Cookie policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Profit Academy LLC (“Profit Academy,” “we,” “us,” “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on profitacademy.io (the “Website”).
By using the Website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy, subject to your ability to manage preferences as described below.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Cookies help websites function properly, remember user preferences, and understand how visitors interact with the site.
We may also use similar technologies, such as pixels or local storage, which serve similar purposes.
2. Who We Are
The Website is owned and operated by:
Profit Academy LLC
Profit Academy LLC
Texas, United States
Email: info@profitacademy.io
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following categories of cookies.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the Website to function and cannot be disabled through our cookie banner. They support core functionality such as security, account access, session management, and form submissions.
Functional cookies
These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced functionality, such as remembering preferences or maintaining application state.
Analytics cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website, such as which pages are visited and how users navigate the site. This information is used to improve performance and user experience.
Marketing cookies
These cookies may be used to measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and to display relevant advertising on other websites. Marketing cookies may be set by us or by third parties.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the Website to function and cannot be disabled through our cookie banner. They support core functionality such as security, account access, session management, and form submissions.
Functional cookies
These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced functionality, such as remembering preferences or maintaining application state.
Analytics cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website, such as which pages are visited and how users navigate the site. This information is used to improve performance and user experience.
Marketing cookies
These cookies may be used to measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and to display relevant advertising on other websites. Marketing cookies may be set by us or by third parties.
4. What Cookies Does Our Site Use?
- 4.1 The following first-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
| Name of Cookie | Purpose | Strictly Necessary | Expires |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Preserves User Login information and states | Yes | When you close your browser |
| DPSettings | Preserves the user's Cookie policy preferences | Yes | 12 days |
| slim_session | Preserves User Login information and states | Yes | 2.5 days |
| affiliate | Tracks purchases made through affiliate links to ensure proper credit is given to the affiliate partner. | No | Depends on your affiliate cookie settings |
- 4.2 The following strictly necessary third-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device (remove stripe cookies from the list if you don’t use stripe):
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| __stripe_sid | checkout.stripe.com | Used to process payments for our website. | 30 minutes |
| __stripe_mid | checkout.stripe.com | Used to distinguish users. | 1 year |
| cid | checkout.stripe.com | Used to process payments for our website. | 3 months |
| vuid | vimeo.com | These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information. | 3 years |
| player | player.vimeo.com | These cookies are used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information. | 1 year |
| cf_clearance | www.cloudflare.com | Used by clouflare to specify the duration that our website is accessible to a visitor that successfully completed a previous Captcha or challenge. | 4 hours |
- 4.3 Our Site uses the following functional Cookies (remove cookies not exploited in your school):
Olark
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| hblid | profitacademy.io | a visitor identifier that we use only on your site to remember this visitor between visits | 2 years |
| wcsid | profitacademy.io | a session identifier that we use only on your site to keep track of a single chat session | When you close your browser |
| olfsk | profitacademy.io | storage identifier that we use to maintain chat state across pages (e.g. message history) | 2 years |
| _okbk | profitacademy.io | extra state information (e.g. chat box being open/closed) | When you close your browser |
| _ok | profitacademy.io | most recent Olark site ID (security measure) | When you close your browser |
| _oklv | profitacademy.io | the Olark loader version (for improved caching) | When you close your browser |
| _okla | profitacademy.io | used for caching purposes (loaded from CDN vs. loaded from our infrastructure) | When you close your browser |
| _okgid | profitacademy.io | used for caching by setting a hash for assets to determine if they have changed and if they need to be refreshed | When you close your browser |
| _okac | profitacademy.io | used for caching by setting a hash for assets to determine if they have changed and if they need to be refreshed | When you close your browser |
| _okdetect | profitacademy.io | Used for detecting when storage contexts have changed due to things like ssl or host transitions (helps maintain your chat across pages). | When you close your browser |
| _okck | profitacademy.io | Used to test whether the visitor's browser allows cookies to be stored. | When you close your browser |
TawkTo
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| tawk_uuid_ | profitacademy.io | HTTP cookie | |
