What Are Cookies Anyway?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device. They're basically tiny notes that help websites remember you between visits. When you come back to cognitfluxonhub.com, these files tell us things like your language preference or what you were looking at last time.

Most websites use them. They're not inherently good or bad—they're just tools. What matters is how we use them and whether you're comfortable with that use.

Types of Cookies We Use

We've organized our cookies into four main categories. Each serves a different purpose on cognitfluxonhub.com:

Why We Actually Need Them

Let me be honest—some of this is for our benefit, and some is for yours. Here's the breakdown:

• Essential cookies keep you logged in and protect your session from security threats. Without these, you'd have to re-authenticate every time you click to a new page.
• Functional cookies save your preferences so you don't have to set them every visit. Once you tell us you prefer English, we remember that.
• Analytics cookies help us see where people get stuck or confused. If everyone abandons the page at the same spot, we know we need to fix something there.
• Marketing cookies let us show you relevant information based on what you've already looked at. They also help us understand which marketing efforts actually work.

For our financial modeling education content, analytics are particularly useful. They tell us which topics resonate with our audience in Thailand and Southeast Asia, so we can create more of what actually helps people.

Third-Party Cookies

We don't just set our own cookies. Sometimes third parties place cookies through our site. This happens when we embed content from other services or use external analytics tools.

Common third parties on cognitfluxonhub.com might include analytics platforms, content delivery networks, or embedded video players. Each has its own cookie policy, and we can't control what they do with your data once it leaves our site.

This is worth considering. When you accept cookies here, you're potentially sharing data with multiple companies, not just us. That's one reason why we give you control over non-essential cookies.

Browser-Level Cookie Management

You can also manage cookies directly through your browser settings. This gives you more granular control over what gets stored on your device.

Most browsers let you block all cookies, block only third-party cookies, or delete cookies after each session. Some browsers also offer a "Do Not Track" signal, though not all websites honor it.

Keep in mind that blocking all cookies will likely break functionality on many websites, including ours. You'll need to find the balance that works for your privacy preferences.

Other Tracking Technologies

Cookies aren't the only tracking method we use. Here are a few others you should know about:

• Web Beacons: Tiny invisible images embedded in emails or pages that tell us when content has been viewed. We use these occasionally in email communications.
• Local Storage: Similar to cookies but can store more data and doesn't get sent with every request. We use this for performance optimization and caching educational content.
• Session Storage: Temporary storage that gets cleared when you close your browser tab. Useful for maintaining state during your current visit.
• Fingerprinting: We don't actively use browser fingerprinting, but it's worth mentioning. This technique identifies devices based on unique configurations without using cookies at all.

Updates to This Policy

We update this policy when our tracking practices change or when regulations require it. The "last updated" date at the top tells you when we made the most recent changes.

Significant changes will be announced through a notice on our homepage. Minor clarifications might happen without notification. We recommend checking back occasionally if you're particularly concerned about privacy.