Cookie & Tracking Policy
Understanding how osxcrevanto.net collects and manages data to improve your experience with our collaborative software development platform
Last Updated: March 2025
Manage Your Cookie Preferences
We respect your privacy choices. While essential cookies keep our platform functional, you have control over analytics and marketing tracking. Click below to decline all non-essential cookies.
Essential Cookies Cannot Be Disabled
Some cookies are necessary for basic site functionality, security, and your login sessions. These essential cookies remain active to ensure osxcrevanto.net operates properly for all users.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit websites. They help us remember your preferences, keep you logged in, and understand how people use our collaborative development tools.
Think of them as digital sticky notes. Some remind us that you're already logged in. Others track which features you use most often so we can improve them. And yes, we know the name sounds more appetizing than the actual technology.
Beyond traditional cookies, we also use similar tracking technologies like local storage, session storage, and pixels to enhance your experience across osxcrevanto.net.
Types of Tracking We Use
Essential Cookies
Required for core functionality like authentication, security features, and session management. Without these, you couldn't log in or navigate between pages securely. These stay regardless of your preferences.
Functional Cookies
Remember your settings and preferences across visits. Things like your preferred code editor theme, notification settings, and interface customizations. Makes your return visits smoother.
Analytics Cookies
Help us understand which features get used and which ones need work. We see patterns like "most developers access the code review tool between 9-11am" without tracking individual identities. Purely statistical.
Marketing Cookies
Track engagement with our educational content and promotional materials. We use this to understand which learning resources resonate with software development teams and refine our course offerings.
First-Party vs Third-Party
First-party cookies come directly from osxcrevanto.net and help us run the platform. Third-party cookies come from external services we integrate with (like analytics providers). Both serve distinct purposes in delivering our collaborative development environment.
How Long We Keep Cookie Data
Different cookies stick around for different lengths of time, depending on their purpose:
Session Cookies
Expire when you close your browser. Used for temporary authentication and navigation tracking during a single visit to osxcrevanto.net.
Preference Cookies
Last about a month to remember your settings between visits. If you don't return within 30 days, we clear these and you'll start fresh next time.
Analytics Cookies
Stored for up to one year to track long-term usage patterns and platform improvements. Helps us identify trends in how development teams collaborate over extended periods.
Marketing Cookies
Can persist for up to two years to measure the effectiveness of our educational outreach and program promotions. Longest retention period we use.
Taking Control Through Your Browser
You're not stuck with our default settings. Every modern browser lets you manage cookies directly. Here's where to look:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data. You can block all cookies or just third-party ones.
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. Firefox offers enhanced tracking protection by default.
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data. Safari's quite aggressive about blocking trackers automatically.
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies. Similar controls to Chrome since they share underlying technology.
- Brave: Settings → Shields → Cookies. Brave blocks most tracking by default, which is their whole selling point.
What Happens When You Block Cookies?
Blocking all cookies will likely break some functionality on osxcrevanto.net. You might get logged out repeatedly, lose your customized settings, or see repeated prompts. Essential cookies need to work for the platform to function properly, but you can safely block analytics and marketing tracking without major issues.
Specific Cookies We Use
For complete transparency, here are the main cookies you'll encounter on osxcrevanto.net:
_osxc_session
Essential session cookie that keeps you logged in as you navigate between project dashboards, code repositories, and collaboration tools. Expires when you close your browser.
_osxc_preferences
Stores your interface customizations like theme choice, notification settings, and dashboard layout. Lasts 90 days so your preferences persist between visits.
_osxc_analytics
Tracks anonymized usage patterns to help us improve platform features. No personally identifiable information attached. Retained for 12 months for long-term trend analysis.
_osxc_consent
Records your cookie preference choices so we don't pester you with the same banner every visit. Stored for 12 months or until you change your preferences.
Updates to This Policy
Technology changes. Regulations evolve. Our platform grows. When we modify how we handle cookies and tracking, we'll update this page and note the revision date at the top.
For significant changes that affect your privacy choices, we'll send notifications through your osxcrevanto.net dashboard or email. We won't make substantial alterations without giving you a heads-up first.
We recommend checking back occasionally, especially if you're concerned about data privacy. This policy was last revised in March 2025 to reflect our current tracking practices.
Questions About Cookie Usage?
If something's unclear about how we track data or you need more detailed information about specific cookies, reach out directly. We're transparent about our data practices and happy to explain the technical details.