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Privacy Policy 🔒

Last Updated: January 22, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how SecurePath Cyber Academy collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal data. We are committed to transparency and compliance with applicable data protection regulations including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Contents

1. Cookie Categories and Consent

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies enable core website functionality, security, and session management. These cookies are activated automatically and do not require user consent.

  • Purpose: Core functionality, security, session management
  • Examples: session_id, csrf_token, cookie_consent_status
  • Consent Required: No
  • Retention: Session duration or up to 12 months for preference storage

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies measure website traffic, user behavior, and site performance. These cookies are activated only after explicit user consent.

  • Purpose: Measuring traffic, user behavior, site performance
  • Tools: Google Analytics 4
  • Examples: _ga, _ga_XXXXXXX, _gid, _gat
  • Consent Required: Yes
  • Retention: Up to 14 months

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies enable remarketing, personalized ad delivery, and conversion tracking. These cookies are activated only after explicit user consent and are subject to detailed disclosure.

  • Purpose: Remarketing, personalized advertising, conversion tracking
  • Consent Required: Yes
  • Retention: Up to 540 days (Google Ads default)

Consent Banner

When you visit this website, a cookie consent banner appears offering three options: "Accept All" (activates all cookies), "Reject Non-Essential" (activates essential cookies only), and "Manage Preferences" (allows per-category control). Your choice is stored in localStorage for 12 months.

2. Marketing Cookies and Advertising

This website uses advertising cookies and tracking technologies to deliver personalized advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness. The following disclosures apply when you accept marketing cookies:

Third-Party Ad Serving

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's previous visits to this website and other sites on the internet.

Advertising Partners

We work with advertising partners such as Google and Meta to deliver advertisements tailored to your interests across various websites and platforms.

Remarketing and Retargeting

We use remarketing services to advertise to previous visitors of our website. After visiting our site, you may see our ads on other websites, apps, or platforms you visit.

YouTube and Display Network

Advertisements may appear across Google services including YouTube, Gmail, and the Google Display Network.

Tracking Technologies Used

We use the following tracking technologies on this website:

  • • Cookies (first-party and third-party)
  • • Tracking pixels (Google Ads tag / gtag.js, Meta Pixel)
  • • Device identifiers (browser fingerprint, IP address)
  • • Conversion event tags

Advertising Measurement and Conversions

We use conversion tracking to understand which advertisements lead to actions on our website, such as form submissions, calls, or purchases. This allows us to measure campaign effectiveness and allocate budget appropriately. Conversion data may be shared with Google Ads and Meta.

Active Advertising Technologies

Advertising and analytics technologies active on this site:

  • • Google Ads (gtag.js / Google Tag Manager)
  • • Google Analytics 4
  • • Google Remarketing Tag
  • • Meta Pixel (Facebook / Instagram)

Opt-Out from Personalized Advertising

You may opt out of personalized advertising at any time through the following resources:

Opting out does not remove ads entirely. You will continue to see non-personalized advertisements.

Manage Cookie Preferences

You may manage your cookie preferences at any time by clicking "Manage cookie preferences" in the website footer or by clicking the cookie consent banner. You can accept or reject each cookie category independently.

3. Data Sharing with Advertising Partners

We share certain data with advertising partners for campaign delivery and measurement. The recipients and data categories are:

Google LLC

Data Shared: Cookie identifiers, conversion events, anonymized behavioral data, remarketing lists.

Governing Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Data Shared: Pixel events, conversion data, custom audiences.

Governing Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy

We do not sell personal data. All transfers to Google and Meta operate under Standard Contractual Clauses where applicable. Data is processed for ad targeting and campaign measurement only and is not resold to unaffiliated third parties.

Google and Meta may use this data across their own platforms in accordance with their respective policies. We encourage you to review those policies directly.

4. Lead Forms and Contact Requests

When you submit a contact form, request a quote, or register interest in our services, we collect the information you provide. This typically includes your full name, email address, phone number, and your message.

Legal Basis for Processing

We process form submission data based on your consent (GDPR Article 6.1.a) and, where a service relationship exists, performance of a contract (GDPR Article 6.1.b).

Data Retention

Form submission data is retained for up to 2 years from the date of submission, unless a longer period is required by applicable law.

Your Rights

You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at [email protected]. A link to this Privacy Policy appears adjacent to every form submission button on this site. Submitting a form constitutes acknowledgment of this policy.

5. Google Services and Analytics

This website uses the following Google services:

Google Analytics 4

Collects anonymized usage data, device information, and behavioral signals. IP anonymization is enabled. Data retention is set to 14 months. Users may opt out via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Google Ads Conversion Tracking

Records when a user completes a defined action (form submission, call, purchase) after clicking one of our ads. This data is used solely for measuring ad campaign performance.

