What Are Cookies and Why We Use Them

Cookies are tiny text files stored on your device when you browse our site. They don't contain personal information like your name or email address—just identifiers that help our systems recognize your browser.

We use these technologies for several reasons. Some are essential—without them, you couldn't access your account or complete course enrollments. Others help us understand traffic patterns and improve our educational content based on real usage data.

Here's something important: we don't sell this data to third parties. We use it internally to make decisions about curriculum development, platform improvements, and resource allocation. That's it.

Types of Tracking Technologies We Use

Not all cookies serve the same purpose. We've organized them into four main categories based on what they do and why they matter.

How Tracking Enhances Your Learning Experience

Let me give you some concrete examples of how this data actually improves things.

Last year, our analytics showed that students accessing cryptocurrency security modules on mobile devices spent 40% less time on certain pages. Not because the content was bad—the formatting just didn't work well on smaller screens. We redesigned those sections, and engagement improved significantly.

Or consider this: we noticed a pattern where visitors from Taiwan frequently searched for content about DeFi regulations. That insight led us to develop an entire module addressing legal considerations specific to the Asian market. Would we have created that without tracking data? Probably not as quickly.

Functional cookies also mean you don't have to reset your preferences every time you log in. Your preferred interface language, notification settings, and display options persist across sessions. Small convenience, big difference.

Third-Party Services and External Trackers

We work with some external services that place their own cookies. These include analytics platforms, payment processors, and educational content delivery networks.

For example, when you watch instructional videos hosted on our platform, the video player may set cookies to remember playback position and quality settings. Payment processing during enrollment involves secure cookies from our payment gateway partners.

We're selective about third-party integrations. Every external service goes through evaluation to ensure they meet reasonable privacy standards. But once you're interacting with external content, those services have their own policies you should review.

Updates and Policy Changes

This policy gets reviewed quarterly. When we add new tracking technologies or change how we handle data, we update this page and notify active users through platform announcements.

Major changes—like implementing new analytics tools or modifying retention periods—trigger email notifications to registered students. Minor clarifications or formatting updates don't require notification but are logged with revision dates.

The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page shows when the most recent changes went live. If you're curious about what changed, you can email our support team for a summary of revisions.

Legal Basis and Compliance

Our use of cookies complies with applicable data protection regulations. For essential cookies, the legal basis is contractual necessity—you need them to use the service. For analytical and marketing cookies, we rely on legitimate interest balanced against your privacy rights.

If you're in a jurisdiction with specific consent requirements, you'll see a cookie banner on first visit asking for explicit permission for non-essential cookies. Your choice is stored (ironically, using a cookie) so you don't see the banner on every visit.

We maintain records of consent decisions and honor withdrawal requests. If you initially agreed to marketing cookies but later change your mind, that preference is respected immediately.