Cookie Policy
Understanding Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better browsing experience by remembering your preferences, analyzing site usage, and enabling certain features of our educational platform.
We also use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage to collect information about how you interact with our content and services. This policy explains how we use these technologies and your choices regarding them.
Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize our cookies into several types based on their function: Essential cookies are necessary for basic site functionality and cannot be disabled. Preference cookies remember your settings and choices to personalize your experience.
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our site, which pages are most popular, and how we can improve our educational content. Marketing cookies may be used to deliver relevant advertisements and track the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns.
Essential Cookies for Platform Functionality
These cookies are crucial for our platform to function properly and provide core services. They enable user authentication, maintain your session while navigating between pages, remember items in your learning queue, and ensure security features work correctly.
Essential cookies also help us detect and prevent fraudulent activity, maintain the integrity of user accounts, and provide basic accessibility features. These cookies do not require your consent as they are necessary for service delivery.
Preference and Customization Cookies
These cookies remember your choices and preferences to enhance your learning experience. They store information such as your preferred language, tutorial difficulty level, code editor theme, and display settings for our educational interface.
Preference cookies also remember your progress through courses, bookmark saved tutorials, and maintain your personalized dashboard layout. Without these cookies, you would need to reset your preferences each time you visit our platform.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
We use analytics cookies to understand how our educational content performs and how students interact with our tutorials. This data helps us identify popular learning paths, common areas where students need additional support, and opportunities to improve our curriculum.
These cookies collect aggregated information about page views, time spent on tutorials, completion rates, and user flow through our learning materials. All analytics data is anonymized and used solely for improving our educational services.
Third-Party Cookies and Integrations
Some cookies on our site are set by third-party services we integrate with, such as payment processors, video hosting platforms for tutorials, and educational tools. These services have their own cookie policies that govern their data collection practices.
We carefully select third-party partners and require them to maintain appropriate privacy standards. However, we recommend reviewing their individual cookie policies to understand how they handle your information.
Cookie Duration and Expiration
Cookies have different lifespans depending on their purpose. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you manually delete them.
Most of our preference cookies expire after one year, while analytics cookies typically last for two years. Essential cookies may have shorter or longer durations based on security requirements and functionality needs.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have control over how cookies are used on our platform. Our cookie consent banner allows you to accept or decline different categories of cookies. You can also modify your preferences at any time through the cookie settings link in our website footer.
Please note that disabling certain cookies may limit some features of our platform. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for basic functionality, but you can control optional cookies based on your preferences.
Browser Cookie Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically view, delete, or block cookies, and set preferences for future cookie handling. However, browser settings apply to all websites, not just ours.
Common browsers provide cookie management options in their privacy or security settings. You can usually find options to delete existing cookies, block future cookies, or receive notifications when cookies are being set.
Mobile App and Device Considerations
If you access our platform through mobile apps or devices, similar tracking technologies may be used. Mobile platforms often provide their own privacy controls for app-based tracking, which you can manage through your device settings.
We respect mobile platform privacy features such as "Do Not Track" signals and limited ad tracking preferences. Our mobile experiences are designed to work with various privacy settings while maintaining educational functionality.
International Cookie Regulations
We comply with international cookie regulations, including the EU's ePrivacy Directive and Japan's privacy laws. This means we obtain appropriate consent for non-essential cookies and provide clear information about our cookie practices.
Our cookie consent mechanisms are designed to meet the requirements of various jurisdictions while providing a smooth user experience for learners accessing our platform from different countries.
Data Security and Cookie Protection
We implement security measures to protect cookie data and prevent unauthorized access. This includes using secure transmission protocols, encrypting sensitive cookie information, and regularly reviewing our cookie security practices.
While cookies themselves typically don't contain personally identifiable information, we treat all tracking data with the same security standards we apply to other user information on our platform.
Updates to Cookie Practices
We may update our cookie practices and this policy periodically to reflect changes in technology, regulations, or our services. Material changes will be communicated through our platform and may require renewed consent for certain cookie categories.
We encourage you to review this cookie policy regularly and adjust your preferences as needed. Our commitment is to maintain transparency about our data collection practices while providing excellent educational services.
Contact Us About Cookies
If you have questions about our cookie practices, need help managing your preferences, or want to report cookie-related issues, please contact our privacy team at privacy@fravintel.com.
We're committed to helping you understand and control how cookies are used on our platform while ensuring you can fully benefit from our Python game development educational resources.
Effective Date: January 1, 2025
Last Updated: January 1, 2025