Cookie Policy
How I Use Cookies on Poetic Bytes

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, improve user experience, and provide useful information to website owners.

At Poetic Bytes, I use cookies to:

• Enhance functionality — remember your preferences and settings
• Analyze usage — understand how visitors interact with my content
• Improve performance — monitor site speed and reliability
• Personalize content — tailor recommendations and learning paths

🔒 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, security, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies as they are strictly required for the service.

• Session cookies — maintain your session state across pages
• Security cookies — help protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
• Load balancing cookies — distribute traffic across servers

📊 Analytics & Performance Cookies

These cookies help me understand how visitors use my site, which pages are most popular, and how I can improve the learning experience. All data is collected anonymously.

• Google Analytics — tracks page views, time on site, and traffic sources
• Performance monitoring — helps me identify technical issues
• Usage patterns — which lessons and features are most used

⚙️ Preference Cookies

These cookies remember your choices and preferences to personalize your experience.

• Theme preferences — remember your display settings
• Code runner state — remember your code snippets and outputs
• Comment settings — remember your display name for comments

📢 Marketing & Advertising Cookies

I use Google AdSense to display relevant advertisements. These cookies help me show ads that are more likely to be relevant to you and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

• Ad personalization — shows ads based on your browsing history
• Ad frequency — limits how often you see the same ad
• Conversion tracking — measures ad performance

🌐 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

• Block all cookies — prevent any cookies from being set
• Delete existing cookies — clear all cookies stored on your device
• Block third-party cookies — accept only first-party cookies
• Set cookie preferences per site — customize per website

For detailed instructions, visit the help section of your browser:

• • Google Chrome
• • Mozilla Firefox
• • Apple Safari
• • Microsoft Edge

📧 Opt Out of Analytics

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about you by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your browser.

• Download the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on

I use trusted third-party services that may also set cookies on your device. These services include:

• Google Analytics — analytics and performance monitoring (Privacy Policy)
• Google AdSense — display advertising (Privacy Policy)
• Vercel / GitHub Pages — hosting and deployment (subject to their privacy policies)

I do not have direct control over these third-party cookies. I recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these services to understand how they handle your data.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding my Cookie Policy, please reach out:

• 📧 Email: pansensoyglenn150@gmail.com
• 🐦 Twitter: @PoeticGlenn
• 🔗 LinkedIn: glenn-pansensoy
• 📱 Instagram: @poeticglenn