This Cookie Policy explains how Chinese-English Legal Education Limited ("CELE", "we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website https://celebar.com and use our CELE SQE mobile application (collectively, the "Services").
This policy explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.
Table of Contents
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, CELE) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, analytics, and interactive content).
We also use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage that function similarly to cookies. For simplicity, we refer to all these technologies collectively as "cookies" in this policy.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons:
- Essential functionality β Some cookies are essential for the operation of our Services. They enable you to navigate our website and use key features such as logging in to your account and accessing secure areas.
- Performance and analytics β We use cookies to understand how visitors use our Services, which pages are most popular, and how users navigate through our website. This helps us improve our Services.
- Personalisation β Cookies help us remember your preferences and settings, such as your language preference, to provide a more personalised experience.
- Security β We use cookies to help identify and prevent security risks, such as detecting unusual login patterns.
- Marketing and advertising β We may use cookies to deliver relevant advertisements to you and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse our website and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have requested (such as logging in to your account) cannot be provided.
Examples include:
- Authentication cookies β to remember when you are logged in
- Security cookies β to detect fraud and abuse
- Session cookies β to enable you to navigate the website
- Load balancing cookies β to distribute traffic efficiently
Legal Basis: These cookies are necessary for the performance of our contract with you (providing the Services).
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our Services, such as which pages you visit most often and whether you receive error messages. This information is aggregated and anonymous, and is only used to improve how our Services work.
Examples include:
- Google Analytics β to understand user behaviour and improve our Services
- Performance monitoring β to identify and fix technical issues
- Usage analytics β to understand feature usage and engagement
Legal Basis: Your consent (which you can withdraw at any time).
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow our Services to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or region) and provide enhanced, more personalised features.
Examples include:
- Language preference cookies
- UI customisation preferences
- Recently viewed content
- Study progress tracking
Legal Basis: Your consent (which you can withdraw at any time).
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Examples include:
- Facebook Pixel β to deliver targeted advertisements
- Google Ads β to measure advertising campaign effectiveness
- Retargeting cookies β to show relevant ads on other websites
Legal Basis: Your consent (which you can withdraw at any time).
4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Services and deliver advertisements on and through the Services.
Third-party services we use include:
- Google Analytics β for website traffic analysis and user behaviour insights
- Google Ads β for advertising and remarketing
- Facebook/Meta β for social media integration and advertising
- Stripe β for payment processing
- Alipay β for payment processing
These third parties may use cookies to collect information about your activities on our Services and other websites to provide you with targeted advertising based on your browsing activities and interests. For more information about these third parties and their privacy practices, please visit their respective privacy policies.
5. How to Control Cookies
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may impact your overall user experience, and some features may not function properly.
To learn more about how to manage cookies in your browser:
Cookie Consent Management
When you first visit our Services, we will ask for your consent to use optional cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:
- Clicking the "Cookie Preferences" link in our website footer
- Adjusting your settings in your account preferences (if logged in)
- Contacting us at [email protected]
Opting Out of Targeted Advertising
You can opt out of targeted advertising by:
- Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA)
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA)
- Google Ad Settings
- Facebook Ad Preferences
Mobile Device Settings
If you are using our mobile app, you can control tracking and advertising through your device settings:
- iOS: Settings β Privacy β Tracking / Advertising
- Android: Settings β Google β Ads
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or for other operational reasons. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and similar technologies.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Chinese-English Legal Education Limited
85 Great Portland Street, First Floor
London, W1W 7LT
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0203 8573 836
For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.
Additional Resources
For more information about cookies and online privacy, you may find these resources helpful: