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Cookie Notice
How the Cyber Leadership Institute website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies, the categories we set, and the choices available to you.
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A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first party cookies. We also use third party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts.
How We Use Cookies
More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
- Assisting you in navigation;
- Assisting in registration to our events, login, and your ability to provide feedback;
- Analyzing your use of our products, services or applications;
- Assisting with our promotional and marketing efforts (including behavioral advertising).
Below is a list of the types of cookies we use on our Website. Our Website is scanned with our cookie scanning tool regularly to maintain a list as accurate as possible. We classify cookies in the following categories:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
- Performance Cookies
- Functional Cookies
- Targeting Cookies
You can opt-out of each cookie category (except strictly necessary cookies) through the cookie settings tool.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work then.
Performance and Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the provision of enhance functionality and personalization, such as videos and live chats. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these functionalities may not function properly.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies are set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. They work by uniquely identifying your browser and device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will not experience our targeted advertising across different websites.
Advertising and Social Media Cookies
These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
Security & Bot Protection (Google reCAPTCHA)
We use Google reCAPTCHA, a service provided by Google LLC, to protect our website and online forms from spam, automated abuse, and malicious activity.
reCAPTCHA helps determine whether an interaction on our website is made by a human user or an automated system. In doing so, it may store or access information on your device and process certain technical and behavioural data, including:
- IP address
- Browser and device information
- Operating system
- Mouse movements and interaction patterns
- Date and time of access
- Referring URL
This processing is necessary to safeguard the integrity, availability, and security of our website and services.
Cookies Used
reCAPTCHA may set or access cookies such as:
- GRECAPTCHA
- Other Google-related cookies if you are logged into a Google account
The exact cookies and their duration may vary depending on the version of reCAPTCHA deployed and your browser configuration.
Legal Basis (EU/EEA Visitors)
For users located in the European Union or European Economic Area:
- We rely on legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) to ensure the security of our website and prevent fraud and abuse.
- Where required under applicable law (including the ePrivacy Directive), reCAPTCHA will only be activated after you provide consent through our cookie management tool.
Data Transfers
reCAPTCHA data may be processed on servers located outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where international transfers occur, appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses are implemented to protect personal data.
For more information on how Google processes data, please refer to Google’s data processing and privacy terms (policies.google.com/privacy).