Cookie Policy
Last Updated: February 14, 2025
We use various tracking technologies on falextronex.pro to understand how people interact with our educational resources and make improvements based on actual usage patterns. This isn't legal jargon for the sake of it — we genuinely want you to know what happens when you visit our site.
Most websites you visit today use some form of tracking. We do too, but we're upfront about it and keep things reasonable. You have control over these technologies, and we'll show you how to manage them.
What Are Tracking Technologies?
Tracking technologies are small pieces of data stored on your device when you visit websites. Think of them as digital sticky notes that help websites remember your preferences and understand how you navigate through pages.
The most common type is what most people call "cookies" — small text files that contain information like your language preference or whether you're logged in. But there are other technologies too, like web beacons and local storage, which serve similar purposes.
Here's the thing: these technologies aren't inherently good or bad. They can make your browsing experience smoother by remembering your settings, but they can also track your activity across websites if you're not careful. We try to use them responsibly.
How We Use These Technologies
Our tracking falls into four main categories. Each serves a different purpose, and some are more essential than others:
Essential Operations
These keep the website functional. They remember if you're logged into your learning account, maintain your session as you move between pages, and handle basic security measures. Without these, the site wouldn't work properly — you'd have to log in on every page, and your learning progress wouldn't save.
Functional Preferences
These remember your choices to make your experience more personalized. Things like your preferred video playback quality, whether you want captions enabled, or if you've dismissed certain notification banners. They're not strictly necessary, but they save you from having to reset preferences constantly.
Performance Analysis
We track how people use the site to identify problems and opportunities. If everyone abandons a particular learning module halfway through, that tells us something needs fixing. If a page takes forever to load, we need to know. This data helps us make informed decisions about improvements rather than guessing.
Educational Content
These help us understand which topics resonate with our Canadian audience and which ones need better explanation. We track completion rates, time spent on different modules, and which resources people return to most often. This feedback loop directly influences how we develop new content.
Specific Technologies We Deploy
Let's get into specifics about what's actually running on falextronex.pro:
Session Management
When you log into your learning dashboard, we create a session identifier. This is a random string of characters that lets our server know you're authenticated as you move between pages. It expires when you close your browser or after 24 hours of inactivity, whichever comes first.
Analytics Tracking
We use analytics tools to understand traffic patterns and user behavior. This tells us things like which Canadian provinces most of our learners come from, what time of day people prefer to study, and which devices they use. We've configured these tools to anonymize IP addresses and respect Do Not Track signals where possible.
Video Progress Markers
Our educational videos remember where you left off. If you watch half a webinar on investment basics and close the browser, you can pick up where you stopped when you return. This uses local storage on your device rather than sending data to our servers.
Preference Storage
Your settings — like notification preferences, display density, or module sorting options — get saved so you don't have to reconfigure them every visit. These are stored locally and only sync to our servers if you're logged in.
Third-Party Technologies
We don't control the entire internet, and sometimes we integrate services from other providers. These third parties may set their own tracking technologies:
- Video Hosting: If we embed videos from external platforms, those platforms may set their own tracking. We try to use privacy-enhanced embedding modes when available.
- Analytics Providers: Our analytics tools come from third-party services. We've selected providers with reasonable privacy practices and configured them to limit data collection where possible.
- Content Delivery Networks: We use CDNs to serve content faster across Canada. These services may log basic connection information like IP addresses and request times.
We review our third-party integrations regularly and remove any that don't meet our standards. But understand that when you visit any website, you're often interacting with multiple parties, not just the site owner.
Taking Control of Your Tracking
You're not stuck with our defaults. Modern browsers give you substantial control over tracking technologies. Here's how to manage them in popular browsers:
Keep in mind that blocking all tracking technologies might break some website features. Essential operations tracking is usually exempt from browser blocking because it's necessary for the site to function. But you have every right to block the rest if you prefer.
If you clear all tracking data or switch to a new device, you'll lose saved preferences and progress markers stored locally. Your account data remains safe on our servers, but local conveniences will reset.
How Long We Keep This Data
Different tracking technologies have different lifespans, and we've tried to keep these reasonable:
- Session Data: Deleted when you close your browser or after 24 hours of inactivity.
- Preference Storage: Kept until you manually clear it or for up to 12 months of non-use.
- Analytics Data: Aggregated and anonymized after 14 months, with detailed logs deleted.
- Learning Progress: Stored indefinitely while your account remains active, but you can delete specific progress markers from your dashboard.
Data Usage and Protection
The information we collect through tracking technologies stays within our education platform. We don't sell browsing data to third parties or use it for purposes unrelated to improving your learning experience on falextronex.pro.
We aggregate and anonymize usage patterns to identify trends without tracking individuals. If you're logged in, some tracking data connects to your account so we can provide personalized features, but you can disconnect this in your privacy settings.
Changes to Our Practices
Technology changes, regulations evolve, and our needs shift as we grow. We update this policy when our tracking practices change in meaningful ways. The "Last Updated" date at the top tells you when we last made revisions.
Major changes get announced through email to active learners and a notice on the website. Small clarifications or technical updates might not warrant a full announcement, but the updated date will reflect any modifications.
Questions About Our Tracking?
We're based in Magog, Quebec, and happy to answer questions about how we handle tracking technologies. If something in this policy isn't clear or you want to know more about specific practices, reach out.