PRIVACY POLICY
Your privacy is important to us. It is IC EDUC's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect on IC EDUC's website and other sites we own and operate.
We only request personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also inform you why we are collecting it and how it will be used.
We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with the requested service. When we store data, we protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
We do not share personally identifiable information publicly or with third parties, except when required by law.
Our website may link to external sites not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility for their respective privacy policies.
You are free to refuse our request for personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.
Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices regarding privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.
Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they collect, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored; however, this may downgrade or "break" certain elements of the site’s functionality.
How we use cookies
We use cookies for various reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry-standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave all cookies enabled if you are unsure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in disabling certain functionalities and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The cookies we set
- Account-related cookies: If you create an account with us, we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will generally be deleted when you log out, but in some cases, they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
- Login-related cookies: We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this action. This prevents you from having to log in every time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
- Email newsletter-related cookies: This site offers newsletter or email subscription services, and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications valid only for subscribed/unsubscribed users.
- Order processing-related cookies: This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities, and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
- Survey-related cookies: From time to time, we offer surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to better understand our user base. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already participated or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
- Form-related cookies: When you submit data through a form, such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
- Site preferences cookies: To provide you with a great experience on this site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. To remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be recalled whenever you interact with a page affected by your preferences.
Third-Party Cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics*, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web, to help us understand how you use the site and how we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things like how long you spend on the site and the pages you visit, so we can continue to produce engaging content.
*For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
- Third-party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things like how long you spend on the site or pages you visit, which helps us understand how we can improve the site for you.
- From time to time, we test new features and make subtle changes to the way the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience while on the site, while ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
- As we sell products, it’s important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase, and as such, this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important for you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
User Commitment
The user agrees to make appropriate use of the content and information that IC Educ’s site offers and, by way of example but not limited to:
A) Not engage in activities that are illegal or contrary to good faith and public order;
B) Not disseminate content or propaganda of a racist, xenophobic, or illegal nature (e.g., illegal pornography, terrorism advocacy, or human rights violations);
C) Not cause damage to the physical (hardware) and logical (software) systems of IC Educ’s website, its suppliers, or third parties, to introduce or spread computer viruses or any other hardware or software systems capable of causing previously mentioned damage.
More Information
Hopefully, that has clarified things for you. As previously mentioned, if there is something you are not sure you need or not, it is generally safer to leave cookies enabled in case they interact with one of the features you use on our site.
This policy is effective as of March 1, 2023.