Cookie and Data Usage Policy
Understanding how energythinx.com uses tracking technologies to enhance your learning experience and improve our 3D game level design education platform.
What Are Cookies and How We Use Them
Cookies are small text files that websites store on your device to remember information about your visit. At energythinx.com, we use various tracking technologies to understand how students interact with our 3D game design courses and to personalize your educational journey.
When you explore our game level design tutorials or browse through our learning materials, these technologies help us remember your preferences, track your progress, and suggest relevant content that matches your skill level and interests.
Essential Cookies
These are necessary for basic website functionality. They remember your login status, course progress, and ensure secure navigation through our educational platform without requiring constant re-authentication.
Performance Analytics
We track how students use different features to identify popular learning paths and areas where people might struggle. This data helps us improve course structure and identify which 3D modeling techniques need clearer explanations.
Learning Preferences
These cookies remember your preferred learning settings, such as video playback speed, preferred game engines, or whether you like step-by-step tutorials versus hands-on challenges.
Educational Content
We track which topics interest you most to suggest relevant courses. If you spend time on environment design tutorials, we might recommend our advanced lighting techniques or architectural modeling courses.
How Tracking Enhances Your Learning Experience
Course Progress Tracking
We remember where you left off in each tutorial, which exercises you've completed, and your quiz scores. This allows you to seamlessly continue learning across different devices and sessions without losing your place in complex 3D modeling workflows.
Personalized Recommendations
Based on your interaction patterns, we suggest courses that match your skill level and interests. If you frequently work with Unity projects, we'll prioritize Unity-specific level design courses over Unreal Engine content in your dashboard.
Performance Optimization
We monitor which parts of our platform load slowly or cause confusion. This helps us optimize video streaming for 3D software demonstrations and ensure our interactive exercises run smoothly on different devices and connection speeds.
Feature Usage Analysis
We track which tools and features students use most frequently. If many people struggle with our texture mapping interface, we know to redesign it. If certain video controls are ignored, we can simplify the interface.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have full control over how cookies work on your device. Most browsers allow you to manage, block, or delete cookies according to your preferences. However, blocking certain cookies may affect your learning experience on energythinx.com.
Chrome & Edge
Go to Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and site data. Here you can block third-party cookies, clear existing data, or add specific sites to your allow/block lists.
Firefox
Navigate to Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. Firefox offers enhanced tracking protection that blocks many tracking cookies by default while preserving functionality.
Safari
Open Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data. Safari automatically blocks many tracking cookies and provides detailed controls for managing stored website data.
Data Retention and Your Control
Different types of data are stored for varying periods based on their purpose and legal requirements. We believe in transparency about how long we keep your information and what happens to it.
Session Data
Temporary cookies for login sessions and course navigation expire after 30 days of inactivity to protect your account security.
Learning Analytics
Course progress, quiz results, and learning preferences are kept for one year to provide continuous personalization and progress tracking.
Performance Data
Anonymized usage statistics help us improve our platform and are retained for two years for long-term educational research and development.