Privacy policy

Hello and welcome programmer! Thank you for visiting Codeguage! Codeguage ("Site") is a platform built to help you gain practical computer science and programming skills by means of quick, mini courses. I sincerely try to make the platform's experience as intuitive, simple, and smooth for you as I could. Equally, I expect you to abide by certain guidelines while using this Site as outlined in the terms of use document.

By using this Site, you agree that you are totally in acceptance with the terms. If you aren't comfortable with them, please consider not using this Site.

This page is an extension to the terms of use. Here I discuss about how Codeguage handles user privacy.

Information collected

To provide and improve the services of this Site, the following information is collected:

• Personal information: When you create a new account on the Site, your name and email address are collected.
• IP address: When you go to purchase a subscription, your IP address is collected only to determine your country of origin (for purchasing power parity, see below).
• Payment details: When you purchase a subscription, your payment details are collected and processed by my third-party payment processor, Paddle.
• Usage data: Information about how you interact with the Site is automatically collected — for example, your browser type, pages visited, the time spent on the Site, and so on. However, this is done in an aggregated and privacy-friendly way, using the third-party analytics service, Ahrefs Web Analytics.

How your information is used

• User accounts: Your personal information (your name and email address) is used to create and manage your account on the Site.
• Purchasing power parity: Your IP address is used to determine your country of origin. This allows me to offer region-specific pricing based on purchasing power parity (PPP). Your IP address is not directly stored on the Site's server, nor is it processed for anything else beyond implementing purchasing power parity.
• Payment processing: Your payment details are handled solely and securely by my third-party payment processor, Paddle, and used to pay for the given subscription plan that you've subscribed to. Your complete payment details never touch the Site's server. (Note: For a better user experience, a very limited version of your payment details, for e.g. the last four digits of your card, is stored, as provided to me by Paddle, in a reasonably secure way.)
• Standard server logs: The Site's server may automatically log IP addresses and basic request metadata for technical and security purposes. I do not access, use, or analyze these logs myselves unless required for troubleshooting, abuse prevention, or legal compliance.
• Analytics: Your usage data is used for the purpose of the Site's analytics. This in turn help me improve the Site and provide a better experience to you. For example, by analyzing which pages are most popular, I can invest more resources and time into building similar pages.
• Communication: Your email address may be used to send important updates related to your account or other service notifications to you. (Note: I do not send unsolicited marketing emails!)

Third-party services

The Site integrates with the following third-party services:

• Paddle: Paddle is a secure payment processing platform that handles transactions for subscriptions of the Site. When you make a purchase, Paddle collects personal information necessary to process your payment, such as your name, email address, and payment details. For more information on how Paddle handles your data, please refer to their privacy policy.
• Ahrefs: Ahrefs Web Analytics helps me understand how users interact with the Site by collecting analytics data, such as which pages have been visited the most. This data is collected in an aggregated form, without the use of cookies, that is, it can't be used to identify you personally. For details on how Ahrefs Web Analytics handles data, please refer to About Ahrefs Web Analytics.

Cookies

Cookies are small textual files stored on one's device that help treat multiple visits from the same browser as coming from the same user, ultimately lending a hand in delivering a smooth browsing experience.

Cookies are used on the Site for the purposes of providing security (i.e. preventing XSRF attacks) and making account login simpler (i.e. by remembering you across multiple visits from the same browser). They are not used for tracking your usage of this Site, nor for any advertisement/remarketing purposes.

Updates to this page

I may update information on this page and on the terms of use page if the need be. Likewise, make sure to check out here periodically to stay updated with the revised terms. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.