Cookie Policy
Last Updated: April 15, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how DigitalEdge ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. We encourage you to read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, and the choices you have regarding their use.
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 and provide information to the website owners. Cookies enhance user experience by allowing sites to remember your preferences and activities.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you have closed your browser, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons, including to:
- Make our website function properly
- Understand how visitors use our website
- Remember your preferences and settings
- Improve your experience on our website
- Deliver relevant content and advertisements
- Analyze the performance and operation of our website
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, secure areas of the website, and access to course materials. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies enable our website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region you are in. They help provide enhanced, more personal features.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website. They provide information about metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. This helps us improve our website and your experience.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user. These cookies help make advertising more effective for both the advertiser and the user.
Specific Cookies We Use
The table below provides details about the specific cookies we use on our website:
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Essential | Preserves user session state across page requests | Session |
| _de_uid | Essential | Used for user authentication and account management | 1 year |
| _de_preferences | Preference | Stores user preferences like language, theme, etc. | 1 year |
| _de_course_progress | Preference | Remembers course progress for enrolled students | 1 year |
| _ga | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 24 hours |
| _fbp | Marketing | Used by Facebook to deliver advertisements | 3 months |
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third parties on our website. These third parties may include analytics providers (like Google Analytics), advertising networks, and social media platforms. These third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your use of our website and other websites.
Please note that we do not control these third-party cookies, and they are subject to the third party's privacy policy. You can learn more about how these third parties use cookies by visiting their respective websites and privacy policies.
Your Cookie Choices
You have several choices regarding cookies:
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, some features of our website may not function properly, and your user experience may be affected.
Cookie Consent Tool
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our website.
Opt-Out of Specific Third-Party Cookies
For Google Analytics, you can opt-out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
For Facebook and other advertising cookies, you can adjust your preferences through the Digital Advertising Alliance's WebChoices tool at: https://optout.aboutads.info/.
Other Tracking Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies on our website:
- Web Beacons: Small graphic files (also known as "clear GIFs" or "pixel tags") that allow us to monitor the use of our website.
- Local Storage: Technologies like HTML5 localStorage that provide similar functionality to cookies but can store larger amounts of data.
- Session Replay Tools: Technologies that help us understand how users interact with our website by recreating user sessions.
These technologies operate in a similar way to cookies and are subject to the same controls and choices described above.
Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to periodically review this page to stay informed about our use of cookies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us via our website contact form.