Cookie Policy

EC-Council (“us”, “we”, or “our”) understands that your privacy is important to you and are committed to being transparent about the technologies it uses. This Cookie Policy (“Cookie Policy”) explains how and why cookies (“cookies”) may be stored on and accessed from your device when you use or visit any website or app that posts a link to this Policy (collectively, our “Website”). Please read this Cookie Policy carefully before using our Website. This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Terms of Service. 

This Policy may change from time to time and your continued use of the Website is deemed to be acceptance of such changes, so please check the Cookie Policy periodically for updates. 

1. HOW WE OBTAIN YOUR CONSENT FOR COOKIES?

When you first visit our Website, a cookie consent banner will appear, informing you about our use of cookies and giving you the option to manage your preferences. You can choose to: 

  • Accept all cookies, 
  • Reject non-essential cookies, or 
  • Customize your cookie settings. 

We will only place non-essential cookies—such as those used for analytics, personalization, or advertising—after receiving your explicit consent. You may modify or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on the “Cookie Settings” link available on our website. 

2. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that may be stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer when you visit our Website. Cookies contain information about your visits to that Website. A cookie is a small piece of data that a Website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the Website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time. Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like. 

3. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?

  1. Cookies are commonly used by Website to serve many different functions. We use cookies on our Website to allow us to tailor our Website to your needs and deliver a better and more personalized service. Cookies help us improve the performance of our Website by enabling us to: 
    1. Help you navigate between pages on the Website efficiently; 
    2. Protect your security; 
    3. Remember information about your preferences and recognize you when you return to our Website; 
    4. Allow us to customize our Website according to your individual interests; 
    5. Measure how people are using our services in order to improve our services and browsing experience; 
    6. Personalize advertising and make the content more relevant for you; 
    7. Speed up your searches; 
    8. Make our Website easier to use; 
    9. Give you a better online experience; 
  2. Cookies are not unsafe or in themselves a threat to your online privacy as we do not store sensitive information.

4. HOW ARE COOKIES USED?

  1. The web server supplying the webpage can store a cookie on the user’s computer or mobile device. An external web server that manages files included or referenced in the webpage is also able to store cookies. All these cookies are called http header cookies. Another way of storing cookies is through JavaScript code contained or referenced in that page.  
  2. Each time a user requests a new page, the web server can receive the values of the cookies it previously set and return the page with content relating to these values. Similarly, JavaScript code is able to read a cookie belonging to its domain and perform an action accordingly.
  3. We use “analytics” cookies which, in conjunction with our web server’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Website and which parts of our Website are most popular. This helps us gather feedback so that we can improve our Website and better serve our users. We do not generally store any personal information that you provide to us in a cookie. 
  4. We also use “social media” cookies to personalize your interaction with third party social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook where our Website uses such features. Such cookies recognize users of these social media sites when you view social media content on our Website. They also allow you to quickly share content across media, through the use of simple “sharing” buttons.
  5. We also use similar tracking technologies—such as pixels, web beacons, tracking scripts, web forms, and clickstream tools (collectively, “Automated Collection Tools”)—across its Website. These tools help us automatically collect data to enhance your browsing experience, improve website functionality, support customer service, and assess the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. We may log information such as referring domains and user activity to better understand engagement patterns. EC-Council and authorized third-party service providers (e.g., Customer.ai, Google Analytics, Meta, LinkedIn) may use this data to generate insights, personalize content, and deliver interest-based advertising. In some cases, and where permitted by law, we may share limited, hashed information (such as email addresses) with advertising partners to support these efforts. You can manage or withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies at any time via the Cookie Settings on our Website. 

5. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES?

  1.  First party cookies are our own cookies set by our Website, controlled by us and used to provide information about the usage of our Website. 
  2. Third party cookies are cookies from any other domain. We use a number of suppliers, vendors that may also set cookies on your device on our behalf when you visit our Website to allow them to deliver the services they are providing. 

6. HOW LONG DO COOKIES STAY ON YOUR COMPUTER/DEVICE?

  1. Two types of cookies may be used on the Website, session cookies and persistent cookies.
    1. Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain on your device until you leave the Website.
    2. Persistent cookies are stored on your hard drive until you delete them, or they reach their expiry date. These may, for example, be used to remember your preferences when you use the Website and recognize you on your return.

7. WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?

  1. The cookies used on our Website have been grouped as follows:
    1. Strictly necessary cookies: Some cookies are essential for the operation of our Website such as technical cookies. These cookies are essential in helping you to move around our Website and use the features, such as accessing secure areas of the Website. We may use these cookies to:
      1. Remember the goods and services you selected when you get to the payment page
      2. Identify you as being logged into the site
      3. Provide access to protected areas of a Website
      4. Remember previously entered text so it’s not lost if the page refreshes
    2. Performance cookies: These Performance cookies simply help us improve the way our Website works. We utilize these cookies to analyze how our visitors use our Website and to monitor our Website’s performance. These cookies tell us how people use each page, which ones are most commonly viewed, or whether any errors occurred. This allows us to provide a high-quality experience and quickly identify and fix any issues that arise. We may use Performance cookies to:
      • Store preferences to see which method of linking between pages is most effective; 
      • Enable web analytics to provide anonymous statistics on how our Website is used; 
      • To assist with error management in helping us improve the Website by measuring any errors that occur;
      • Monitor ad response rates and see effectiveness of our advertisements; 

      You can delete or manage Performance cookies as instructed in the last section of this cookie policy.

    3. Functionality cookies: We use Functionality cookies to allow us to remember your preferences. For example, we may store your geographic location in a cookie to ensure that we show you our Website localized for your area. We also use Functionality cookies to provide you with enhanced services such as allowing you to watch a video online or comment on a blog. We may use Functionality cookies to:
      • Remember settings you have applied such as layout, colors, font sizes and page backgrounds; 
      • Remember if we’ve already asked you that if you want to fill in a survey; 
      • Detect if you have already seen a pop-up and ensure it isn’t shown to you again; 
      • Process a request from a user to submit a comment or blog or a forum post; 

      If you delete these Functionality cookies any preferences or settings you selected will not be retained for later visits.

    4. Targeting cookies: These Targeting cookies help us make sure the advertisements you see on our Website are relevant to you and your interests. Cookies may be placed on your device by our third-party service providers and these cookies remember that you have visited a Website in order to provide you with targeted advertisements, which are more relevant to you. However, we do not tell our advertisers who you are. We may use Targeting cookies to:
      • Collect information about browser habits to target advertising; 
      • Collect information about browser habits to target Website content; 
      • Provide links to social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter; 
      • Provide advertising agencies with information on your visit so that they can present you with advertisements that you may be interested in; 
    5. Other Cookies: In addition to the categories described above, our website may use other cookies that do not fall squarely within the predefined categories in this Cookie Policy. These cookies may serve various purposes, including but not limited to supporting experimental features, improving user experience, or providing additional analytics. As our services evolve, the nature and purpose of these cookies may change. We will update this Cookie Policy as needed to reflect such changes. Users may manage or disable these cookies through their browser settings or by adjusting preferences in our cookie banner, where available.

8. COOKIE RETENTION DURATION

    1. Cookies used on our Website are stored only for as long as necessary to achieve their intended purposes, after which they are automatically deleted. The retention duration varies based on the type of cookie:
      • Session cookies are temporary and are deleted automatically when you close your browser. 
      • Persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire or are manually deleted. 
    2. For detailed information on specific cookie durations, please refer to our Cookie Declaration Table below.  Cookie Declaration Table

9. HOW TO MANAGE YOUR COOKIES:

  1. Most Internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting to refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website. 
  2. You can refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. Please note that restricting the use of cookies may impact on the functionality of our Website and you may not be able to access certain parts of our Website. Depending on your browser, further information can be obtained via the following links:
  3. If you use different devices to access our Website (e.g. your computer, mobile) you will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences. Mobile phone users may have to refer to their handset manual for details on how to block cookies using their mobile browser. 

10. CONSENT TO THE USE OF COOKIES ON WEBSITE:

By continuing to use our Website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this Policy. If you do not agree with our Cookies Policy, please refer to the ‘Blocking Our Use of Cookies’ section for instructions on how to disable them. 

11.BLOCKING OUR USE OF COOKIES:

  1. You have the right to decline the use of cookies during your visit to our Website. This may result in you not being able to use all of the functionality of our site. 

  2. You can block our use of cookies by activating the settings in your browser. In order to use certain services offered through our Website, your web browser must accept cookies. If you choose to withhold consent, or subsequently block cookies, some aspects of the Website may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our Website.

  3. The Help feature on most browsers will inform you about how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the Website of its manufacturer. 

12. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES:

This cookie policy does not cover the links within Website linking to other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of the third-party website that you visit. 

13. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at [email protected]

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Last updated: 25th April 2025