Cookie & Data Usage Policy

What Are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?

Cookies are small text files that websites store on your device when you visit them. At GrowthSpir, we use various tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our career development platform. These technologies help us remember your preferences, understand how you interact with our content, and provide personalized learning recommendations.

Beyond traditional cookies, we also employ web beacons, local storage, and similar technologies that collect information about your browsing patterns. This data helps us improve our historic site interpretation training programs and create more effective learning pathways for professionals in the heritage sector.

Types of Tracking We Use

How Tracking Enhances Your Experience

Our tracking technologies work behind the scenes to create a more intuitive and personalized learning environment. When you return to GrowthSpir, we can resume your training modules exactly where you left off, suggest relevant career development resources based on your interests, and provide customized learning paths that match your professional goals in historic site interpretation.

• Personalized course recommendations based on your learning history and career objectives
• Automatic saving of your progress through certification programs and training modules
• Customized dashboard showing relevant industry news and professional development opportunities
• Improved search functionality that learns from your previous queries and interests
• Optimized content delivery that adapts to your preferred learning style and pace

Data Retention and Storage

We maintain different retention periods for various types of data, balancing your privacy with our ability to provide consistent, high-quality educational services. Here's how long we keep different categories of information:

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have complete control over how cookies and tracking technologies function on your device. While some essential cookies are necessary for our website to operate, you can customize your preferences for non-essential tracking through your browser settings.

Third-Party Tracking

GrowthSpir partners with select third-party services to enhance our educational platform and provide comprehensive career development resources. These partners may place their own cookies on your device when you interact with their integrated services on our website.

We work exclusively with reputable organizations that share our commitment to user privacy and data protection. These partnerships enable us to offer expanded learning resources, industry certifications, and professional networking opportunities that benefit your career development in historic site interpretation.

Your Rights and Control

As a user of GrowthSpir's platform, you maintain several important rights regarding your data and privacy. You can request access to the information we've collected about you, ask for corrections to inaccurate data, or request deletion of your personal information.

• Request a copy of all data we have collected about your platform usage
• Update or correct any inaccurate information in your learning profile
• Delete your account and associated data from our systems
• Opt out of marketing communications while maintaining access to educational content
• Export your learning progress and certification records for personal use

Updates to This Policy

We regularly review and update our cookie and data usage policies to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, and our educational services. When we make significant changes to how we handle tracking technologies, we'll notify registered users via email and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we're protecting your privacy and using data to improve your professional development experience. Continued use of our platform after policy updates indicates your acceptance of the revised terms.