Cookie Policy
Skinsmonkey Data Usage & Tracking Technologies
Last updated: March 15, 2025
Understanding Our Use of Cookies
At Skinsmonkey, we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our career development platform. This policy explains how we collect, use, and manage data through these technologies on santorsemic.com. We believe transparency about our data practices helps you make informed decisions about your privacy preferences.
Cookies are small text files that websites store on your device when you visit them. They help us remember your preferences, understand how you interact with our platform, and provide personalized content that supports your career development journey. Think of them as digital breadcrumbs that help us improve your experience each time you return.
Types of Tracking Technologies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation, access to secure areas, and remembering your login status. Without these cookies, many of our services wouldn't work correctly.
Functional Cookies
These enhance your experience by remembering your preferences, such as language settings, course progress, and customized dashboard layouts. They make your interactions with Skinsmonkey more personalized and efficient.
Analytical Cookies
We use these to understand how visitors use our platform. They help us identify popular content, track learning patterns, and improve our course offerings. All information collected is aggregated and anonymous.
Marketing Cookies
These cookies help us deliver relevant educational content and career development resources. They track your interests to show you courses and programs that align with your professional goals.
How Cookies Enhance Your Experience
Our tracking technologies serve several important purposes that directly benefit your career development journey. When you're working through our interactive streaming content, cookies help us save your progress so you can pick up exactly where you left off. This is particularly valuable for our comprehensive learning programs that span multiple sessions.
Personalization Benefits
We use cookies to remember your preferred learning style, favorite topics, and career goals. This allows us to recommend relevant courses, highlight opportunities in your field of interest, and customize your dashboard to show the most pertinent information first.
For users in Bulgaria and other international markets, cookies help us provide localized content while maintaining your language preferences. We can also adjust our recommendations based on regional career trends and opportunities that might be most relevant to your professional development.
Data Retention and Storage
Different types of cookies have different lifespans, depending on their purpose and your privacy settings. Here's how we manage cookie retention:
Cookie Type | Retention Period | Purpose |
---|---|---|
Session Cookies | Until browser closes | Temporary functionality during your visit |
Preference Cookies | 12 months | Remember your settings and preferences |
Analytics Cookies | 24 months | Track usage patterns and improvements |
Marketing Cookies | 6 months | Deliver relevant content and recommendations |
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have complete control over how cookies are used on your device. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:
Browser-Specific Instructions
- Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Site Settings > Cookies and site data
- Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings > Site permissions > Cookies and site data
Keep in mind that disabling certain cookies might affect your ability to use some features of our platform. Essential cookies cannot be disabled without impacting core functionality, but you can control optional cookies based on your privacy preferences.
Third-Party Cookies and Integrations
Skinsmonkey partners with trusted third-party services to enhance our platform's functionality. These may include analytics providers, content delivery networks, and educational technology partners. When you interact with embedded content or use integrated features, these partners may place their own cookies on your device.
Third-Party Data Practices
We carefully select partners who share our commitment to privacy and data protection. However, third-party cookies are governed by their respective privacy policies. We encourage you to review these policies to understand how your data is handled by our partners.
You can opt out of many third-party tracking cookies through industry initiatives like the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out page or by using browser plugins designed to block tracking technologies.
Updates to This Policy
We regularly review and update our cookie policy to reflect changes in our practices, technology, and legal requirements. When we make significant changes, we'll notify you through our platform or by email. The "Last updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when the most recent changes were made.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we're protecting your privacy and using cookies to improve your experience on Skinsmonkey. Your continued use of our platform after policy updates indicates your acceptance of the revised terms.
Questions About Our Cookie Policy?
If you have questions about how we use cookies or want to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:
Email: contact@santorsemic.com
Phone: +359888766553
Address: Sliven ul. Donka i Konstantin Konstantinovi
pl. "Vasil Levski" 20, 8800 Sliven, Bulgaria