Elevate Academy Cookies Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies help websites to remember your preferences (such as login details, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. Think of them as providing a short-term memory for the website, enabling a seamless user experience.

These files are stored in your web browser and are accessed and recorded by the websites you visit. Cookies are not programs and cannot execute code, meaning they cannot carry viruses or install malware on your computer. They are simply data that is used to enhance your browsing experience and provide website owners with valuable insights into how their site is being used.

How We Use Cookies at Elevate Academy

At Elevate Academy, located in Austin, Texas, we use cookies for a variety of purposes to improve your experience on our website and to help us understand how visitors interact with our content. These purposes include:

• Authentication: Cookies help us identify you when you log in to your account, ensuring secure access to your personal information and course materials.
• Personalization: We use cookies to remember your preferences, such as language settings and display options, so that you don't have to re-enter them each time you visit our site.
• Analytics: Cookies allow us to track website traffic and user behavior, providing valuable insights into how our website is being used. This information helps us to improve our content, navigation, and overall user experience. We use tools like Google Analytics, which relies on cookies to function.
• Marketing: We may use cookies to deliver targeted advertisements and marketing messages based on your interests and browsing history. This helps us to promote relevant courses and events to potential students.
• Functionality: Cookies enable certain features of our website to function properly, such as the shopping cart for course enrollments and the video player for course previews.

By using cookies, we can provide you with a more personalized and efficient browsing experience. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled securely. To that end, we only use cookies that are necessary for the functioning of our website or that provide us with valuable insights into how we can improve your experience.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use different types of cookies on the Elevate Academy website to serve various functions. These can be categorized as follows:

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions such as page navigation, security, and access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, our website cannot provide essential services, such as logging into your account or processing course enrollments.
2. Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages they visit most often and whether they encounter any errors. This information helps us to improve the performance and design of our website. Examples include cookies used by Google Analytics to track website traffic.
3. Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember your preferences and provide enhanced features, such as language settings, font size, and personalized content. They improve the user experience by tailoring the website to your individual needs and preferences.
4. Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver targeted advertisements and marketing messages based on your interests and browsing history. They may also be used to track the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may share this information with third-party advertising partners.

Here’s a table summarizing the cookie types used:

Managing Cookies

You have the right to control whether or not you allow cookies to be placed on your device. You can manage cookies in several ways:

• Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can configure your browser to block all cookies, to allow only certain types of cookies, or to notify you each time a cookie is being placed on your device. Refer to your browser's documentation for instructions on how to manage cookies.
• Cookie Consent Tools: Our website may provide a cookie consent tool that allows you to customize your cookie preferences. This tool may allow you to enable or disable specific types of cookies.
• Third-Party Tools: There are also third-party tools and browser extensions available that allow you to manage cookies and protect your privacy.

Please note that blocking or disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website and may prevent you from accessing certain features. For example, if you block strictly necessary cookies, you may not be able to log in to your account or process course enrollments. By continuing to use our website without changing your cookie settings, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy.

To modify your cookie preferences, follow these steps:

1. Open your web browser's settings menu.
2. Navigate to the "Privacy" or "Cookies" section.
3. Adjust your cookie preferences as desired. You can typically choose to block all cookies, allow only certain types of cookies, or to be notified each time a cookie is being placed on your device.
4. Save your changes and restart your browser.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookies Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Our Privacy Officer, Amelia Hernandez, is also available to address your concerns. You can reach her via the contact information provided above. We at Elevate Academy are dedicated to ensuring that your information is protected and that you have a safe and enjoyable online experience.