Cookie policy

The ACENET digital skills development portal uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, we are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve our portal by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur when you press the “accept” button on Our Cookie banner or when you have selected your preferred Cookie options in Our Cookie manager and pressed the “Continue” button. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using our portal.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
Cookie: means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;
Cookie Law: means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);
Personal data: means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and
We/Us/Our: means “ACENET”, the Atlantic Canadian provider of advanced research computing services, support and training.

2. Information About Us

Our Site is owned and operated by ACENET.

ACENET is a not-for-profit organization and Atlantic Canada's solution for digital research infrastructure. Our local team of research consultants and advanced computing system administrators based throughout the region are here to provide support and training to our academic, government and industry clients. 

For questions or further information please contact us at info@ace-net.ca.

3. How Does Our Portal Use Cookies?

Our portal may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our portal and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times. For more specific details of the Cookies that we use, please refer to the table below.

By using our digital skills development portal, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third-party Cookies are used on our portal for analytics and for marketing purposes. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.

Cookies on our portal are not permanent and will expire as indicated in the table below.

All Cookies used by and on our portal are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. 

4. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of our platform after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

5. Further Information

If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please contact us at training@ace-net.ca.
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