Google Remarketing

Allows us to show ads to previous visitors across Google's network. Remarketing lists are not created from sensitive data categories including health information, financial status, religion, or sexual orientation.

Google Tag Manager

Deploys tracking tags on our behalf. No personal data is collected by GTM itself; it acts as a container for the tags listed above.

Google's advertising products are governed by: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

6. Meta Advertising Services

This website uses the Meta Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising on Facebook and Instagram. The pixel may record:

  • • Page views and time on site
  • • Specific conversion events (form submissions, purchases)
  • • Custom audience membership for retargeting purposes

We do not use the Meta Pixel to collect sensitive personal data, nor to target users based on health status, financial situation, religion, political views, sexual orientation, or any other special-category attribute prohibited under Meta's advertising policies.

Meta acts as an independent data controller for data collected via its Pixel and processed within its own platform. Refer to Meta's Data Policy for full details: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy

To manage your ad preferences on Meta platforms, visit: https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/

7. Data Collection and Processing

Categories of Data We Collect

  • • Full name
  • • Email address
  • • Phone number
  • • IP address
  • • Browser type and version
  • • Device type and operating system
  • • Cookies and tracking identifiers
  • • Usage data (pages visited, time on site, click paths)
  • • Form submission content
  • • Conversion events (form submits, calls, purchases)

Legal Basis for Processing

Contact Form Data

Consent (GDPR Article 6.1.a) and contract performance (GDPR Article 6.1.b)

Analytics Data

Consent (GDPR Article 6.1.a)

Marketing and Remarketing Data

Consent (GDPR Article 6.1.a)

Security and Fraud Prevention

Legitimate interest (GDPR Article 6.1.f)

Data Retention Periods

  • • Contact form submissions: 2 years
  • • Analytics data (GA4): 14 months
  • • Marketing cookies (Google Ads): Up to 540 days
  • • Email communications: Duration of relationship plus 1 year
  • • Server logs: 90 days
  • • Cookie consent records: 3 years (for audit purposes)

    • 8. User Rights Under GDPR

    If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have the following data protection rights under GDPR:

    Right to Access (Article 15)

    You have the right to request a copy of all data we hold about you in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.

    Right to Rectification (Article 16)

    You have the right to correct inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.

    Right to Erasure (Article 17)

    You have the right to request deletion of your data under certain circumstances (the "right to be forgotten").

    Right to Restriction of Processing (Article 18)

    You have the right to limit how we process your data in certain circumstances.

    Right to Data Portability (Article 20)

    You have the right to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.

    Right to Object (Article 21)

    You have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interest or direct marketing purposes.

    Right to Withdraw Consent (Article 7.3)

    You have the right to revoke consent at any time without penalty. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing before revocation.

    How to Exercise Your Rights

    To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

    You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority:

    9. International Data Transfers

    Personal data collected through this website may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the European Economic Area, including the United States, where Google LLC and Meta Platforms, Inc. are based.

    These transfers are conducted under Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, which provide appropriate safeguards for personal data. A copy of the applicable SCCs can be requested by contacting us directly at [email protected].

    Important Notice for EEA and UK Users

    Users in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom receive this consent notice in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR. Marketing and analytics cookies are activated solely after explicit, informed, freely given consent under GDPR Article 6(1)(a). Consent is recorded with a timestamp and may be audited upon request.

    10. Children's Privacy

    This website is not directed at individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If we discover that data has been collected from a person under 16 without verifiable parental consent, we will delete it promptly. If you believe we have received data from a minor, please contact us immediately at [email protected].

    11. Policy Updates

    Changes to This Policy

    We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be notified via a banner on the homepage at least 14 days before taking effect. Your continued use of the website after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

    Last Updated: January 22, 2026
    Effective Date: January 22, 2026

    Contact Us

    If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

    SecurePath Cyber Academy B.V.

    Dordtselaan 81 A
    3081 BH Rotterdam
    Netherlands

    📧 [email protected]

    📞 +31 10 286 4891

    Prohibited Content Declaration

    This website does not promote, sell, or facilitate access to prohibited product or service categories including weapons, controlled substances, counterfeit goods, unlicensed gambling services, adult content, or services that make misleading health or financial claims. All advertising conducted through Google Ads and Meta Ads complies with the respective platform policies in full.

    Landing Page Integrity Statement

    The content of this website accurately represents the products and services advertised. No bait-and-switch practices are employed. The experience delivered to users arriving from paid advertisements is identical to the experience for all other visitors. Cloaking, automatic redirects, and content variation by traffic source are not used on this website.