Cookie and Tracking Policy
How glowlybond.com uses tracking technologies to improve your experience while respecting your privacy choices
Manage Your Cookie Preferences
You have full control over non-essential tracking on our platform. Click below to decline all optional cookies. Essential cookies required for basic site functionality will remain active to ensure proper operation of glowlybond.com.
What Are Cookies and Why Do We Use Them?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit them. They're pretty standard across the internet—nothing mysterious about them. We use these files to remember your preferences, understand how people interact with our platform, and make your experience smoother when you return.
At glowlybond, we're transparent about what we track and why. Our focus is on creating a better educational platform for corporate finance analysts. That means understanding which learning resources work best, how users navigate through our materials, and what improvements we should prioritize.
Some cookies are absolutely necessary—without them, basic functions like staying logged in wouldn't work. Others help us analyze traffic patterns or remember your display preferences. You can reject the optional ones anytime using the control above.
Types of Tracking We Use
Different cookies serve different purposes on our platform. Here's how we categorize them and what each type actually does when you browse glowlybond.com:
Essential Cookies
These keep the site functional. They handle your login sessions, remember security settings, and ensure core features work properly. You can't disable these because without them, the platform wouldn't operate correctly. Think of them as the foundation—everything else builds on top.
Functional Cookies
These remember your choices and preferences. They might store your language setting, font size adjustments, or which learning modules you've completed. They're about personalization—making sure the platform feels like yours when you return.
Analytics Cookies
We use these to understand patterns. Which lessons get completed most often? Where do people spend the most time? What content gets revisited? This data helps us improve our curriculum and fix issues you might not even notice. All information is aggregated—we're looking at trends, not tracking individuals.
Performance Cookies
These monitor technical performance. They track page load times, identify errors, and help us optimize the platform's speed. If a particular lesson takes too long to load for users in Vietnam, we want to know about it so we can fix it.
How Long We Keep This Data
Different cookies have different lifespans based on their purpose. Session cookies disappear when you close your browser—they're temporary by design. Others might stick around for months or even years, especially if they're remembering your login or preferences.
Analytics data gets aggregated and anonymized fairly quickly. We're not interested in building long-term profiles of individual users. Our goal is understanding broader patterns that help improve the educational experience for corporate finance professionals.
Typical Retention Periods
Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
Functional cookies: Usually 6-12 months, allowing consistent experience across visits
Analytics cookies: Typically 12-24 months for trend analysis
Preference cookies: Up to 24 months to maintain your settings
Third-Party Services
We work with some external services that may place their own cookies. These typically include analytics platforms that help us understand user behavior, content delivery networks that make the site faster, and occasionally embedded content from educational resources.
Each third-party service has its own privacy policy. While we choose partners carefully, you should know that these external services operate independently. We don't control their cookies directly, though we do ensure they align with our privacy standards before integration.
When you reject non-essential cookies using our tool above, it also signals these third-party services to respect your preference. Most modern services honor these settings, though implementation varies by provider.
Taking Control at the Browser Level
Beyond our on-site controls, you can manage cookies directly through your browser settings. Every major browser gives you options to block cookies entirely, delete existing ones, or get notifications before sites place new ones.
Keep in mind that blocking all cookies might break some functionality across the web—not just on glowlybond.com. Many sites rely on cookies for basic features. A more balanced approach is using our site-specific controls above, then adjusting browser settings for broader preferences.
- Chrome Settings
- Firefox Privacy Controls
- Safari Preferences
- Edge Security Settings
- Opera Privacy Options
- Brave Shield Controls
Your Rights and Choices
You have several options when it comes to tracking on our platform. The most straightforward is the rejection button at the top of this page—one click removes all non-essential tracking. Your choice gets saved, so you won't need to do it every time you visit.
If you change your mind later, just come back to this page and adjust your preferences. There's no penalty for opting out, and you'll still have full access to our educational content and learning programs.
- View what cookies are currently active on your device
- Request deletion of stored data associated with your account
- Ask questions about specific tracking technologies we use
- Update your preferences at any time without restriction
- Export a record of your cookie consent choices
Updates to This Policy
Technology changes, regulations evolve, and our platform grows. We update this policy periodically to reflect those shifts. When we make significant changes—especially anything that affects how we collect or use data—we'll notify active users through email or a prominent site notice.
Minor updates happen more frequently and don't always warrant individual notifications. We recommend checking back here occasionally, especially if you're curious about our practices or if you notice new features on the platform.
Questions About Cookies?
If something in this policy isn't clear, or if you have specific questions about how we track and use data, reach out to us directly. We're here to help and happy to explain our approach in more detail.
Email us at info@glowlybond.com