Cookie Policy
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2026
1. Understanding Web Cookies
Like almost all professional software websites, CodeCrest utilizes standard browser cookies. Cookies are minor text strings downloaded to your local device to store preferences, speed up next-load assets, and coordinate session choice parameters.
This document explains what information we collect via cookies, how we use them, and how you retain complete authority over your tracking preferences.
2. Core Cookies We Utilize (First-Party)
We prioritize first-party, zero-retention operational parameters. Our local cookies are limited strictly to functional necessities:
- Visual Theme Cookies: Retains your default preference for light mode or dark mode, ensuring smooth layouts without Flash of Unstyled Content (FOUC).
- Temporary Calculation Caches: Stores your recent inputs inside local browser session variables, allowing you to refresh your browser tab without losing your active financial balance worksheets or legal translations.
3. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Cookies
To keep our flagship AI tool sandboxes 100% free for developers and freelancers, we display advertisements. CodeCrest integrates **Google AdSense** as our primary advertisement partner.
Google uses third-party cookies (such as the DART cookie) to serve targeted advertisements based on your interactions across other digital directories. These ad networks automatically receive your IP address when serving assets. CodeCrest holds no administrative control or access over cookies deployed by third-party advertisers.
4. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)
We utilize **Google Analytics** purely to audit aggregated, anonymous traffic metrics. Google Analytics cookies trace diagnostic indicators such as page load speed, average session duration, error exceptions logs, and mobile-versus-desktop ratios. This allows our developer collective to tune edge server nodes and optimize latency scores without identifying any singular user.
5. How to Control & Opt-Out of Cookies
You maintain total sovereignty over your browser telemetry. You can block or delete cookies by adjusting your individual browser settings (e.g. Chrome, Safari, Firefox).
To disable personalized advertisements served by Google, manage your settings directly by visiting the **Google Ad Settings** page (adssettings.google.com). For wider opt-out options from other ad providers, visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
6. Cookie Compliance Contacts
For further questions regarding our cookie disclosures or to request a direct data inspection audit, please email us: