Cookie Policy
Last Updated: January 2025
This policy explains how castfluxdev.com uses tracking technologies to improve your experience. We're straightforward about what we track and why.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our site. They help us remember your preferences and understand how you interact with our educational content about JavaScript for mobile games.
What We Track and Why
When you browse our site, several types of tracking technologies work behind the scenes. Some are necessary for basic functionality, while others help us understand what content resonates with people interested in game development education.
Essential Tracking
These keep the site running properly. Without them, you couldn't navigate between pages or access learning materials. They remember your session and maintain security protocols throughout your visit.
Functional Tracking
These remember your choices and settings. If you adjust text size or select a preferred code example format, functional tracking ensures those preferences stick around for your next visit.
Analytical Tracking
We track which tutorials get the most attention and where people spend their time. This data helps us create better educational content. If everyone's struggling with a particular JavaScript concept, we know to expand that section.
Marketing Tracking
These help us understand which topics bring people to our site. When we write about mobile game performance optimization, marketing tracking shows us if that content reaches the right audience in Australia and beyond.
How This Affects Your Experience
Every tracking technology we use serves a specific purpose. Here's what happens in practice:
When You Return
The site remembers you've been here before. You won't see the same introductory messages, and your progress through learning modules stays intact. This creates a smoother experience over multiple visits.
Content Recommendations
Based on which tutorials you've viewed, we can suggest related topics. If you've been reading about sprite animation, you'll see recommendations for physics engines or collision detection.
Performance Monitoring
We track page load times and identify technical issues. If code examples aren't displaying correctly on certain devices, analytical data flags the problem so we can fix it.
Managing Your Preferences
You control how tracking works on your device. Every modern browser includes settings to manage or block cookies entirely.
Most browsers let you:
- View all stored cookies and delete specific ones
- Block third-party tracking while allowing first-party cookies
- Set automatic deletion when you close your browser
- Create exceptions for trusted sites
Keep in mind that blocking essential cookies will break basic site functionality. You might not be able to access certain learning materials or track your progress through courses scheduled for autumn 2025.
- Chrome users can adjust settings through the Privacy and Security menu
- Firefox offers Enhanced Tracking Protection with customizable levels
- Safari includes Intelligent Tracking Prevention by default
- Edge provides similar controls in the Privacy section
Specific Technologies We Use
Different tracking methods serve different purposes across our educational platform:
- Session identifiers: These exist only while you're actively browsing and disappear when you close the tab
- Authentication tokens: If you create an account to access advanced tutorials, these keep you logged in securely
- Analytics tracking: We see aggregated patterns like which JavaScript frameworks generate the most interest
- Preference storage: Your chosen syntax highlighting theme or tutorial difficulty level stays consistent
- Traffic sources: We know whether you found us through search engines, direct visits, or educational forums
Third-Party Services
Some functionality comes from external providers. Video tutorials embedded on our site might use their own tracking. We choose partners carefully, but they operate under their own privacy policies.
Analytics platforms help us understand user behavior patterns without identifying individuals. The data shows us that people in Lismore and broader New South Wales regions engage heavily with mobile game optimization content during evening hours.
How Long We Keep Data
Different types of tracking data have different lifespans:
Session cookies expire immediately when you leave. Analytics data gets aggregated within 48 hours and individual session details are stripped away. Functional preferences can last up to a year, but you can clear them anytime through browser settings.
We don't hold onto data longer than necessary. Once we've extracted useful patterns to improve course content, individual tracking information gets deleted.
Your Rights and Control
You can request information about what data we've collected related to your visits. This includes which pages you viewed, how long you spent on different tutorials, and what device types you used.
Australian privacy regulations give you the right to access, correct, or delete this information. We'll respond to requests within a reasonable timeframe, typically two weeks.
If you want to browse without any tracking whatsoever, most browsers offer private or incognito modes. You'll lose the convenience of saved preferences, but nothing gets stored on your device.
Updates to This Policy
Tracking technologies evolve, and so do our practices. When we make significant changes to how we use cookies, we'll update this page and adjust the date at the top.
We might add new tracking types if we introduce features that require them. For example, if we build a collaborative code editor for the courses launching in late 2025, that would need additional session management.
Check back occasionally if you're curious about changes. We won't fundamentally alter our approach without clear notice here.
Questions About Our Tracking?
If something in this policy isn't clear, or you want specific details about your data, reach out directly.
Lismore Square, Shop T107 Uralba St & Brewser St
Lismore NSW 2480, Australia