COOKIE POLICY

Cookie Policy for BrainTeach.org and BrainTeach.org/Hypnosis

Effective Date: July 17, 2025

1. What are Cookies and Local Storage?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to site owners. Cookies allow a website to recognize a user's device and remember certain information about your visit (e.g., your login details, preferences, or items in a shopping basket if applicable).

Local Storage is a browser feature that allows websites to store larger amounts of data directly within your browser, which persists even after you close the browser. It's often used for remembering login details or user preferences for simpler, regular access.

2. How We Use Cookies and Local Storage

Brainteach.org and Brainteach.org/hypnosis uses cookies and local storage to enable specific functions on the website, enhance your user experience, store essential user-specific information (such as login details and preferences), and to track usage of the site for analytics and marketing efforts. We assume implied consent with regards to a user’s request to save a setting (e.g., login details, country selection, modal preferences).

3. Types of Cookies and Local Storage We Use

We use the following categories of cookies and local storage for the purposes described below:

3.1. Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies:

  • Purpose: These cookies are fundamental for the operation of our web app. They enable core functionalities such as user login, session management, and ensuring security. The App cannot function properly without these cookies.

  • Examples:

    • ASPSESSIONID…, phpsessid (and similar session IDs): Assigns unique IDs to user sessions.

    • a, b, coursea, courseb, remembermea: Stores login information to enable subscribers to log in and remember their login details if opted.

    • checkout-submissionids, discount-code: Required for processing purchases and applying discount codes.

    • ctry, ctryset: Set if a user opts to change their current country.

    • modal-scriptsample-hide, hide-modal-[ID], hide*: Used to store user preferences, such as hiding specific modals.

    • Other cookies: Includes login details and information for administering users.

  • Consent: These cookies do not require your prior consent as they are necessary for the legitimate operation of the Service.

3.2. Analytics Cookies:

  • Purpose: We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors use our web app. This data helps us understand user behavior, measure the performance of our App, and identify areas for improvement. This includes tracking user clicks, statistics pertaining to a user’s visit, time spent on site, and the source by which a user found the site.

  • Examples: __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz, pages (legacy cookie for page user has clicked on).

  • Consent: These cookies are not strictly necessary for the App's basic functionality. We will obtain your explicit consent for the use of these cookies where required by applicable law (e.g., GDPR).

3.3. Marketing and Advertising (Retargeting) Cookies:

  • Purpose: These cookies are used to track your browsing habits and activity on our App to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and may be used by third-party advertisers to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. This includes retargeting efforts.

  • Examples: affrefer (referring affiliate ID), lgclid (referring advert click ID).

  • Consent: These cookies are not strictly necessary for the App's basic functionality. We will obtain your explicit consent for the use of these cookies where required by applicable law (e.g., GDPR).

3.4. Local Storage:

  • Purpose: Used to store user login details when the "remember me" option is selected, simplifying regular login.

  • Example: lastRememberedLogin (stores Email, UserID, ProfilePic, Name).

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on. These third parties include, but may not be limited to, Google Analytics for analytics and various advertising partners for retargeting purposes. Other third-party cookies may be used to track users for purposes such as support chat sessions (if a chat widget is implemented) and trust seals.

5. Your Choices Regarding Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:

  • Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our web app from certain regions (e.g., EEA), you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline analytics and marketing/advertising cookies.

  • Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. The exact steps vary between browser brands and versions. You can typically find information in your browser's "Help" section or settings.

  • Opt-Out Tools: You can also opt-out of certain advertising cookies through industry-specific opt-out pages, such as the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page (https://optout.networkadvertising.org/) or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) opt-out page (https://optout.aboutads.info/).

Please note that if you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of the Service may become inaccessible or not function properly, particularly those relying on essential cookies for login or session management.

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us: