Cookie Policy
Last updated: October 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Express Tech Academy uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website (expressteck.tech), student portal, and mobile applications.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you browse websites. They enable the site to remember your actions, preferences, and login state over time so you do not have to re-enter them every time you return or navigate between pages.
2. How We Use Cookies
Express Tech Academy uses cookies for the following essential and operational purposes:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for the operation of our platform. These maintain your authenticated student login session, verify security nonces, manage checkout sessions, and keep items in your cart.
- Functional & Preference Cookies: Remember your preferred currency (e.g., NGN, USD, CAD), theme preferences (Dark Mode vs. Light Mode), and volume/playback speed settings in video lectures.
- Performance & Security Cookies: Ensure smooth streaming delivery, prevent automated bot attacks, rate-limit form submissions, and maintain high availability across edge servers.
3. Third-Party Cookies
Some features on our platform rely on external services that may place their own cookies:
- Google Sign-In: Validates user credentials and keeps you securely logged into your linked Google account.
- Payment Gateways (Paystack, Stripe, PayPal): Secure fraud prevention and transaction verification during checkout.
- Cloudflare: DDoS mitigation, secure media delivery, and network optimization.
4. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You can choose to accept or decline cookies through your browser settings. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your settings to block cookies or notify you when a cookie is set. Please note that disabling essential cookies may prevent you from logging into your student dashboard or completing course checkouts.
5. Inquiries & Contact
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at support@expressteck.tech.