Cookie Policy
Understanding how weblinki.com uses tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience and deliver better services.
Last Updated: February 14, 2025
What Are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit them. They help us remember your preferences, understand how you interact with our content, and make your experience smoother each time you return.
Beyond cookies, we use similar technologies like web beacons, pixels, and local storage. These tools work together to help us understand which parts of our site work well and which need improvement.
Think of cookies as digital bookmarks. When you visit weblinki.com, we might remember if you prefer dark mode, which pages you've already seen, or where you left off in a learning module. Without these tools, you'd start fresh every single time you visited our site.
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These keep the site functioning. They handle things like security, network management, and basic navigation. You can't turn these off because the site wouldn't work properly without them.
Functional Cookies
These remember your choices and personalize your experience. Language preferences, regional settings, and interface customization all fall into this category.
Analytical Cookies
We use these to understand how people use our site. Which pages get the most attention? Where do people spend their time? This data helps us make better design decisions.
Marketing Cookies
These track your browsing patterns to show you relevant content and measure how effective our outreach efforts are. They help us understand which topics interest you most.
How Tracking Improves Your Experience
Let me give you some real examples of how this works in practice.
When someone visits our UI design resources section repeatedly, we can suggest related articles they haven't seen yet. If you're halfway through a tutorial and close your browser, we'll remember where you stopped so you can pick up right where you left off.
Our analytics show us patterns too. Maybe lots of people leave a particular page quickly. That tells us something might be confusing or broken. We can investigate and fix it. Or if a specific tutorial gets shared frequently, we know to create more content like that.
Here's something interesting: we noticed that visitors from Taiwan often accessed our interface design resources late at night. This insight helped us optimize server performance during those hours and schedule content updates at times that wouldn't disrupt your browsing.
Specific Cookies on weblinki.com
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| weblinki_session | Maintains your active session and keeps you logged in | Session | Essential |
| user_preferences | Stores your interface settings and display preferences | 1 year | Functional |
| progress_tracker | Remembers your position in tutorials and courses | 6 months | Functional |
| analytics_id | Helps us understand site usage patterns | 2 years | Analytical |
| content_interest | Tracks which topics and resources interest you | 90 days | Marketing |
Data Retention and Storage
Different cookies stick around for different lengths of time, and there's a reason for that.
Session Cookies
Disappear when you close your browser. Fresh start every time.
Short-term Cookies
Last a few days to a few months. Good for temporary preferences.
Long-term Cookies
Stick around for up to two years. Useful for ongoing personalization.
We don't keep this data forever. When a cookie expires, it's gone. And we regularly review what we're storing to make sure we're only keeping what's genuinely useful.
Your data gets stored securely on our servers located in Taiwan. We follow industry standards for encryption and access control. Only authorized team members can access this information, and only when necessary for site maintenance and improvement.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You're in control here. Every major browser gives you tools to manage cookies, and it's pretty straightforward once you know where to look.
How to Control Cookies
- Open your browser settings or preferences menu
- Look for the privacy or security section
- Find the cookie settings area
- Choose whether to block all cookies, allow all, or pick and choose
- You can usually delete existing cookies too
Keep in mind that blocking essential cookies will break some site functionality. You might not be able to stay logged in or save your preferences. But functional, analytical, and marketing cookies? Those are your choice.
Browser-Specific Instructions
Third-Party Cookies and Services
Sometimes we use services from other companies to help run the site. These might set their own cookies.
For example, if we embed a video tutorial, that video platform might drop a cookie. Or our analytics tools come from third-party providers who have their own tracking mechanisms.
We're careful about who we work with. We only use established services that respect user privacy and follow good data practices. But you should know these third parties have their own privacy policies that govern how they use data.
- Analytics platforms that help us understand site traffic
- Content delivery networks that speed up page loading
- Video hosting services for tutorial content
- Email service providers for our newsletter system
Your Rights and Choices
You have several rights when it comes to your data and how we track your activity.
You can ask us what information we've collected about you. You can request that we delete your data. You can opt out of certain types of tracking. And you can update or correct any information we have.
If you're in Taiwan or the European Union, you have additional protections under local data protection laws. We respect those regulations and will honor your rights under those frameworks.
Want to exercise any of these rights? Just reach out to us. We'll process your request within 30 days and let you know what we've done.
Updates to This Policy
Technology changes. Regulations evolve. Our site grows and adapts. So this policy might need updates from time to time.
When we make significant changes, we'll let you know. We might show a notification on the site, send an email if you're subscribed to our updates, or post an announcement in our news section.
The date at the top of this page shows when we last revised the policy. Check back occasionally if you want to stay current on how we handle cookies and tracking.
Questions About Cookies?
If something here isn't clear, or if you have specific concerns about how we use tracking technologies, we're happy to talk about it.