Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites work, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the site operator.

Cookies can be “session cookies” (which are deleted when you close your browser) or “persistent cookies” (which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually).

The following table lists every cookie used on the Academy250 platform. Both are classified as strictly necessary — the platform cannot function properly without them.

4.1 Current status. As of the effective date of this policy, no non-essential cookies are active on academy250.com. The cookie consent banner is present on the site but no analytics, marketing, or preference cookies are currently deployed.

4.2 Planned cookies. We may introduce analytics and/or marketing cookies on academy250.com in the future to understand how visitors interact with our public pages and to measure the effectiveness of our outreach. When we do, the following categories may be activated:

4.3 Consent required. None of these cookies will be set without your prior, explicit consent. When they are activated, you will be able to manage your preferences through the cookie consent banner on academy250.com. You may accept all, accept only necessary cookies, or customise your selection at any time.

For complete transparency, the following categories of cookies are not used anywhere on the Academy250 platform:

• Third-party tracking cookies — We do not use Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Hotjar, Mixpanel, or any third-party tracking service on the Platform. If analytics are introduced in the future, they will be disclosed in Section 4 and require your consent.
• Advertising / Remarketing cookies — We do not run remarketing campaigns or set advertising pixels.
• Social media cookies — We do not embed social media widgets that set their own cookies.
• Cross-site tracking — We do not use any mechanism to track you across other websites or services.

6.1 Strictly necessary cookies. Under the EU ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC, as amended by 2009/136/EC), cookies that are strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user are exempt from the requirement to obtain prior consent. Both cookies used on the Platform fall within this exemption:

• The session cookie is necessary to maintain your authenticated state — a function you explicitly request when you log in.
• The trusted device cookie is necessary to provide the quick-login PIN feature — a function you explicitly request when you choose to save a device as trusted.

Because these cookies are strictly necessary, no cookie consent is required for them.

6.2 Non-essential cookies. Any analytics, marketing, or preference cookies that may be deployed on academy250.com in the future require your prior consent before they are set, in accordance with the ePrivacy Directive. Consent is collected through the cookie consent banner and can be withdrawn at any time.

6.3 GDPR legal basis. To the extent that data stored in cookies constitutes personal data (such as a session identifier linked to your account), the legal basis for processing under GDPR is Article 6(1)(b) (performance of contract) for strictly necessary cookies, and Article 6(1)(a) (consent) for non-essential cookies.

8.1 We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time — for example, if we introduce new cookies, adopt new technologies, or to reflect changes in the law. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.

8.2 If we introduce cookies that are not strictly necessary, we will: (a) update this policy before deployment, (b) implement a compliant cookie consent mechanism, and (c) not set those cookies until you have given your prior consent. We will notify you of such changes via the Platform and/or email.