| twk_idm_key | profitacademy.io | Visitor connection management | Session |
| twk_token_ | profitacademy.io | HTML local storage | |
| tawk_uuid_propertyId | profitacademy.io | Visitor tracking | 6 months |
| tawkUUID (deprecated) | profitacademy.io | Visitor tracking | 6 months |
| __tawkuuid (deprecated) | profitacademy.io | Visitor tracking | 6 months |
| ss (deprecated) | profitacademy.io | Visitor session management | Session |
| TawkConnectionTime | profitacademy.io | Manages visitor connection | Session |
| Tawk_xxxxxxx (deprecated) | profitacademy.io | Visitor preference | 6 months |
Freshchat
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| pubsub_cookie | profitacademy.io | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | When you close your browser |
| hop- | profitacademy.io | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | When you close your browser |
| profitacademy.io | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | When you close your browser | |
| _ | profitacademy.io | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | 1 year |
| pnctest | profitacademy.io | This cookie is used for the freshchat service | 1 year |
Zendesk Web Widget
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| ZD-zE_oauth | profitacademy.io | Stores the authentication token once the user has been authenticated. | 2 hours |
| ZD-currentTime | profitacademy.io | Sets the time when page loads. | Forever |
| ZD-settings | profitacademy.io | Stores a hash of settings so that we don't keep sending blips after the initial one | Forever |
| ZD-suid | profitacademy.io | Session id for pathfinder. | 20 minutes |
| ZD-buid | profitacademy.io | Collects Machine ID. | Forever |
| _answer_bot_service_session | profitacademy.io | Used to uniquely identify a user session when using Answer Bot Article Recommendations. | When you close your browser |
Intercom
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| intercom-id-[app_id] | profitacademy.io | Anonymous visitor identifier cookie. As people visit your site they get this cookie. | 9 months |
| intercom-session-[app_id] | profitacademy.io | Identifier for each unique browser session. This session cookie is refreshed on each successful logged-in ping, extending it one week from that moment. The user can access their conversations and have data communicated on logged-out pages for 1 week, as long as the session isn’t intentionally terminated with Intercom('shutdown');, which usually happens on logout. |
1 week |
| intercom-device-id-[app_id] | profitacademy.io | Identifier for each unique device that interacts with the Messenger. It is refreshed on each successful ping, extending it another 9 months. We use this cookie to determine the unique devices interacting with the Intercom Messenger to prevent abuse. |
9 months |
- 4.4 Our Site uses analytics services provided by your analytics services, if any. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve Our Site and the products and services offered through them.
- 4.5 The analytics services used by Our Site use Cookies to gather the required information. You do not have to allow us to use these Cookies, however, whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
- 4.6 The analytics services used by Our Site uses the following Cookies (remove cookies not exploited in your school):
Google Analytics
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| _ga | profitacademy.io | Google Analytics: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _gat | profitacademy.io | Google Analytics: Used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate. | When you close your browser |
| _gid | profitacademy.io | Google Analytics: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | When you close your browser |
| _ga_container-id | profitacademy.io | Used to persist session state. | 2 years |
Mixpanel
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| mp_#_mixpanel | profitacademy.io | MixPanel: Cookie used by MixPanel for analytics purposes | 1 year |
BDOW
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| __smToken | profitacademy.io | The __smToken is set once you login to Sumo and is checked to verify whether you are logged into Sumo or not | 1 year |
| __smSmartbarShown | profitacademy.io | cookie is set when the Smart Bars are shown on your website | 1 year |
| __smVID | profitacademy.io | Used to display relevant advertising | 1 month |
| __smSessionId | profitacademy.io | Used by Sumo to establish a cookie on a users computer to begin a session to enable Sumo products | When you close your browser |
| __smListBuilderShown | profitacademy.io | cookie is set when the List Builder is shown on your website | 1 year |
| __smScrollBoxShown | profitacademy.io | cookie is set when the Scroll box is shown on your website | 1 year |
| __smWelcomeMatShown | profitacademy.io | Cookie is set when the Welcome mat is shown on your website | 1 year |
| __smListBuilderOptOut | profitacademy.io | Is set when a visitor clicks an "Opt-Out" button on the List Builder | 1 year |
| __smSmartBarOptOut | profitacademy.io | Is set when a visitor clicks an "Opt-Out" button on Smart bars | 1 year |
| __smScrollBoxOptOut | profitacademy.io | Is set when a visitor clicks an "Opt-Out" button on Scroll box | 1 year |
| __smWelcomeMatOptOut | profitacademy.io | Is set when a visitor clicks an "Opt-Out" button on welcome mat | 1 year |
| __smSubscribed | profitacademy.io | Is set when a visitor subscribes via any of the List Builder, Welcome Mat, Scroll Box or Smart Bars they are shown on your website | 1 year |
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4.7 Targeting/Marketing cookies
Targeting/Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising (remove cookies not exploited in your school):
