Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

GitHub Profile Builder uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience, analyze usage, and provide personalized content.

1. Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.

• Session cookies: Maintain your session while using the application
• Security cookies: Authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use
• Preference cookies: Remember your settings and preferences

These cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the service to function.

2. Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

• Google Analytics: Tracks page views, user behavior, and site performance
• Usage statistics: Helps us improve the user experience
• Error tracking: Identifies and fixes technical issues

You can opt out of these cookies through our cookie banner.

3. Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences and settings.

• Theme preferences: Remember your light/dark mode choice
• Language settings: Store your preferred language
• Form data: Save your progress in the profile builder

4. Marketing Cookies (Optional)

These cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness.

• Advertising cookies: Show relevant ads based on your interests
• Social media cookies: Enable sharing on social platforms
• Retargeting cookies: Show ads for our service on other websites

These cookies are only set with your explicit consent.

We use several third-party services that may set their own cookies:

Google Analytics

• Purpose: Website analytics and performance monitoring
• Data collected: Page views, user behavior, demographics
• Privacy policy: Google Privacy Policy
• Opt-out: Google Analytics Opt-out

GitHub

• Purpose: Fetching public profile information and statistics
• Data collected: Public GitHub profile data
• Privacy policy: GitHub Privacy Statement

Vercel (Hosting)

• Purpose: Website hosting and performance optimization
• Data collected: Basic usage and performance metrics
• Privacy policy: Vercel Privacy Policy

In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage to save your profile data locally on your device. This includes:

• Profile information (name, bio, skills, projects, etc.)
• Application preferences and settings
• Cookie consent preferences
• Auto-saved form data

Local storage data remains on your device and is not transmitted to our servers unless you explicitly choose to share it. You can clear this data at any time through your browser settings or our application.

Cookie Banner

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie banner that allows you to:

• Accept all cookies
• Accept only necessary cookies
• Customize your preferences for different cookie types

Browser Settings

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings:

• 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 → Cookies and site data

Changing Your Preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:

• Clicking the cookie preferences link in our footer
• Clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our site
• Using browser extensions that manage cookie preferences

Different types of cookies are retained for different periods:

• Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
• Preference cookies: Retained for up to 1 year
• Analytics cookies: Retained for up to 2 years
• Marketing cookies: Retained for up to 1 year

You can delete cookies at any time through your browser settings or by clearing your browsing data.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website.