Cookie Policy
ETHICCRED COOKIE POLICY
1. Purpose
This Cookie Policy explains how EthicCred uses cookies, similar technologies, local storage, web beacons, pixels, and related technologies on our websites, applications, platforms, APIs, and services. This Policy should be read together with the EthicCred Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on a user's device when visiting a website or using certain online services. Cookies help websites and applications function properly, improve user experience, enhance security, remember preferences, and generate usage analytics.
3. Technologies We May Use
EthicCred may use Cookies, Session Cookies, Persistent Cookies, Browser Storage, Local Storage, Web Beacons, Pixels, Device Identifiers, Authentication Tokens, and similar technologies.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
A. Essential Cookies — necessary for the Platform to function: login authentication, session management, security protection, fraud prevention, account access. Without them certain services may not operate.
B. Security Cookies — detect suspicious activity, prevent unauthorized access, protect user accounts, prevent fraud, monitor security events.
C. Functional Cookies — remember preferences, language, display settings, improve user experience.
D. Performance and Analytics Cookies — understand platform usage, measure performance, identify technical issues, improve services. Information may be aggregated and anonymised where reasonably possible.
E. Service Improvement Cookies — improve platform features, enhance reliability, evaluate functionality.
5. Purpose of Cookies
EthicCred may use cookies to authenticate users, maintain login sessions, protect accounts, improve performance, prevent fraud, detect abuse, support verification services, maintain platform integrity, remember settings, analyse usage, and improve functionality.
6. Third-Party Services
The Platform may use third-party services that utilise cookies — analytics providers, authentication providers, security providers, payment processors, customer support providers, cloud service providers. Third parties are governed by their own privacy and cookie practices.
7. Cookies We Do NOT Use for Professional Decisions
Cookies are not used by EthicCred to make employment decisions, hiring decisions, conduct evaluations, professional rankings, or certification decisions.
8. Cookie Management
Most browsers allow you to view, delete, block, restrict, and configure cookies. You may modify browser settings at any time.
9. Impact of Disabling Cookies
Disabling certain cookies may limit functionality, prevent login, affect account security, reduce performance, or restrict access. Essential cookies are required for platform operation.
10. Mobile Applications
Mobile applications may use device identifiers, authentication tokens, local storage, and application preferences for security, functionality, and improvement.
11. Security and Fraud Prevention
We may use cookies to detect fraud, prevent account abuse, identify suspicious behaviour, and protect platform integrity.
12. Data Collected Through Cookies
May include IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, session information, usage patterns, login status, and security events — processed per the Privacy Policy.
13. Retention of Cookie Data
Retained for varying periods depending on cookie type, security requirements, operational requirements, legal obligations, and fraud-prevention requirements.
14. International Use
Cookie-related information may be processed and stored in multiple jurisdictions where EthicCred or its service providers operate.
15. Changes to This Policy
EthicCred may modify this Cookie Policy from time to time. Updated versions become effective upon publication unless otherwise stated.
16. Contact
Questions regarding this Cookie Policy may be directed to EthicCred through the official contact channels published on the Platform.