Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us provide you with a good browsing experience and allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
What Is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to secure areas, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. Without these cookies, the services you have asked for cannot be provided.
Analytical / Performance Cookies
These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website. This helps us improve how the site works — for example, by ensuring users can find what they are looking for easily.
Functionality Cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. They enable us to personalise our content, greet you by name and remember your preferences (such as your choice of language or region).
Targeting Cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and the adverts displayed more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for the same purpose.
How We Use the Information
Information You Give Us
If you are a customer, we may use your information for the following purposes:
- To maintain learner history records, including name, username, password and details of completed courses.
- To contact you about products and services that may be of interest to you (existing customers only, and only for content similar to previous purchases).
- To notify you about changes to our services.
- To ensure content is presented as effectively as possible on your device.
Automatically Collected Information
- Site administration and internal operations.
- To improve our website and present content as effectively as possible.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features.
- To keep the site secure.
- To measure advertising effectiveness.
Third-Party Cookies
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
Blocking Cookies
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
All cookies other than strictly necessary cookies expire automatically after 14 days.
Data Storage and Security
Data collected on our website may be transferred to and stored outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). Learner data stored in our learning management system (mycobidu.com) is hosted on UK servers only and is not shared with third parties. Twelve months after your contract ends, your account and data will be permanently deleted.
Changes
Any changes to our cookie policy will be published on our website and, where appropriate, notified by email.
Contact
If you have any questions about this policy, please write to support@cobidu.co.uk or visit our contact page.