Cookie Policy

Cookie policy

This website uses cookies to personalize content and analyse traffic in order to offer you a better experience.

  1. Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient.
  2. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.
  3. This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.


As detailed in our Cookie Policy, AMSPARKS and service providers acting on our behalf (like Google Analytics and third party advertisers) use server log files and automated data collection tools like cookies, tags, scripts, customized links, device or browser fingerprints, and web beacons (together,  Data Collection Tools) when you access and use the Services. These Data Collection Tools automatically track and collect certain System Data and Usage Data (as detailed in Section 1) when you use the Services. In some cases, we tie data gathered through those Data Collection Tools to other data that we collect as described in this Privacy Policy.


We use cookies (small files that websites send to your device to uniquely identify your browser or device or to store data in your browser) for things like analyzing your use of the Services, personalizing your experience, making it easier to log into the Services, and recognizing you when you return. We use web beacons (small objects that allow us to measure the actions of visitors and users using the Services) for things like identifying whether a page was visited, identifying whether an email was opened, and advertising more efficiently by excluding current users from certain promotional messages or identifying the source of a new mobile app download.


AMSPARKS uses the following types of cookies:

Preferences: cookies that remember data about your browser and preferred settings that affect the appearance and behavior of the Services (like your preferred language).

Security: cookies used to enable you to log in and access the Services; protect against fraudulent logins; and help detect and prevent abuse or unauthorized use of your account.

Functional: cookies that store functional settings (like the volume level you set for video playback).

Session State: cookies that track your interactions with the Services to help us improve the Services and your browsing experience, remember your login details, and enable processing of your course purchases. These are strictly necessary for the Services to work properly, so if you disable them then certain functionalities will break or be unavailable.

You can set your web browser to alert you about attempts to place cookies on your computer, limit the types of cookies you allow, or refuse cookies altogether. If you do, you may not be able to use some or all features of the Services, and your experience may be different or less functional.


Some of the third-party partners who provide certain features on our site may also use Local Storage Objects (also known as flash cookies or LSOs) to collect and store data.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Authentication and security
  • To log you into AMSPARKS
  • To protect your security
  • To help detect and fight spam, abuse, and other activities that violates AMSPARKS agreements

For example, cookies help authenticate your access to AMSPARKS and prevent unauthorized parties from accessing your accounts.

Preferences
  • To remember data about your browser and your preferences
  • To remember your settings and other choices you have made

For example, cookies help us remember your preferred language or the country you are in, so we can provide content in your preferred language without asking each time you visit.

Analytics and research
  • To help us improve and understand how people use AMSPARKS

For example, cookies help us test different versions of AMSPARKS to see which features or content users prefer, web beacons help us determine which email messages are opened, and cookies help us see how you interact with AMSPARKS, like the links you click on.

We also work with a number of analytics partners, including Google Analytics and Mixpanel, who use cookies and similar technologies to help us analyze how users use the Services, including by noting the sites from which you arrive. Those service providers may either collect that data themselves or we may disclose it to them.

Personalized content
  • To customize AMSPARKS with more relevant content

For example, cookies help us show a personalized list of recommended courses on the homepage.

Advertising
  • To provide you with more relevant advertising

Please note that where advertising technology is integrated into the Services, you may still receive advertising on other websites and applications, but it will not be tailored to your interests.

When using mobile applications you may also receive tailored in-app advertisements. Apple iOS, Android OS, and Microsoft Windows each provide its own instructions on how to control in-app tailored advertising. For other devices and operating systems, you should review your privacy settings or contact your platform operator.