Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies & Local Storage?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you visit a website. Together with modern web technologies such as localStorage and sessionStorage, they allow web applications to recognize your browser, maintain active login sessions, and remember your tool configurations between page reloads.

2. How We Use Cookies & Telemetry

At AdmissionArena (accessible at admissionarena.com), we use cookies strictly to improve your platform experience, maintain cybersecurity, and ensure our interactive calculators and IELTS diagnostic tools function accurately.

We do not install third-party tracking pixels to sell your profile to advertising brokers.

3. Categories of Cookies We Deploy

We categorize our cookies into two primary tiers:

• Strictly Necessary & Security Cookies: These cookies and local storage tokens are essential for core site functionality. They handle user authentication, session security, CSRF protection, and token state persistence across diagnostic tools. Because the platform cannot operate properly without them, they cannot be deactivated within our system.
• Performance & Product Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect aggregated, pseudonymized information regarding how students navigate our calculators, which tools experience errors, and how quickly pages load. This helps us optimize site performance and refine our educational features.

4. Product Analytics & Diagnostics (PostHog)

We utilize PostHog as our primary product analytics engine. PostHog tracks high-level platform interactions—such as tool calculation completions, feature views, and error encounter rates—without recording personal identifying information in plaintext.

This telemetry allows our engineering team to ensure rapid load times, prevent user interface glitches, and improve diagnostic precision.

5. How to Manage, Block, or Opt-Out

You have full control over your cookie preferences. You can adjust your web browser settings to block, limit, or delete cookies at any time:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Third-party cookies.
• Apple Safari: Settings > Safari > Advanced > Privacy > Block all cookies.
• Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and Site Permissions > Manage and delete cookies.

Note: Disabling strictly necessary cookies or local storage may limit your ability to log in, persist token balances, or save in-progress IELTS mock test answers.

6. Questions Regarding Cookie Practices

For any questions concerning our use of cookies, tracking technologies, or data privacy:

• Privacy Desk: [email protected]
• General Support: [email protected]
• Website: AdmissionArena.com