What Are Cookies Anyway?

Look, cookies aren't the kind you eat—though that would be more fun. These are tiny text files that websites drop onto your device when you visit. They remember things about you so the site works better next time. Think of them as digital bookmarks that help us recognize you when you come back.

At jymbron.com, we use these tracking technologies to make your experience smoother. They help us understand how people interact with our physics-based game design resources, which pages get the most attention, and where folks tend to get stuck. It's not about being nosy—it's about making things work better for everyone who's here to learn.

The Different Types We Use

Not all cookies do the same thing. Some are essential for the site to function, while others help us understand what's working and what needs improvement. Here's what you'll encounter on our platform:

How Cookies Improve Your Experience

So what do these actually do for you? Quite a bit, actually. When you're working through a complex physics simulation tutorial, functional cookies remember where you left off. You don't have to start from scratch every single time you close your browser.

Analytical cookies help us figure out that, say, our rigid body dynamics lesson is confusing people at the 45-minute mark. That tells us exactly where to add more explanation or break things down differently. Without that data, we'd just be guessing about what needs fixing.

And the marketing ones? They help us reach people who are genuinely interested in game development education rather than spamming random internet users with content they don't care about. If you've spent time exploring our collision detection resources, seeing an ad for our advanced physics course might actually be relevant to you.

What Information Gets Collected

Here's the thing—we're not collecting your private diary entries or anything creepy like that. The information is pretty straightforward and mostly technical:

• Browser and device data: What browser you're using, your screen resolution, whether you're on mobile or desktop. This helps us optimize the site for different devices.
• Navigation patterns: Which pages you visit, how long you stay, what links you click. We use this to understand how people move through our learning materials.
• Interaction metrics: Did you watch a video tutorial all the way through? Did you download example code? This shows us what content resonates.
• Time and location: General geographic location (not your exact address) and time zone help us understand our global audience and when the site gets the most traffic.
• Referral sources: How did you find us? Search engine, social media, direct link? This helps us understand what's bringing people to our platform.

Specific Cookies in Use

If you want the technical details, here's a breakdown of what's actually running on jymbron.com:

Third-Party Tracking

We also work with external services that set their own cookies. For analytics, we use standard tracking tools that help us understand site performance. Video tutorials might come through hosting platforms that set cookies to remember playback quality preferences and track viewing metrics.

Our payment processor uses cookies to handle secure transactions when you enroll in paid courses. And if we're running educational ads, the advertising networks use tracking to measure campaign effectiveness and prevent showing you the same ad a hundred times.

These third parties have their own privacy policies—we don't control what they do with the data, but we only work with services that have solid reputations for data protection.

How Long We Keep This Data

Session cookies disappear the moment you close your browser. They're temporary by design and only exist while you're actively using the site.

Persistent cookies stick around longer—anywhere from 30 days to two years, depending on their purpose. Analytical data typically lives for two years so we can spot long-term trends in how people use our educational content. Preference cookies might last six months to a year, which is long enough to be useful but not permanent.

We regularly review and clear out old cookie data. If a cookie isn't serving a purpose anymore, we get rid of it. And you can always clear them manually from your browser whenever you want a fresh start.

Your Rights and Control

This is your data, and you have rights. You can request to see what information we've collected through cookies. You can ask us to delete it. You can opt out of non-essential tracking entirely.

For students based in Spain or elsewhere in the EU, GDPR gives you additional protections. You have the right to access your data, correct inaccuracies, restrict processing, and port your information to another service if you decide to leave.

We're not going to make this difficult. If you want to exercise any of these rights or just have questions about what we're tracking, reach out to us at help@jymbron.com. We'll respond within a reasonable timeframe and actually help you rather than hiding behind corporate doublespeak.

Updates to This Policy

Technology changes, regulations evolve, and we occasionally add new features that require different tracking approaches. When we update this cookie policy, we'll change the date at the top and notify active users through email or a site banner.

Significant changes—like adding entirely new categories of cookies or working with different third-party services—will get more prominent announcements. We won't sneak major changes past you in fine print.

It's worth checking this page occasionally if you care about the details. We try to keep things transparent and explain our reasoning when we make changes to how we handle tracking and data collection.