Cookie Policy | Apply Skill Hub

How Apply Skill Hub Uses Cookies to Enhance Your Visit

At Apply Skill Hub, your digital experience matters. Cookies tiny text files stored on your device allow us to analyse usage patterns, remember your settings, and deliver key website features. This Cookie Policy breaks down how and why we use cookies, their role in seamless browsing, and how they enhance performance and engagement. These tools also support analytical tracking, helping us continually improve. We value your autonomy and outline clear, accessible steps for managing or declining cookie preferences, ensuring transparency and control as you navigate the site. Your trust and convenience remain at the heart of everything we do.

Our Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies Explained

At Apply Skill Hub, we use cookies and tracking technologies to support site performance and user personalization. Cookies are small text files saved to your phone or computer, allowing the site to remember your behaviour and preferences.

Session Cookies: These exist temporarily and are automatically deleted when your browser is closed. They're vital for maintaining session state, remembering recent actions, and delivering consistent page behaviour during your visit.
Persistent Cookies: These remain stored on your device for longer durations and help retain important preferences like your login data, display options, and preferred language across multiple sessions.
Web Beacons: Known as clear gifs, these are transparent images embedded in web code. They don’t store information on your device but instead log how you interact with content. This aids in traffic analysis and campaign tracking.
Flash Cookies: Used in rich media content like videos and animations, flash cookies (LSOs) preserve user settings such as playback location or audio volume to enhance media functionality.
Pixels: These are minute tracking elements used to assess engagement with website content or emails. They help us determine whether emails were opened or which sections drew the most interest, supporting optimization and personalization.

Understanding Our Website’s Cookie Usage

Cookies support your experience while keeping our platform secure and efficient. Here's what each type does:

Performance Cookies: These track how users interact with the site pages visited, clicks, and time spent to help us refine performance and usability.
Functionality Cookies: By remembering your selected options like username or layout, these cookies ensure consistent and user-friendly interactions on return visits.
Security Cookies: Designed for protection, they detect abnormal patterns, or login attempts and help prevent misuse or harmful activity on the site.

Cookie Origins and How They Work

We use cookies from different sources to support and optimize your browsing.

First-Party Cookies: These are generated directly by our website. They track your session behaviour, like navigation choices or content interaction, to offer a smoother, tailored experience.
Third-Party Cookies: Issued by trusted partners like social media plugins or analytics providers, these cookies collect information on your engagement patterns such as what links you click to power performance insights and reporting tools.

Why We Use Cookies on This Website

Our website relies on cookies to provide a seamless, personalized, and efficient experience:

Basic Site Functionality: These cookies enable fundamental actions like user authentication and safe payment processing.
Analytics and Site Improvement: With usage-tracking tools, we collect anonymous data to better understand how users interact with different areas of the site.
User-Centered Content: Cookies that remember your preferences help us display content and features based on your habits and interests.

Cookie Management

You can manage how cookies are used through your browser’s settings. Whether allowing or blocking them, your preferences are in your hands. Keep in mind, blocking cookies may reduce site functionality or limit access to some areas.

Policy Changes

We may modify our cookie policy over time. Significant updates will be reflected on this page. Regularly reviewing it ensures you're informed. Continued use of our site implies agreement with any new changes.

Questions or feedback? Reach out via email at:
admin@applyskillhub.com.