COOKIE POLICY
Last updated November 14, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how The PhysioBase Ltd ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://course.stronghipsystem.com ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which provides comprehensive information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal information, including data collected through cookies. You can view our Privacy Policy at: https://course.stronghipsystem.com/privacy-policy-page
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, The PhysioBase Ltd) 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, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
When you first visit our Website, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies, including advertising cookies from Meta/Facebook. Essential cookies that are necessary for the website to function cannot be rejected. You can change your cookie preferences at any time through our Cookie Consent Manager or by adjusting your browser settings.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our Website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.
Name: s7
Purpose: Gather data regarding site usage and user behavior on the website.
Provider: course.stronghipsystem.com
Service: Adobe Analytics
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
Advertising cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
Name: lastExternalReferrerTime
Purpose: Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.
Provider: course.stronghipsystem.com
Service: Meta Platforms, Inc View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage
Expires in: persistent
Name: lastExternalReferrer
Purpose: Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.
Provider: course.stronghipsystem.com
Service: Meta Platforms, Inc View Service Privacy Policy
Type: html_local_storage
Expires in: persistent
Name: _fbp
Purpose: Stores and tracks visits across websites to enable Facebook advertising, conversion tracking, and audience building. Used to deliver personalized advertisements and measure ad campaign effectiveness. This cookie identifies browsers for advertising purposes and helps Facebook distinguish between different users.
Provider: .stronghipsystem.com
Service: Meta Platforms, Inc View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 3 months
Name: fr
Purpose: Used by Facebook to deliver advertisements and measure ad performance. Enables retargeting, conversion tracking, and optimization of ad campaigns. Contains a unique browser and user identifier used to deliver and measure the effectiveness of advertisements.
Provider: .stronghipsystem.com
Service: Meta Platforms, Inc View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 3 months
Name: _fbc
Purpose: Stores the last visit from a Facebook ad click. Used to attribute conversions and other events to specific Facebook advertisements. This cookie helps us measure which of our Facebook ads led to registrations or purchases on our website.
Provider: .stronghipsystem.com
Service: Meta Platforms, Inc View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 3 months
How to Opt Out of Meta/Facebook Advertising:
You have several options to control Meta's use of your information for advertising purposes:
1. Facebook Ad Preferences: Visit https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences to:
- View and manage your ad interests
- See which advertisers have added you to their audience
- Control whether ads are shown based on your activity on Facebook Company Products
- Opt out of ads based on data from partners (including our website)
- Hide specific advertisers
2. Instagram Ad Settings: Manage your Instagram ad preferences through:
- Instagram app: Settings > Ads > Ad Topics
- Control which types of ads you see
3. Cookie Consent Manager: When you first visit our website, you can use our cookie consent banner to reject advertising cookies while still accepting essential cookies needed for the website to function.
4. Browser Cookie Settings: Configure your web browser to block or delete third-party cookies (see instructions for specific browsers below).
5. Industry Opt-Out Tools:
- Digital Advertising Alliance (US): http://optout.aboutads.info/
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada: http://youradchoices.ca/
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EU): http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
6. Mobile Device Settings:
- iOS: Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking > Toggle off "Allow Apps to Request to Track"
- iOS: Settings > Privacy & Security > Apple Advertising > Toggle off "Personalized Ads"
- Android: Settings > Google > Ads > Toggle on "Opt out of Ads Personalization"
7. Facebook Mobile App Settings:
- In Facebook app: Settings & Privacy > Settings > Ads > Ad Preferences
- Control ad topics and advertisers you see
For more information about Meta's cookie and advertising practices:
- Meta Cookie Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
- Meta Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
- Meta Pixel Terms: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153
- Meta Business Tools: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
Please note that opting out of personalized advertising does not mean you will stop seeing advertisements altogether. You will still see ads, but they may be less relevant to your interests.
How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
Chrome
How to manage cookies in Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
1. Open Chrome and click the three dots in the top-right corner
2. Click Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
3. Choose your preferred cookie settings
Internet Explorer
How to manage cookies in Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/help/17442
1. Open Internet Explorer and click Tools (gear icon)
2. Click Internet Options > Privacy tab
3. Adjust your cookie settings using the slider
Firefox
How to manage cookies in Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
1. Open Firefox and click the three lines in the top-right corner
2. Click Settings > Privacy & Security
3. Scroll to Cookies and Site Data and adjust settings
Safari
How to manage cookies in Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac
1. Open Safari and click Safari > Preferences
2. Click Privacy tab
3. Choose your cookie blocking preferences
Edge
How to manage cookies in Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/help/4468242
1. Open Edge and click the three dots in the top-right corner
2. Click Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data
3. Choose your preferred cookie settings
Opera
How to manage cookies in Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
1. Open Opera and click Settings
2. Click Privacy & Security
3. Scroll to Cookies and adjust settings
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
Digital Advertising Alliance: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada: http://youradchoices.ca/
European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Meta Pixel
We use Meta Pixel (Facebook Pixel), which is a web beacon technology, on our website. Meta Pixel places and reads cookies on your browser and tracks your interactions with our website to:
- Measure the effectiveness of our Facebook and Instagram advertising
- Build custom audiences for advertising
- Deliver personalized advertisements
- Track conversions from our advertisements
- Optimize ad delivery
The Meta Pixel fires (activates) when you take certain actions on our website, such as viewing a page, clicking a button, or completing a purchase. When the pixel fires, it sends information about your activity back to Meta's servers. This information is then used for advertising purposes as described in our Privacy Policy.
You can control Meta Pixel through the cookie consent options described above, including rejecting advertising cookies through our Cookie Consent Manager.
Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention, and for other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
We use Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook) as our primary advertising partner. Meta uses cookies and web beacons (including Meta Pixel) to:
- Show you relevant advertisements on Facebook and Instagram based on your interests and website activity
- Measure how many people see and interact with our advertisements
- Understand which advertisements lead to registrations or purchases on our website
- Create audiences of people similar to our existing customers
- Prevent you from seeing the same advertisement too many times
The information collected includes:
- Pages you visit on our website
- Actions you take (clicks, form submissions, purchases)
- Device and browser information
- Time and date of your visits
- Your approximate location based on IP address
This information may be combined with information Meta has collected from your use of Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta services to create a more complete profile of your interests and behaviors for advertising purposes.
You can control targeted advertising as described in the "How to Opt Out of Meta/Facebook Advertising" section above.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [email protected] or by post to:
The PhysioBase Ltd
Cluain Aoibhinn
Claremorris, Mayo F12X0H6
Ireland
Phone: (+353)0949372209
You can also contact us with questions about:
- How to exercise your cookie preferences
- Which cookies are set on our website
- How to opt out of targeted advertising
- Our Privacy Policy
- Your data protection rights
For questions specifically about Meta's use of cookies and data:
- Visit Meta's Privacy Center: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/center/
- Review Meta's Cookie Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
- Contact Meta directly through their Help Center