Cookies Policy

Last Updated: January 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide a better user experience. Cookies help us remember your preferences, understand how you interact with our content, and improve our services for the Eco-Organization Home Space Intensive program.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

2.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, certain services you have requested cannot be provided. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

2.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited most often and if users receive error messages. This helps us improve the performance of our website and understand the effectiveness of our Eco-Organization Home Space Intensive program marketing. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous.

2.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or region) and provide enhanced, personalized features. They may also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of web pages.

2.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies

We may use these cookies to deliver content and advertisements relevant to your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns for the Eco-Organization Home Space Intensive program. These cookies remember that you have visited our website and this information may be shared with other organizations.

3. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of our website and deliver advertisements on and through our website. These third-party services have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them. Common third-party services we may use include:

• Google Analytics: For website traffic analysis and user behavior tracking
• Social Media Platforms: For social sharing features and targeted advertising
• Payment Processors: For secure transaction processing for intensive program registrations
• Email Marketing Services: For managing our communications about upcoming intensive deadlines

4. How Long Do Cookies Last?

The length of time a cookie will stay on your device depends on its type:

• Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser
• Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a set period specified in the cookie or until you manually delete them

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Here's how you can manage cookies:

• Browser Settings: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies
• Cookie Preference Center: When you first visit our website, you can use our cookie consent banner to customize your preferences
• Opt-Out Tools: You can opt out of targeted advertising cookies through industry opt-out platforms

6. Cookies and Personal Data

Some cookies may collect personal data about you. We process this data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws. The legal bases for processing cookie data include:

• Consent: For non-essential cookies, we obtain your explicit consent before placing them on your device
• Legitimate Interests: For essential cookies necessary to provide our services and improve your experience with our Eco-Organization Home Space Intensive program

7. Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website with a new "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically, especially before the intensive program deadline approaches.

8. Your Rights

Under applicable data protection laws, you have certain rights regarding the personal data collected through cookies, including:

• The right to access your personal data
• The right to rectify inaccurate personal data
• The right to erase your personal data
• The right to restrict processing of your personal data
• The right to data portability
• The right to object to processing
• The right to withdraw consent at any time

9. More Information About Cookies

If you would like to learn more about cookies and how they are used, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org, which provides comprehensive information about cookies and how to manage them across different browsers.