CookiesWhat we collect

What we collect.

The short version: we record which pages and links get used, for how long, and how fast they load, so we can make the platform better. While you are signed in, that activity is linked to your account. Nothing is recorded until you say yes.

01Cookies

The cookies we set

All of them are first-party, set on .thedevlabs.io. We run no third-party analytics or advertising script, so no other company receives your browsing on this site.

Cookies set on thedevlabs.io
CookieWhat it is forLasts
td_consentRemembers whether you accepted or declined, and which version of this policy you were shown. Essential - it is what stops us asking on every page.1 year
td_anonA random id with nothing in it derived from you or your device. It only exists so three pages in one visit can be told apart from three separate visitors. Set only if you accept.1 year
td_sessionKeeps you signed in. Set by learn.thedevlabs.io, the learning portal, for the whole thedevlabs.io domain, so it covers this site too. Essential, and set only once you sign in.30 days

02What we record

What we record

Only if you accept. If you choose essential only, none of this is collected and the site works exactly the same.

  • Pages you open and links you click

    The address of the page, and where a link pointed. Query strings are removed before anything is stored.

  • How long a page was open, and how long it took to load

    The time a page spent in front of you, counted only while its tab was visible, and the time your browser took to load it. We use the first to see which pages get read and the second to find the slow ones.

  • Where you arrived from

    The site that linked you here, reduced to its domain name - "google.com", never the full address you came from.

  • Your account, while you are signed in

    The activity above is linked to your Dev Labs account, so we can see how members actually use the platform and improve it. Signed out, it is linked only to the random id above.

  • Your country

    Derived coarsely from the connection by Cloudflare. We do not store your IP address.

We never record the contents of a form you have not submitted, and we strip query strings from the page addresses we store, so search terms and anything else passed in a URL are discarded before they reach us.

03Your choices

Changing your mind

Your choice is remembered for a year, and applies across the marketing site and the learning portal, because they share one decision. You can change it at any time.

Clearing your browser's cookies for this site also clears the decision, and you will be asked again on your next visit.