Cookie Policy

We use cookies to:

- Ensure the website functions properly

- Provide secure login sessions

- Track progress through courses

- Improve site performance and user experience

- Analyse traffic and understand how learners use our Site

- Protect the Site from malicious activity

We do not use your data for advertising, commercial resale, or profiling.

We do not use cookies for:

- Advertising

- Behavioural profiling

- Cross‑site tracking

- Selling or renting data to third parties

3.1 Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)

These cookies are required for the Site to function. Without them, certain features would not work.

- Legitimate interests, such as ensuring website security and improving user experience

- Consent, when required for optional services like newsletters

- Legal obligations, where we must retain certain information for compliance</br></br>

Essential cookies support:

- Account login

- Course progress tracking (LearnDash & Tin Canny)

- Session management

- Wordfence security firewall and malware protection

- Form submissions and navigation

- File uploads for course assignments

Because these cookies are necessary, they cannot be turned off via the cookie banner.

3.2 Functional Cookies

These cookies enhance usability and personalise your experience. Examples include:

- Remembering login details

- Saving user preferences

- Keeping your place in a course

Functional cookies do not track your browsing outside the Site.

3.3 Analytics & Performance Cookies

We use anonymised analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with our Site, including:

- **Google Analytics (with IP anonymisation enabled)**

- **Google Site Kit**

- **Google Search Console**

These cookies help us measure:

- Page views

- Navigation paths

- Time spent on lessons

- Device and browser types

- Overall performance of the Site

Analytics cookies are **optional** and only load if consent is given.

3.4 Third‑Party Cookies

Some services we integrate may use their own cookies. These include:

- Google Analytics (statistics)

- Wordfence (security)

- LearnDash LMS (learning activity tracking)

- Tin Canny (xAPI/SCORM tracking)

We review all third‑party tools for GDPR compliance.

Upon visiting the Site, you may be shown a cookie banner where you can:

- Accept all cookies

- Reject optional cookies

- Adjust cookie settings

You may also control cookie behaviour via your browser:

- Chrome: Settings → Privacy → Cookies

- Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security

- Safari: Preferences → Privacy

- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

Disabling essential cookies may affect login, course access, or site functionality.

Cookie retention periods vary by purpose:

- Essential cookies: session or short fixed durations

- Functional cookies: days to months

- Analytics cookies: up to 26 months

- Security logs (Wordfence): per their retention schedule

We do not keep cookies longer than necessary.

We may update this Policy periodically to reflect:

- Changes in legal requirements

- Updates to technology

- Improvements to our Site

Revised versions will be posted here with an updated date.

Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we rely on:

- Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

- Adequate safeguards required by GDPR

- Data minimisation to reduce what is transferred

These providers only access your data as necessary to perform their functions and are bound by GDPR-compliant agreements.

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, You can contact us:

• By email: digitalinclusion@ancosan.ie