Privacy Policy

Our Website Address is: https://javabytechie.com

This privacy policy explains what information JavaByTechie (“we”, “us”) collects when you visit our website, how we use it, and the choices you have. ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read this policy carefully to understand how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle information in connection with our website.

You can read every tutorial without creating an account. We do not ask for your name, postal address or payment details. We collect information in these ways:

• Information you send us: when you email us, use the contact form or ask to subscribe to updates, we receive your name, email address and message. The contact form opens your own email app; nothing is stored on our website.
• Tutorial feedback: when you click Like or Dislike on a tutorial, we store the page address, your choice, the optional message you type, your browser type and the date. To stop the same visitor from voting many times, we also store a one-way scrambled code (a hash) made from your IP address. We never store the IP address itself, and the code cannot be turned back into it.
• Usage information: Google Analytics automatically records how the website is used, such as the pages you visit, how long you stay, your browser and device type, the website that referred you, and your approximate location (country or city) derived from your IP address.
• Advertising information: Google AdSense uses cookies to show advertisements, as described below.

• To improve our website and tutorials, and to understand which topics are most useful.
• To reply to your questions, feedback and error reports.
• To send you tutorial updates, only if you asked for them.
• To show advertisements that help keep JavaByTechie free.

Yes. Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. We use:

• Analytics cookies set by Google Analytics, to measure how visitors use the website.
• Advertising cookies set by Google and its partners, to show and measure advertisements.
• Browser storage for your preferences, such as night mode, font size and whether you liked a tutorial, so the button stays selected. This stays in your browser and is not sent to us.

You can choose to have your browser warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can turn off all cookies, through your browser settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you disable cookies, some features of the website may not work as expected.

Visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland see a consent message the first time they visit. The message is provided by Google, through a Google-certified consent management platform. Until you make a choice, Google Analytics and personalised-advertising cookies are not set.

• Consent: we use analytics cookies to measure visits, and Google and its partners may use advertising cookies to show personalised ads, as described in the sections below.
• Do not consent: analytics and personalised-advertising cookies are not used. Google Analytics may receive basic signals without cookies or identifiers, which Google uses to estimate visitor numbers, and Google may still show non-personalised or limited ads that are not based on your browsing history.

Changing your choice: you can change or withdraw your consent at any time with the Privacy and cookie settings link in the footer of every page. The link appears for visitors in the regions where this consent is required, and it opens the consent message again.

Visitors in other regions do not see the consent message. You can still control cookies through your browser settings (see above), opt out of personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings, and opt out of Google Analytics with Google's browser add-on, as described in the sections below.

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this and other sites on the Internet.

• You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• You can opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info.
• Learn more in How Google uses cookies in advertising.

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses: your IP address is used only briefly to estimate your approximate location (country or city) and is then discarded. For visitors in the EU, Google drops the IP address before any data is logged. You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Google's own privacy practices are described in the Google Privacy Policy.

• Our website is served over HTTPS, so the connection between your browser and our website is encrypted with an SSL/TLS certificate.
• We only provide articles and information. We never ask for sensitive information such as passwords or credit card numbers.
• Emails you send us are kept only as long as needed to respond to you or to send the updates you asked for.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. The only exceptions are the service providers described above (Google Analytics and Google AdSense), which process data on our behalf to run the website, and cases where we are required to do so by law.

Our tutorials may link to other websites, such as official documentation and tools. These websites have their own privacy policies, and we have no responsibility or liability for their content or activities.

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us at contact@javabytechie.com and we will delete it.

Depending on where you live, for example in the European Union (GDPR) or California (CCPA), you may have the right to access, correct or delete the personal information we hold about you, and to object to how it is used. To make a request, email contact@javabytechie.com. You can also opt out of personalised advertising and analytics using the links in the sections above. If you are in the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you can change your cookie consent at any time with the Privacy and cookie settings link in the footer of every page (see Your Cookie Choices).

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

• We will notify affected users by email, where we have their email address, within 7 business days.
• We will post a notice on our website within 7 business days.

We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law.

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We only email you to reply to your messages or to send tutorial updates you asked for. To stop receiving updates, reply with “unsubscribe” or write to us, and we will remove you promptly.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time, for example when we add new features or services. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your information, write to us at contact@javabytechie.com.