Cookie & Data Usage Policy
How Proxyman Home uses tracking technologies to enhance your programming learning experience
At Proxyman Home, we believe transparency builds trust. This policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies on proxymanhome.com to personalize your learning journey and improve our programming education platform.
Understanding Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. Think of them as digital bookmarks that help us remember your preferences and provide a smoother experience. Beyond traditional cookies, we also employ web beacons, local storage, and session identifiers to gather insights about how you interact with our programming courses and resources.
These technologies work silently in the background, collecting data points like which programming languages interest you most, how long you spend on coding tutorials, and which learning paths you prefer. This information helps us tailor content recommendations and optimize our platform's performance specifically for your needs.
Types of Tracking We Use
Essential Cookies
These are absolutely necessary for our platform to function. They enable core features like user authentication, session management, and security protections. Without these, you wouldn't be able to access your programming courses or track your learning progress.
Functional Cookies
These remember your preferences and settings, such as your preferred programming language, code editor theme, and tutorial difficulty level. They make your return visits more personalized and efficient.
Analytical Cookies
We use these to understand how students interact with our content. They help us identify which tutorials are most effective, where learners get stuck, and which programming concepts need better explanation.
Marketing Cookies
These track your interests across our site to show relevant course recommendations and programming resources. They help us suggest advanced courses based on your current skill level and learning patterns.
How Tracking Enhances Your Experience
- Personalized course recommendations based on your programming interests and skill progression
- Saved progress tracking across multiple devices, so you never lose your place in tutorials
- Customized dashboard showing your most-used programming languages and recent activities
- Smart content suggestions that adapt to your learning pace and preferred difficulty level
- Performance optimization that loads frequently-accessed resources faster
- Error tracking that helps us quickly fix issues affecting your learning experience
Data Retention and Your Control
We retain cookie data for varying periods depending on its purpose. Essential cookies expire when you close your browser, while preference cookies may last up to two years to maintain your customized settings. Analytical data is aggregated and anonymized after 90 days.
You maintain complete control over this data. You can request deletion of your tracking data at any time, export your learning progress data, or opt out of non-essential tracking while still accessing our core educational content.
Managing Your Tracking Preferences
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to control cookie settings through their privacy or security sections. You can block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or set up custom rules for specific websites. However, blocking essential cookies may limit some platform functionality.
Account Preferences
Logged-in users can access detailed privacy controls through their account dashboard. Here you can toggle different types of tracking, view your data usage summary, and customize which recommendations and analytics you want to participate in.
Third-Party Tools
We respect settings from privacy tools and browser extensions. If you use tracking blockers or privacy-focused browsers, our system automatically adapts to honor those preferences while maintaining core educational functionality.
Third-Party Integration
Some tracking technologies come from trusted third-party services that help us provide better education. These include analytics providers that help us understand learning patterns, content delivery networks that speed up video tutorials, and authentication services that keep your account secure.
We carefully vet all third-party partners to ensure they meet our privacy standards. They're only allowed to use data for the specific services they provide to us – never for their own marketing or data collection purposes.
Updates and Changes
As we introduce new features and educational tools, our tracking practices may evolve. We'll notify you of significant changes through email announcements and prominent notices on our platform. Minor updates to this policy will be reflected in the "last updated" date below.
Your continued use of Proxyman Home after policy updates indicates acceptance of the changes. If you disagree with updates, you can adjust your tracking preferences or contact us to discuss concerns before the changes take effect.
Questions About Our Data Practices?
We're here to help clarify anything about our tracking and data usage.
Address: 172 Po Kong Village Rd, Diamond Hill, 999077, Hong Kong
Phone: +852 2246 0783
Email: info@proxymanhome.com
Last updated: December 2024