At ByteOnApiWave, we use various tracking technologies to improve your experience while respecting your privacy. Cookies and similar tools help us understand how people interact with our trading education platform, which pages prove most valuable, and where we can make improvements.
This isn't just legal boilerplate. We genuinely want you to know what data we collect and why. And yes—you have real control over most of it.
What Are Cookies Anyway?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device. Think of them as digital bookmarks that help sites remember things about your visit—preferences, login status, items in a cart, that sort of thing.
Some cookies disappear when you close your browser (session cookies). Others stick around for weeks or months (persistent cookies) to remember you on return visits.
Beyond traditional cookies, we also use web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage technologies. These serve similar functions but work slightly differently under the hood. For simplicity, we'll refer to all of these as "cookies" throughout this policy.
How We Use These Technologies
We've organized our tracking into four main categories. Each serves a specific purpose, and not all are strictly necessary for the site to function.
Essential Cookies
These keep the site running. They handle security, remember your session as you move between pages, and ensure forms work properly. Without these, you'd need to log in on every page—which would be annoying. We don't ask permission for these because they're fundamental to the service you're requesting.
Functional Cookies
These remember choices you've made—language preference, region settings, whether you've dismissed certain notices. They make your experience smoother by not asking the same questions every visit. You can disable these, but it means reconfiguring things repeatedly.
Analytics Cookies
We use these to understand which content resonates and where people struggle. They tell us things like "visitors spent an average of 4 minutes on the trading discipline module" or "15% of users abandoned the enrollment form on page two." This data helps us improve course structure and identify confusing sections.
Marketing Cookies
These track your journey across different sites to help us show relevant information about our programs. If you visit our course catalog, you might see related content when browsing other educational sites. They also help us measure whether our outreach actually brings people to the right resources.
Specific Cookies We Deploy
Here's what you'll find if you dig into your browser's cookie storage after visiting our site. This isn't exhaustive—some third-party tools we integrate may set additional cookies—but these are the main ones we control directly.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| session_id | Maintains your login session and tracks your authenticated state | Essential | Session |
| user_prefs | Stores interface preferences and display settings you've chosen | Functional | 1 year |
| lang_choice | Remembers your language selection for future visits | Functional | 6 months |
| analytics_tracking | Collects anonymous usage data for site improvement | Analytics | 2 years |
| visitor_id | Creates unique identifier for return visit recognition | Analytics | 2 years |
| campaign_source | Tracks which marketing channel brought you to our site | Marketing | 30 days |
| content_interest | Records which course topics you've explored for personalized recommendations | Marketing | 90 days |
We never store sensitive information like passwords or payment details in cookies. That data lives in secure, encrypted databases with much stricter access controls.
Third-Party Cookies
Some external services we use—like analytics platforms, video hosting, or embedded content—set their own cookies. We've vetted these partners, but their cookies operate under their own privacy policies, not ours.
Services That May Set Cookies
- Analytics platforms that help us understand site traffic patterns and user behavior
- Video hosting services when you watch embedded trading strategy demonstrations
- Social media widgets if you choose to share our content
- Payment processors during the enrollment transaction process
- Live chat support tools when you initiate a conversation with our team
We don't control these third-party cookies directly. If you want to block them, you'll need to adjust settings in your browser or use their opt-out mechanisms.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have several ways to control cookies. The most comprehensive approach is through your browser settings, which let you block or delete cookies entirely. But that comes with trade-offs.
Browser-Level Controls
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies
Most browsers let you accept some cookies while blocking others. You can typically allow essential cookies while rejecting marketing ones, for example.
What Happens When You Block Cookies
If you disable all cookies, certain features won't work. You'll need to log in repeatedly, your preferences won't save, and we won't be able to remember where you left off in course materials. It's your right to browse this way, but the experience becomes more cumbersome.
Blocking analytics cookies doesn't affect functionality—you just become invisible in our traffic statistics, which is completely fine.
Data Retention and Storage
Cookie data doesn't live forever. We set expiration dates based on how we use the information.
Session cookies vanish when you close your browser. Functional cookies typically last 6-12 months. Analytics data gets aggregated and anonymized after 26 months, at which point we can't connect it back to individual visitors.
Marketing cookies usually expire after 30-90 days, though some campaign tracking might persist for up to a year to measure long-term program interest.
If you delete cookies manually through your browser, we have no way to recover them. It's like clearing your bookmarks—once they're gone, we start fresh on your next visit.
Cookies and Your Privacy
Most cookies we use contain randomized identifiers that mean nothing outside our systems. A cookie might say "visitor_id: 8x7k2m9p" but that string doesn't tell us your name, email, or personal details unless you've logged into an account.
We combine cookie data with account information only when necessary—like remembering your course progress or personalizing your dashboard. Even then, our staff can't browse through individual cookie files. That data feeds into aggregate reports, not personal dossiers.
Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act gives you rights over data we collect, including cookie information. You can request to see what we've gathered, ask us to delete it, or withdraw consent for non-essential tracking.
Mobile Apps and Other Platforms
This policy covers our website specifically. If you use a ByteOnApiWave mobile app or access our content through third-party platforms, different tracking mechanisms might apply.
Mobile apps use device identifiers and local storage instead of traditional browser cookies. The principles remain similar—we collect usage data to improve the experience—but the technical implementation differs. Check the app's privacy settings for specific controls.
Changes to This Policy
We update this policy occasionally as we adopt new technologies or refine our data practices. When we make meaningful changes, we'll update the date at the top and post a notice on our homepage for a few weeks.
For minor clarifications or typo fixes, we won't send notifications—though you're always welcome to check back here for the current version.
Questions About Our Cookie Practices?
If something in this policy doesn't make sense, or you need help adjusting your preferences, reach out. We'd rather answer your questions than leave you confused about how your data gets used.