, United Kingdom
Email: info@theelearnacademy.co.uk