What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences, understand how you use the site, and improve your experience.
Cookies We Use
DevRadar uses minimal cookies, focused on essential functionality:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They cannot be disabled.
- Session Cookie: Maintains your login session when you sign in with Google. Expires when you close your browser or sign out.
- Security Cookie: Helps protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.
Preference Cookies
These cookies remember your settings to enhance your experience.
- Theme Preference: Remembers your choice of light or dark mode. Stored locally, expires after 1 year.
- Wizard Draft: Saves your progress in the Stack Wizard so you can resume later. Stored in localStorage, not sent to our servers.
Analytics Cookies
We use privacy-focused analytics to understand how visitors use DevRadar. This helps us improve the service.
- Anonymous Usage Data: Page views, feature usage, and general interaction patterns. This data is aggregated and cannot identify you personally.
Cookies We Don't Use
DevRadar does not use:
- Advertising Cookies: We don't show ads or track you for advertising purposes.
- Cross-Site Tracking: We don't track your activity across other websites.
- Third-Party Marketing: We don't share data with marketing platforms.
Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services that may set their own cookies:
- Firebase Authentication (Google): Manages user authentication. See Firebase Privacy Policy.
Managing Cookies
You can control cookies through your browser settings:
- Block All Cookies: Most browsers allow you to block all cookies, but this may prevent you from signing in.
- Delete Cookies: You can delete existing cookies at any time through your browser settings.
- Cookie Preferences: Most browsers let you accept cookies from some sites while blocking others.
Note: Blocking essential cookies will prevent you from using features that require authentication.
Local Storage
In addition to cookies, we use browser localStorage for:
- Wizard Draft Data: Your in-progress stack selections. This never leaves your browser unless you save a project.
- UI Preferences: Theme settings and collapsed sections.
You can clear localStorage through your browser's developer tools or by clearing site data.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices. The "Last updated" date at the top indicates the latest revision.
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Questions?
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at hey@devradar.dev.