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Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how SkillUp Academy ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at www.skillupacademy.com ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Cookies can be either "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your browser and are used to remember your preferences and settings for future visits. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser and are used to track your activity during a single browsing session.

Think of cookies like little notes that a website leaves on your computer to remember things about you. For example, a cookie might remember your login details so you don't have to enter them every time you visit a site.

They can also provide analytical data to the website owner about how many unique visitors they have, or what pages are most popular. All of this provides important information that can improve your experience on their website.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of purposes, including:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They allow you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. For example, these cookies help authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies help us to improve the performance and design of our website. For instance, we may use these cookies to track the loading times of our pages or to identify broken links.
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website might use a cookie to remember the last time you visited a particular page. This means that the next time you visit the page, it can greet you by name, or highlight some of the features that are new since your last visit.
  • Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may share this information with third-party advertisers.
  • Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. This information helps us to understand how users interact with our website and how we can improve it. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. The information collected by Google Analytics is used to generate reports about the use of our website. This includes details like the number of visitors, where they came from and which pages they visited.

Types of Cookies We Use

The following table describes the types of cookies we use on our website:

SkillUp Academy Cookies
Cookie Name Purpose Expiration
_ga Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. 2 years
_gid Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. 24 hours
_gat Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. 1 minute
PHPSESSID Used to maintain user session. End of session
cookie_consent Used to remember user's cookie consent preferences. 1 year

In addition to the specific cookies listed above, we may also use other cookies that are not specifically listed. We will update this Cookie Policy as necessary to reflect any changes in our use of cookies.

Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the mechanisms provided in your web browser.

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.

The most popular web browsers all offer options to manage cookies. Here's how you can typically control cookies in some common browsers:

  • Google Chrome: Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data.
  • Mozilla Firefox: Go to Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
  • Safari: Go to Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and Website Data.
  • Microsoft Edge: Go to Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data.

You can also opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

SkillUp Academy
123 Innovation Drive
Techville, CA 91234
Email: compliance@skillupacademy.com
Phone: (555) 123-4567

You may also reach our Data Protection Officer, Mr. John Smith, directly at john.smith@skillupacademy.com.

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