Cookies & Similar Technologies

GDPR Compatible Cookies & Similar Technologies Policies

When you visit or interact with our sites, services, applications, tools or messaging, we or our authorized service providers may use cookies and other similar technologies to help provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience, and for advertising and marketing purposes.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files containing a string of characters that can be placed on your computer or mobile device that uniquely identify your browser or device.

What are cookies used for?

Cookies allow a site or services to know if your computer or device has visited that site or service before. Cookies can then be used to help understand how the site or service is being used, help you navigate between pages efficiently, help remember your preferences, and generally improve your browsing experience. Cookies can also help ensure marketing you see online is more relevant to you and your interests.

What types of cookies does AcademyTech use?

There are generally three categories of cookies: “Necessary,” “Performance,” and “Preference.” AcademyTech uses all three categories of cookies in connection with its web-based Services.

1. Necessary Cookies. These cookies are essential, as they enable you to navigate the Services and use important features, such as accessing your courses.

2. Performance Cookies. These cookies collect information about how you have used the Services, for example, these cookies be used to tell us to that you previously visited our website so we can make it easier to find content you viewed before. We also use cookies to track aggregate Service usage and experiment with new features and changes to the Services. The information collected is used to improve how the Services work. These cookies allow us to remember how you are logged in, your preferences, and other information about your use of the Services. These cookies allow us to tailor the Services to provide you enhanced features and content. The information these cookies collect is not used to track your browsing activity on other sites or services.

3. Preference Cookies. AcademyTech and our third-party partners may use these types of cookies to deliver content that is relevant to your interests. These cookies can remember that your device has visited a site or service, and may also be able to track your device’s browsing activity on other sites or services other than on the AcademyTech Services. This information may be shared for the purpose of providing aggregate usage statistics and testing of the Service.

How long will cookies stay on my device?

The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies will only stay on your device until you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your computer or mobile device until they expire or are deleted.

First and third-party cookies

First-party cookies are cookies that belong to AcademyTech third-party cookies are cookies that another party places on your device through the Services. Third-party cookies may be placed on your device by someone providing a service for AcademyTech, such as remote labs or virtual classroom connectivity.

How to control and delete cookies

Most internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies. If you do not want our Services to store cookies on your device, you can change your browser settings so that you receive a warning before certain cookies are stored. You can also adjust your settings so that your browser refuses most of our cookies or only certain cookies from third parties. You can also withdraw your consent to cookies by deleting the cookies that have already been stored.

If you disable the cookies that we use, this may impact your experience while using the Services, for example you may not be able to access certain functionality of the Services or you may not receive personalized information.

If you use multiple different devices to view and access the Services (e.g., your computer, smartphone, tablet) you will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.

The procedures for changing your settings and cookies differ from browser to browser. If necessary, use the help function on your browser or click on one of the links below to go directly to the user manual for your browser.

• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Safari
• Opera

You can find out a great deal of additional information about cookie settings at third-party sites, such as www.allaboutcookies.org.