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Cookie Policy
Last Updated: March, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our Website.
When you first visit the Website, you will be asked to set your cookie preferences through a cookie banner. Optional cookies will only be placed if you provide your consent through the cookie banner. Strictly necessary cookies are automatically placed because they are essential for the Website to function.
When you first visit the Website, you will be asked to set your cookie preferences through a cookie banner. Optional cookies will only be placed if you provide your consent through the cookie banner. Strictly necessary cookies are automatically placed because they are essential for the Website to function.
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They help improve functionality, enhance security, and provide information about how visitors use a website.
Cookies generally fall into two categories:
Cookies generally fall into two categories:
- Session cookies: which are deleted when you close your browser
- Persistent cookies: which remain on your device until they expire or are deleted.
Cookies may be placed directly by us (first-party cookies) or by external service providers whose tools are integrated into our Website (third-party cookies).
2. How We Use Cookies
a. Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies enable core functionality of the Website, including secure access, accurate page navigation, session management, and storage of your cookie preferences. These cookies are essential for the Website to operate properly and therefore do not require consent under the applicable laws.
These cookies:
These cookies:
- Do not track your activity across websites
- Do not collect information for marketing or profiling purposes.
- Cannot be disabled through the cookie banner.
You may disable these cookies through your browser settings; however, doing so may affect the functionality or display of the Website.
b. Performance and Analytics Cookies (Optional)
Performance and analytics cookies are placed only with your consent. They help us understand how visitors interact with the Website and allow us to improve its performance, structure, and content.
They collect aggregated and statistical information such as:
They collect aggregated and statistical information such as:
- Pages visited
- Navigation patterns
- Time spent on pages
- Errors encountered
- Visitor interaction trends
These cookies generally collect aggregated information and do not directly identify individual users.
c. Functional Cookies (Optional)
These cookies allow the Website to remember user preferences and choices in order to provide enhanced functionality and a more personalized experience.
Examples include:
- Language preferences
- Region or location settings
- Remembering user preferences
- User interface customization
Without these cookies, some Website features may not function properly.
d. Advertising (Marketing / Targeting) Cookies (Optional)
Advertising cookies may be used to track users across websites in order to deliver relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
Where enabled, these cookies may be used to:
- Build a profile of user interests
- Deliver personalized advertisements
- Enable marketing or retargeting campaigns
- Limit how often advertisements appear
- Measure advertising campaign performance
These cookies may be set by us or by third-party advertising partners whose services are integrated into our Website. They may track browsing activity across different websites.
3. Similar Tracking Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies such as web beacons, tracking pixels, or local storage technologies that perform functions similar to cookies. For simplicity, these technologies are referred to collectively in this Cookie Policy as “cookies”.
These technologies help us analyse Website traffic, improve Website functionality, and measure the effectiveness of communications or marketing activities.
4. Third-Party Cookies & Service Providers
Some cookies used on the Website are placed by third-party service providers whose tools or services are integrated into the Website. These third parties may collect information through cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review their policies to understand how they use your information.
Our Third-Party Service Providers include:
- Google Analytics: Used to understand visitor interaction and improve performance.
- LinkedIn Insight Tag (LinkedIn Ads): Used to enable marketing or retargeting campaigns.
- Google Ads: Used for search engine marketing (SEM) and retargeting activity.
- SEO Plugins: Used to optimize website content and improve visibility on search engines.
- Meta Pixel: Used to track user interactions and support advertising and retargeting campaigns on Instagram and Facebook.
- Website Performance Plugins: Used to enhance website speed, functionality, and overall performance (e.g., Jetboost).
5. Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the Website and to improve its functionality and performance.
- With your consent, Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- Device and browser type
- Approximate geographic location
- Pages visited and time spent on pages
- Traffic sources and navigation paths
- Basic interaction data (such as clicks or page engagement)
IP addresses may be processed by Google in a truncated or anonymized form before storage. We do not receive information that directly identifies individual users.
These cookies may be session or persistent cookies and may be placed as first-party or third-party cookies.
Where Google processes data outside the European Economic Area, appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses may be applied in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
These cookies may be session or persistent cookies and may be placed as first-party or third-party cookies.
Where Google processes data outside the European Economic Area, appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses may be applied in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
6. Legal Basis for the Use of Cookies
Under the ePrivacy Directive, strictly necessary cookies are exempt from the consent requirement because they are essential for the operation of the Website. Optional cookies, including performance, analytics, functional, and advertising cookies, are used only with your consent. Optional cookie categories are disabled by default and are activated only when you choose to accept them through the cookie banner.
Where cookies involve the processing of personal data, such processing is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your cookie preferences through the cookie management tool or by modifying your browser settings. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
We do not sell or share personal information, as defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act, including for cross-context behavioural advertising.
Where cookies involve the processing of personal data, such processing is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your cookie preferences through the cookie management tool or by modifying your browser settings. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
We do not sell or share personal information, as defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act, including for cross-context behavioural advertising.
7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can accept, reject, or modify your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie management tool available on the Website.
If you decline optional cookies, the Website will remain accessible, although certain functionality or analytical insights may be limited.
Your saved preferences will remain in effect for 12 months, after which you may be asked to renew your choices (unless you clear your cookies or change your settings earlier).
You may also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
For general information about cookies and how to control them, you may visit:
https://www.allaboutcookies.org
If you decline optional cookies, the Website will remain accessible, although certain functionality or analytical insights may be limited.
Your saved preferences will remain in effect for 12 months, after which you may be asked to renew your choices (unless you clear your cookies or change your settings earlier).
You may also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
For general information about cookies and how to control them, you may visit:
https://www.allaboutcookies.org
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or the functionality of the Website. Any updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or requests regarding this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at compliance@augustleadership.com
