🍪 Cookies Policy

1 What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used across the internet to make websites function properly, to improve user experience, and to provide certain information to website operators. Cookies are not programs and cannot carry viruses or install malware on your device.

When you visit our website, your browser may store cookies locally on your device. These cookies contain small amounts of data, typically including a unique identifier, the website name, and some digits and letters. On subsequent visits, these cookies are sent back to the originating website or to another website that recognizes them, allowing the site to recall your preferences and actions over a period of time.

Cookies serve several important functions. They allow a website to remember whether you have visited before, store your language preferences, remember your cookie consent choices, and gather anonymous data about how visitors use the site. Without cookies, many standard website features would not work correctly, and your browsing experience would be significantly diminished.

2 How We Use Cookies

We use cookies on our website for a limited number of specific purposes. Our approach to cookie usage reflects our commitment to respecting your privacy while maintaining a functional and user-friendly website. We do not use cookies for advertising, retargeting, or profiling purposes.

The primary reasons we use cookies on angelacademy.info include: ensuring the website functions correctly and securely, remembering your cookie consent preferences so we do not repeatedly show you the consent banner, and gathering anonymous, aggregated data about how visitors navigate our pages. This last purpose helps us understand which content is most useful and where we can improve the experience for future visitors.

We want to be transparent about our cookie usage. Our website is an educational platform focused on providing information about our free webinar series on child and adolescent development with pets. We have no commercial incentive to track individual user behavior, and we do not sell, share, or monetize any data collected through cookies.

3 Types of Cookies We Use

We categorize the cookies used on our website into two groups: essential (strictly necessary) cookies and analytics cookies. Below is a summary table of these categories, followed by detailed explanations of each type.

We are committed to keeping our cookie usage to a minimum. As our website grows or changes, we may update this table. Any new categories of cookies will be communicated through updates to this policy, and where appropriate, fresh consent will be sought from visitors.

4 Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies

Essential cookies are required for our website to function properly. Without these cookies, certain basic features of the site would not work. These cookies do not collect personal data that can be used for marketing purposes, and they do not track your browsing activity across other websites.

Because these cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website, they are placed automatically and do not require your consent under applicable data protection regulations. However, you may still block them through your browser settings, though this may prevent certain parts of the website from functioning correctly.

These essential cookies and local storage entries are set only on your device and are not transmitted to any third-party server. They contain no personally identifiable information and are used solely to remember your preferences related to cookie consent.

5 Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This data allows us to identify the most popular pages, see how visitors move between pages, and spot any areas of the site that may be causing confusion or difficulty. All data collected through analytics cookies is aggregated and anonymous. We cannot identify individual visitors from this data.

We may use analytics tools such as Google Analytics to process this data. When such tools are implemented, they set their own cookies according to their own policies. If you have declined analytics cookies through our consent banner or through the preference settings on this page, we will not load any analytics scripts or set any analytics cookies on your device.

The types of anonymous information collected by analytics cookies may include: the pages you visit and how long you spend on each page, the country and city from which you are browsing (based on your IP address, which is anonymized), the type of browser and operating system you use, the website or search engine that referred you to our site, and whether you are a new or returning visitor.

Analytics cookies are entirely optional. Our website functions fully without them, and declining these cookies has no impact on your ability to browse our content, read program information, or register for our webinar series. We only use analytics data to make informed decisions about how to improve the educational content and user experience of our website.

6 Cookies We Do Not Use

We want to be clear about the types of cookies that are NOT used on our website. Given our educational and non-commercial nature, several common categories of cookies used by other websites are absent from angelacademy.info.

7 Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for controlling how cookies are used when you visit our website. We respect your right to choose which cookies you accept and which you decline, and we have designed our website to work even when non-essential cookies are disabled.

When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner appears at the bottom of the screen. This banner gives you the option to Accept all cookies, Decline non-essential cookies, or configure your preferences in more detail. Your choice is remembered through a local storage entry so the banner does not appear again on your next visit.

8 Browser Cookie Settings

In addition to the preference controls on this page, you can manage cookies through your web browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies. The exact steps vary depending on which browser you use. Below are general instructions for the most commonly used browsers.

Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of many websites, not just ours. Some features of websites you visit regularly may stop working correctly if cookies are entirely disabled. We recommend being selective about which cookies you block rather than disabling them entirely.

9 Third-Party Cookies

If you have accepted analytics cookies, we may use Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage statistics. Google Analytics sets its own cookies and processes data according to Google's privacy policy. We configure Google Analytics to anonymize IP addresses, which means your full IP address is not stored or processed by Google in connection with our website analytics.

Apart from the potential use of Google Analytics (only when you have given your consent), we do not load any other third-party scripts, plugins, or services that set cookies on your device. We do not use embedded content from YouTube, Vimeo, or similar platforms that may set additional cookies. We do not use social media sharing buttons that track your activity.

Our website uses Tailwind CSS (loaded from a CDN) and Iconify (loaded from a CDN) for styling and icons. These services may log requests to their servers for operational purposes, but they do not set cookies on your device through our website. The fonts used on our website are loaded from Google Fonts, which may also log requests but does not set cookies through our pages.

10 Cookie Retention Periods

Different cookies are retained for different periods of time. We keep cookie retention periods as short as practical while still providing a good user experience. Below is a summary of the retention periods for cookies used on our website.

Session cookies, if any are used in the future, are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire or until you delete them manually. You can delete all stored cookies and local storage data at any time through your browser settings.

11 Your Rights and Preferences

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection Act 2018, as well as the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), you have specific rights regarding cookies and similar technologies. You have the right to be informed about what cookies are used and why, the right to accept or reject non-essential cookies, and the right to change your preferences at any time.

You can exercise your cookie preferences in the following ways: use the cookie consent banner that appears on your first visit to accept or decline cookies; visit this Cookies Policy page at any time and use the preference settings in Section 7 above; adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies; or contact us directly to ask about our cookie practices.

If you believe that our use of cookies infringes on your privacy rights, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's supervisory authority for data protection. You can contact the ICO through their website at ico.org.uk or by phone. We encourage you to contact us first so we can address your concerns directly.

12 Changes to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in applicable law, or improvements to our practices. When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. For significant changes, such as the introduction of a new cookie category, we may also display a renewed consent banner to give you the opportunity to review and update your preferences.

We recommend checking this page periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies. Any changes to this policy will take effect immediately upon posting unless otherwise stated. If we begin using a new type of non-essential cookie, we will seek your consent before setting that cookie on your device.

13 Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, our use of cookies, or if you wish to exercise your rights regarding cookie data, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are committed to addressing your concerns promptly and transparently.