What Are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?

When you visit our mobile AR games platform, we use various technologies to enhance your experience and understand how you interact with our content. Think of these as digital breadcrumbs that help us remember your preferences and improve our services.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you browse our website. But we don't stop there—we also use web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage to create a comprehensive picture of how our platform performs for users like you.

How We Use Tracking on Our Platform

Our tracking serves multiple purposes, each designed to make your experience more personalized and relevant. Here's what actually happens when you visit palomamontecara.com:

Session Management

We track your journey through our educational content to ensure course progress saves correctly. If you're halfway through our "Introduction to Mobile AR Development" module and need to step away, our system remembers exactly where you left off.

Performance Analytics

We monitor which sections of our tutorials cause confusion or where users typically pause. This data helps us refine our teaching approach—for instance, we recently discovered that students needed more visual examples in our Unity scripting lessons.

Personalization Features

Your browsing patterns help us suggest relevant content. Someone who spends time exploring our AR visualization tutorials might see recommendations for our advanced 3D modeling courses when they return.

Types of Tracking Technologies

Third-Party Tracking Partners

We work with several external services to provide comprehensive analytics and improve our educational offerings. These partners have their own data collection practices:

• Google Analytics: Helps us understand traffic patterns and popular content areas
• Video Hosting Services: Track video completion rates and engagement metrics for our tutorials
• Social Media Platforms: Monitor how our educational content gets shared and discussed
• Email Marketing Tools: Manage course announcements and educational newsletters

Each partner operates under strict data processing agreements that limit how they can use information collected from our platform.

Managing Your Tracking Preferences

You have significant control over how we track your activity. Here are the most effective ways to manage your privacy:

Platform-Specific Controls

When logged into your student account, visit your privacy dashboard to adjust tracking preferences for different types of data collection. You can opt out of marketing tracking while keeping functional cookies that enhance your learning experience.

Global Privacy Settings

We respect Do Not Track signals and similar browser preferences. However, disabling all tracking may limit certain interactive features of our AR development courses.

Data Retention and Storage

We don't keep tracking data indefinitely. Here's our approach to data lifecycle management:

• Session cookies expire when you close your browser
• Functional preferences remain for up to 12 months
• Analytics data gets anonymized after 24 months
• Marketing tracking data expires after 18 months or when you opt out

International Data Transfers

Some of our tracking technologies involve services hosted outside Romania. We ensure these transfers comply with European data protection standards through appropriate safeguards and contractual protections.

Your tracking data may be processed in facilities located in the European Union, United States, or other regions where our technology partners maintain secure data centers.

Policy Updates and Changes

As we introduce new educational technologies and tracking capabilities, this policy evolves accordingly. We'll notify registered students of significant changes through email and prominent website notices.

Recent updates in early 2025 included enhanced transparency about our video analytics and new options for managing marketing preferences in student accounts.