At Barvic Digital Skills Hub (operated by Barvic Solutions Limited), we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website, analyze usage, and improve our digital skills training services. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control your preferences.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide useful information to website owners.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies on the Barvic Digital Skills Hub:

a. Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies: These cookies are required for the operation of our website. They enable you to navigate the site and use its core features, such as accessing secure areas, logging into your learning dashboard, or enrolling in courses. Without these cookies, our services cannot be provided.

b. Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often, how users navigate through the site, and if they receive error messages. We use this data to improve website performance and optimize the learning experience. These cookies do not identify you personally.

c. Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language, region, or course progress) to provide enhanced, more personalized features.

d. Advertising/Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may be set through our site by our advertising partners (such as Google or social media platforms) to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use the information collected through cookies for the following purposes:

a. To authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of training accounts.

b. To remember your course progress and preferences so you don't have to re-enter them.

c. To understand how learners interact with our digital skills content and improve our curriculum.

d. To track website traffic and usage patterns for internal analytics.

e. To measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and outreach for Barvic Digital Skills Hub.

4. Third-Party Cookies

We may also allow selected third parties to place cookies through our website to provide us with better insights into our audience or to deliver relevant advertisements. These third parties include:

a. Google Analytics: To analyze website traffic and user behavior. Google's own privacy policy governs their use of this data.

b. Social Media Platforms (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter): To enable sharing of our content and to track the performance of our social media campaigns.

c. Learning Management System (LMS) Providers: Cookies placed by our LMS platform to manage course enrollments, quizzes, and certifications.

We do not control these third-party cookies, and we encourage you to review the privacy and cookie policies of any external providers.

5. Your Cookie Preferences and Control

When you first visit Barvic Digital Skills Hub, you will see a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies (Performance, Functional, and Advertising cookies). Essential cookies will always be active because they are necessary for the website to function properly.

You can also manage or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

a. View and delete individual cookies.

b. Block third-party cookies.

c. Block all cookies (including essential ones), though this may break certain features of our website.

d. Clear all cookies when you close your browser.

For more information on how to control cookies in your specific browser, please visit your browser's help section (e.g., Chrome Help, Firefox Help, Safari Help, or Edge Help).

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our operations. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies at Barvic Digital Skills Hub.

7. More Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us using the details below. You may also find general information about cookies and how to manage them at www.allaboutcookies.org.

8. Contact Us

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

Email: info@barvicsolutions.com

Phone Number: +254 - 759 - 400 - 100

Physical Address: Harrison House, Third Ngong Avenue, Upper Hill