Supply Chain Management Courses­ for Public Health

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What cookies are used by i+academy?

Our Moodle learning platform makes use of persistent and secure session cookies. Other types of cookies are also used to run the site:

• We use a persistent cookie if you have clicked the ‘Remember your password?” option. This cookie (with technical name MoodleID) is kept in your browser after the session ends and is purely for convenience: it remembers your username within the browser. This means that when you return to this site the username field on the login page will already be filled in for you. We use another cookie to store your consent to the General Data Protection Regulation (with technical name EU_COOKIE_LAW_CONSENT).
• We use several secure session cookies that are not permanent and are destroyed when you log out or close the browser. Our most important session cookie (with technical name MoodleSession) provides continuity and maintains your login from page to page. Other essential cookies are necessary for the operation of the site. We may use these to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of user accounts, or offer site features.
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In addition to our own cookies, we may at times make use of an external internet site that places cookies of its own. However, we do not have full control over what the providers of these applications themselves do with the cookies when they read them. For more information about these applications and how they handle cookies, please see the privacy statements of these parties (note: these can change regularly).

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You  have to accept the MoodleSession cookie if you want to log in. Other cookies can be deleted and/or refused. If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use some of the features we offer.