Cookie Policy

Effective Date: June 1, 2025

1. Introduction

At Skillatrium, we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website and to ensure the website functions correctly. This policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They enable websites to recognise your device, remember your preferences, and improve your user experience.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of our website and cannot be disabled. They include:

• Session Cookie (__session): Maintains your login session and authentication state while you use Skillatrium.
• Authentication Cookies: Set by our authentication provider (Logto.io) to manage secure login and user verification.
• Cookie Consent Preferences: Remembers your cookie preferences so we don't ask you repeatedly.

Analytical/Performance Cookies

We use PostHog, a privacy-focused analytics platform, to track and analyze website usage patterns to improve our platform. PostHog is configured to comply with GDPR requirements and only creates user profiles for identified users (those who create accounts). All data is processed and stored within the European Union. These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website to improve user experience.

Third-Party Cookies

Our website is configured to support media content from Vimeo and YouTube. If we implement video content from these services in the future, they may set their own cookies to enable media playback and track usage. These would only be loaded with your consent.

4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing cookies:

• Cookie Banner: When you first visit our website, you can choose to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or manage your preferences in detail.
• Browser Settings: You can configure your browser to block or delete cookies. However, disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality and prevent you from using certain features.

Note that essential cookies required for authentication and basic website functionality cannot be disabled while using our service.

5. Cookie Retention

Different cookies have different retention periods:

• Session cookies: Regular user sessions last up to 7 days, while temporary viewer sessions expire after 1 hour.
• Consent preferences: Stored locally until you clear your browser data or change your preferences.
• Analytics cookies: PostHog cookies follow GDPR-compliant retention policies, with data automatically deleted according to our data retention schedule.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The "Effective Date" at the top of this page will reflect the latest changes.

7. Contact Us

For questions regarding this policy, contact us at gdpr@skillatrium.com.