Facebook
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| _fbp | profitacademy.io | Identifies browsers for advertising and site analytics services | 90 days |
| fr | facebook.com | Delivers advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers | 90 days |
| datr | facebook.com | Identifies the web browser used to connect to Facebook; enhances security and site integrity | 2 years |
| c_user | facebook.com | Contains the user ID of the currently logged-in user | 1 year< |
| xs | facebook.com | Contains session number and secret number for security | Varies, tied to session |
| sb | facebook.com | Helps improve friend suggestions | 2 years |
| oo | facebook.com | Opt-out of Facebook showing ads based on activity on third-party websites | 5 years |
| presence | facebook.com | Contains user's chat state (e.g., which chat tabs are open) | End of session |
Hubspot
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| __hstc | profitacademy.io | The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk (see below), initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). | 6 months |
| hubspotutk | profitacademy.io | This cookie is used for to keep track of a visitor's identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when de-duplicating contacts. | 6 months |
| __hssc | profitacademy.io | This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if we should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. | 30 min |
| __hssrc | profitacademy.io | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set. We set it to 1 and use it to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when we manage cookies, we assume it is a new session. | session |
| messagesUtk | profitacademy.io | This cookie is used to recognize visitors who chat with you via the messages tool. If the visitor leaves your site before they're added as a contact, they will have this cookie associated with their browser. If you have a history of chatting with a visitor and they return to your site later in the same cookied browser, the messages tool will load your conversation history with that visitor. | 6 months |
Refersion
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| ci_session | refersion.com | Preserves users states across page requests. | When you close your browser |
| refersion_csrf_code | refersion.com | Sets csrf token to prevent cross site request forgery. | When you close your browser |
| __cfduid | refersion.com | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. | 1 year |
Google AdWords
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| ads/ga-audiences | profitacademy.io | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. | When you close your browser |
Fomo
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
| Fomo.hstry-count-since-first-event- | profitacademy.io | Used by Fomo for showing user notifications. | Persistent |
| Fomo.hstry-first-timestamp- | profitacademy.io | Used by Fomo for showing user notifications | Persistent |
| Fomo.snv- | profitacademy.io | Used by Fomo for showing user notifications | Persistent |
5. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are set directly by Profit Academy LLC.
Third-party cookies are set by third-party service providers whose tools or services are used on the Website, such as analytics providers, payment processors, video hosting services, or marketing platforms.
Third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites. Their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.
Third-party cookies are set by third-party service providers whose tools or services are used on the Website, such as analytics providers, payment processors, video hosting services, or marketing platforms.
Third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites. Their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.
6. Managing Cookie Preferences
Cookie banner and settings
If available, our cookie banner or cookie settings tool allows you to accept, reject, or customize non-essential cookies.
Browser controls
Most browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings, including deleting cookies or blocking certain categories of cookies. If you disable cookies, some parts of the Website may not function properly.
If available, our cookie banner or cookie settings tool allows you to accept, reject, or customize non-essential cookies.
Browser controls
Most browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings, including deleting cookies or blocking certain categories of cookies. If you disable cookies, some parts of the Website may not function properly.
6. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” feature. Because there is no widely accepted standard for responding to these signals, the Website does not respond to Do Not Track signals in a uniform way.
7. Cookies We Use
The cookies used on the Website may change over time as we update our tools and services.
Rather than maintaining a static and potentially outdated list, we disclose cookies by category. Where required, specific cookies and providers may be presented through our cookie banner or settings tool.
Rather than maintaining a static and potentially outdated list, we disclose cookies by category. Where required, specific cookies and providers may be presented through our cookie banner or settings tool.
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page. Continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.
9. Further Information
- 7.1 If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please contact Us at info@profitacademy.io.
- 7.2 For more information about privacy, data protection and our terms and conditions, please visit the following:
- 7.2.1 Privacy Policy
- 7.2.1 Terms & Conditions
