Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Investing Academy ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, investingacademy.com (the "Website"). By using our Website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
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 more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enable the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, 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.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Website, such as which pages they visit most often and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our Website works. For example, we may use Google Analytics to understand how users interact with our site, allowing us to optimize page load times and improve the overall user experience.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. For instance, we might use a cookie to remember your preferred currency for course pricing.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. We may use these cookies to present you with targeted ads based on your browsing history on our site.
Types of Cookies We Use
Here is a list of the specific types of cookies we use on our Website:
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. They are used to maintain your session and remember your actions during a single visit to the Website.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a longer period of time, or until you manually delete them. They are used to remember your preferences and settings for future visits to the Website. For example, a persistent cookie might remember your login details so you don't have to enter them every time you visit.
- First-Party Cookies: These cookies are set by our Website directly. We use them to collect data for our own use.
- Third-Party Cookies: These cookies are set by a domain other than our Website. They are often used for advertising and tracking purposes. Examples include cookies set by Google Analytics or social media platforms if you interact with social media sharing buttons on our site.
Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in several ways:
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to block all cookies, accept only certain types of cookies, or prompt you each time a website wants to set a cookie. However, please note that blocking all cookies may affect your ability to access certain features of our Website.
- Cookie Consent Tools: We may use a cookie consent tool on our Website that allows you to choose which types of cookies you want to allow. This tool typically provides a banner or pop-up when you first visit the site, explaining our cookie usage and giving you the option to accept or decline different categories of cookies.
- Third-Party Tools: There are also third-party tools and browser extensions available that can help you manage cookies and protect your privacy.
To learn more about how to manage cookies, you can visit the help pages of your web browser or the following websites:
Specific Cookies We Use
The following table lists some of the specific cookies we use on our Website and their purposes:
| Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Type |
Duration |
| _ga |
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. |
Performance |
2 years |
| _gid |
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. |
Performance |
24 hours |
| _gat |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. |
Performance |
1 minute |
| PHPSESSID |
Used to maintain user session. |
Essential |
Session |
| cookieconsent_status |
Remembers user's cookie consent preferences. |
Functionality |
1 year |
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies or changes in applicable laws and regulations. We will post any changes to this policy on our Website, and the updated policy will be effective as of the date of posting. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at Contact Us.