Cookie Policy
Last updated: April 9, 2025
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how CodeCrafters ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. This Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we use personal information.
By continuing to browse or use our website, you agree that we can store and access cookies and other tracking technologies as described in this policy.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website. Third parties serve cookies through our website for analytics and other purposes.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often. We use this information to improve our website and provide a better user experience.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.
5. Specific Cookies We Use
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 1 year | Essential |
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 2 years | Performance |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 24 hours | Performance |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 minute | Performance |
| user_preferences | Stores user preferences for website functionality | 1 month | Functionality |
6. Third Party Cookies
We also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics, one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions, to help us understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
- We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
7. Managing Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or delete certain cookies. Generally you can also manage similar technologies in the same way that you manage cookies – using your browser's preferences.
The following links show how to adjust your browser settings to manage cookies:
Please note that if you choose to block cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.
8. Cookie Consent
When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie banner requesting your consent to set non-essential cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time by clicking on the "Manage Cookie Preferences" link in the footer of our website.
9. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.