Effective Date: November 16, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how CreativeIQ / Growth UnLimited uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website and use our online services. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy (GDPR).
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognize your device, store certain information, and help us provide functionality, analyze usage, and improve your experience. Similar technologies (such as pixels, tags, and local storage) may be used for the same purposes and are collectively referred to as “cookies” in this Policy.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following categories of cookies:
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies
- Required for the website to function properly (for example, page navigation, security features, log-in sessions, and access to secure areas or course content).
- These cookies are essential for the operation of the website and cannot be disabled via the cookie banner.
- The legal basis for using strictly necessary cookies is our legitimate interest in providing a functional, secure website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
b) Functional Cookies
- Enable enhanced features and improve ease of use, such as remembering your preferences and settings.
- Examples include saving your language choice, remembering that you are logged in, or storing certain display preferences.
- These cookies may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we use on our pages.
- Where required, functional cookies are only activated with your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
c) Analytics Cookies
- Help us understand how visitors interact with our website (for example, which pages are visited, how long visitors stay, and which links are clicked).
- We use GDPR-compliant tools (for example, analytics solutions with IP anonymisation).
- Analytics cookies enable us to improve content, structure, and performance of our website.
- Analytics cookies are only placed on your device if you have given your explicit consent via the cookie banner (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
d) Marketing Cookies
- Used to deliver personalized advertising, measure the effectiveness of campaigns, or show you content that is more relevant to your interests.
- These cookies may track your browsing activity across different websites and create pseudonymous user profiles.
- Marketing cookies are only activated with your explicit consent via the cookie banner (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
- If you do not consent, you will still see general (non-personalized) content and advertising.
3. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are set by trusted third parties. These may include, for example:
- Analytics providers – for website usage tracking (for example, Google Analytics with IP anonymisation and GDPR-compliant settings).
- Payment providers (for example, PayPal, Stripe) – for secure payment processing if purchases are made on our site.
- Email or marketing tools – to track newsletter sign-ups or responses to certain campaigns, where legally permitted and based on your consent.
- Social media plugins or embedded content (for example, LinkedIn, YouTube) – to enable sharing of content, or to display embedded videos or posts.
These third-party providers are responsible for their own cookies and data processing. We have no control over the exact functioning of their cookies and recommend that you review the privacy and cookie policies of the respective providers. We select our service providers carefully and, where required, conclude data processing agreements and use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.
4. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies in particular to:
- Keep you logged in during your session and enable secure access to your account or course content.
- Deliver digital content (such as course videos, learning materials, or downloads) smoothly and reliably.
- Remember your preferences (for example, language settings or cookie choices).
- Monitor website performance, detect technical problems, and fix errors.
- Conduct basic, GDPR-compliant analytics to understand how our site is used and to improve user experience.
- Personalize marketing and information about our courses and free materials, but only if you have given us your consent to use marketing cookies.
We do not use cookies or similar technologies to make fully automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.
5. Consent & Control
When you first visit our site, you will see a cookie banner. Through this banner, you can:
- Accept all cookies.
- Reject all non-essential cookies (only strictly necessary cookies will remain active).
- Customize your preferences by category (for example, allow functional cookies but not marketing cookies).
You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time with effect for the future by:
- Reopening the cookie settings on our website (for example via a link “Cookie Settings” in the footer, if provided), and/or
- Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and could result in reduced user experience (for example, you may have to log in again more often or your saved preferences may not be retained).
6. Retention
Cookies remain on your device for different periods:
- Session cookies: temporary cookies that are deleted automatically when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies: remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them manually. Persistent cookies help us recognize you on your next visit.
The exact storage duration depends on the type of cookie and is determined by us or the relevant third-party provider. Where possible, you will find information about typical retention periods in the cookie settings or within your browser.
7. External Links and Third-Party Sites
Our website may contain links to external websites or services that are not operated by CreativeIQ / Growth UnLimited. This Cookie Policy does not apply to those external sites. We have no control over the cookies used by third-party websites and are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. We recommend that you review the cookie and privacy policies of any external websites you visit.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes to the cookies we use, legal requirements, or technical developments. The current version will always be available on this page. The effective date at the top of this Policy indicates when it was last revised.
9. Contact
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies, or your data protection rights, please contact:
CreativeIQ / Growth UnLimited
Dr. Thomas Steinert
Ostwender Straße 12
30161 Hannover
Germany
Email: ts-vs2@thomas-steinert.de