Cookie & Data Usage Policy

What Are Tracking Technologies?

When you visit peakvistared.com, various tracking technologies work behind the scenes to enhance your learning experience. Think of these as digital tools that help our robotics and AI education platform remember your preferences, analyze which courses interest you most, and improve our website's performance.

These technologies include cookies (small text files stored on your device), web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage mechanisms. Each serves different purposes - some are absolutely essential for our platform to function, while others help us understand user behavior and deliver personalized educational content.

Types of Tracking Technologies We Use

Specific Cookies and Their Functions

How Tracking Enhances Your Learning Experience

Our tracking technologies serve specific educational purposes. For instance, when you spend extra time on a particular robotics programming exercise, our analytics help identify that topic as challenging, prompting us to create additional supportive materials or video explanations.

Similarly, if many students access our AI fundamentals course from mobile devices, we prioritize mobile optimization for those materials. This data-driven approach ensures our platform evolves to meet actual student needs rather than assumptions about learning preferences.

Course recommendation cookies track which subjects you explore most frequently. Someone frequently viewing machine learning content might see suggestions for advanced neural network courses, while robotics hardware enthusiasts get notifications about hands-on engineering workshops.

Data Retention and Your Control

We retain cookie data for different periods based on their function. Essential cookies expire when you close your browser session, while preference cookies may last up to one year to remember your settings. Analytics cookies typically expire after two years, allowing us to track long-term learning trends.

You can delete existing cookies at any time through your browser settings or by using our cookie preference controls above. When you reject cookies, we store that preference locally to respect your choice on future visits.

For students in our certificate programs, some functional cookies may be necessary to track completion requirements and issue digital credentials. These educational record cookies are clearly identified and require separate consent for academic program participation.

Third-Party Services and Tracking

Our platform integrates with several educational technology partners who may place their own cookies. These include video hosting services for our tutorial content, simulation software providers for robotics labs, and assessment tools for measuring learning progress.

Each third-party service operates under its own privacy policy, though they're only permitted to collect data necessary for delivering educational services. We regularly review these partnerships to ensure they align with our commitment to student privacy and data protection.

When you decline non-essential cookies, this preference extends to most third-party tracking as well. However, some educational tools may require functional cookies to operate properly - for example, progress tracking in interactive coding exercises or simulation state saving in robotics labs.