Welcome back! We begin this informative page with a very critical question that will guide us through. What are cookies? In my basic computer classes, i remember our teacher insisting that we clearly understand the meaning of cookies and their functions in day-to-day life.
Basically, cookies are tiny files stored in your browser every time you visit a website. Have you ever visited a website before, and the next time you visit the same website, it tends to remember you? Well, the cookies worked perfectly in storing vital information so that your next visit could be smoother than ever!
Critical note about cookies!
You are informed that cookies do not provide any personal information about yourself; instead, they simply enable the website to function better!
How we use cookies here at Campuslib
There are several reasons as to why we prefer using cookies in our webapp. They include;
- To help display the relevant ads incase of AdSense monetisation, which we are highly aiming for, God willing.
- To help us understand the heatmap of the web app
- To improve key specs of the website, such as the loading speed and the general performance.
- To ensure our web app works seamlessly.
Examples of some of the cookies that we are likely to use:
- Advertising cookies:
Since we are all aware of the fact that this webapp does not charge students to download revision papers, we need advertisers to power up our dream. For this reason, our cookies may help advertising partners ike Google Adsense to show the very relevant ads to you. The cookies will, in tur,n help the advertisers gauge the effectiveness of their campaign.
2. Analytics cookies:
Well well! We clearly need to have clear data of who visited this web app and from which location. This is only possible by using advanced tools like Google Analytics to gauge every single move.
3. Essential cookies:
These are the very common ones that are found in every website. They are for basic features such as navigating through various pages of our web app.
What personal control do you have over cookies?
As the end user, you enjoy the following controls from your side. As i said earlier, the choice is yours, to accept the cookies or not:
- You have the authority to block some or all the cookies
- You can set up an alarm to alert you before any cookies are installed
- You can delete all existing cookies
- You can view what cookies are stored.
The end, God bless.