Cookie Policy

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how GArcade uses cookies and similar technologies on our website garcade.in. This policy is designed to help you understand what cookies are, how we use them, and the choices you have regarding their use.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies.

Persistent cookies remain on your device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several purposes, including:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site.
  • Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization.
  • Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.
  • Storage Cookies: These cookies store your preferences and calculation results to improve your experience.

Specific Cookies We Use

GArcade uses the following specific cookies:

Cookie NamePurposeDuration
profileUrlStores your Google Cloud Skills Boost profile URL30 days
arcadeCalculationResultStores your calculation results30 days
milestonesStores your milestone progress data30 days
cookieConsentRecords your cookie consent preferences1 year

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements, and so on. These cookies may include:

  • Vercel Analytics cookies for performance monitoring

Google AdSense & Advertising Cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense may use cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) and other technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.

Google AdSense may use the following cookies:

Cookie NamePurposeDuration
_gcl_auUsed by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency3 months
IDEUsed by Google DoubleClick to register and report user actions after viewing or clicking ads1 year
test_cookieUsed by DoubleClick to check if the user's browser supports cookies15 minutes
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVEUsed to track visitor preference for YouTube videos embedded on the site6 months

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Additionally, you can opt out of some third-party vendors' uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you.

You can also use our cookie consent banner to manage your cookie preferences on our website.

To modify your cookie settings in popular browsers:

  • Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
  • Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
  • Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at support@garcade.in.

Last Updated: June 2, 2025