Cookie Policy
Last updated: May 2, 2026. View change history.
We use one functional cookie per lesson you star, and only after you star a lesson. Here is what it does and how long it lasts.
The cookies we may set
Section titled “The cookies we may set”| Name | Purpose | Duration | First-party / third-party |
|---|---|---|---|
cw_star_<slug> | Marks this browser as having already starred a particular lesson, so the global star counter for that lesson does not double-count if you click again. One cookie per lesson you have starred (<slug> is the lesson identifier). | 1 year (365 days) from the star action. | First-party. Never sent to anyone but clawdemy.org. |
A cookie is created only when you click the star icon on a lesson. If you never star anything, no cookie is ever created. If you have starred ten lessons, you have ten of these cookies, each one tied to a single lesson.
The cw_star_<slug> cookie is set with the Secure, HttpOnly, and SameSite=Lax attributes, plus a Max-Age of one year. Secure means it is only sent over HTTPS. HttpOnly means it is not readable from JavaScript through document.cookie; only the server-side star-counter endpoint reads it. SameSite=Lax means it is not sent on cross-site requests other than top-level navigation.
What’s not in the cookie
Section titled “What’s not in the cookie”Each cookie holds the literal value 1. That is the entire payload. It does not contain your name, your email, your IP address, your browsing history, your demographics, your location, or any identifier we could use to recognize you across sites. There is no account behind these cookies because there is no account system on Clawdemy.
What we don’t do with it
Section titled “What we don’t do with it”We do not analyze the cookies to build a profile of you. We do not segment users by what they star. We do not sell, share, rent, or transmit the cookies’ contents to any third party. We do not feed them into ad networks (we don’t run any ads). The only function is to keep the per-lesson aggregate star counter from being inflated by the same browser clicking twice.
Why a cookie at all
Section titled “Why a cookie at all”The star feature shows a per-lesson aggregate count visible to everyone (e.g., “47 stars”). To keep that number meaningful, the server needs a cheap way to know “this browser has already starred this lesson.” A first-party functional cookie is the simplest mechanism. Without it, the count would be trivially inflatable by anyone clicking refresh-and-restar.
The cookie’s job is anti-double-count, not user tracking.
Other browser storage
Section titled “Other browser storage”Clawdemy also uses browser storage for two non-cookie things:
- Theme preference (light / dark / auto) in
localStorage - Local star UI state (so the “Starred” badge stays visible without a roundtrip to the server) in
localStorage - Sidebar state (which sections you have expanded) in
sessionStorage, cleared when you close the tab
None of this is a cookie. None of it is sent to a server. None of it is used to identify or track you. It exists only to make the site behave the way you set it on your next visit.
How to verify in your browser
Section titled “How to verify in your browser”- Open developer tools (right-click → Inspect, or Cmd+Option+I on Mac, F12 on Windows)
- Go to the “Application” tab in Chrome or Edge, or “Storage” in Firefox or Safari
- Click “Cookies” → clawdemy.org. If you have starred any lessons, you’ll see one
cw_star_<slug>entry per lesson. If you haven’t starred anything, the list is empty. - Click “Local Storage” → clawdemy.org to see the theme and local star UI entries. Click “Session Storage” → clawdemy.org to see the sidebar entries.
How to clear it
Section titled “How to clear it”- Just one lesson’s star: delete that
cw_star_<slug>cookie from the Cookies panel above. - All your stars: delete every
cw_star_*entry in the Cookies panel. - Everything: use your browser’s “clear site data” feature for clawdemy.org.
Deleting the cw_star_<slug> cookie withdraws your consent for that cookie. There is no other consent to withdraw because no other cookie is set on this site. Your star count for that lesson will reset to “unstarred” the next time the page loads.
What we don’t run
Section titled “What we don’t run”We do not run Google Analytics. We do not use Cloudflare Web Analytics. We do not load Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Hotjar, FullStory, or any other behavioral tracking script. We do not have a login system. We do not run advertising. The only cookies on this site are the per-lesson functional cookies described above.
No banner
Section titled “No banner”The star cookies are set only when you take an explicit action (clicking the star). The cookie does not exist until you ask for it by starring a lesson, and its only purpose is to keep your browser from double-counting in the per-lesson aggregate count. Under the ePrivacy Directive and the EDPB’s guidance on cookie consent, cookies that are strictly necessary to deliver a service the user has explicitly requested are exempt from the prior-consent requirement. We treat the star cookie as falling within that exemption because it is created only in response to your click and serves only the service you requested. If you would prefer no cookie, simply do not click the star icon.
Third-party services
Section titled “Third-party services”Clawdemy is hosted on Cloudflare. Cloudflare may temporarily process request data (IP address, user agent) to deliver the site to your browser and protect against abuse. This is operational and does not result in tracking cookies being set on this domain. Cloudflare’s privacy practices are documented at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
If lesson pages embed YouTube videos or other third-party media in the future, those embeds may set cookies under their own domains. We do not currently embed third-party media; if that ever changes, this policy will be updated and disclosed inline on the affected lesson pages.
Future changes to these practices
Section titled “Future changes to these practices”Our current cookie practices are limited to the one functional cw_star_<slug> cookie described above. We set no analytics cookies, no advertising cookies, and no third-party cookies. If our practices change in the future, we will update this policy with a new effective date and clear disclosure of what changed. In particular, if we ever add analytics or marketing measurement, we will update this policy first, deploy any consent mechanism required for your jurisdiction, and describe specifically what is collected and why. We commit to updating before changing, not after.
Contact
Section titled “Contact”[email protected]
RBJ Global LLC
Changelog
Section titled “Changelog”- 2026-05-02: Initial publication, with same-day revisions following an independent senior policy reviewer audit. Canonical contact email moved to
[email protected]. ePrivacy exemption framing aligned with EDPB guidance on strictly-necessary cookies. Consent-withdrawal paragraph added to the deletion instructions. Forward-looking commitment (“we commit to updating before changing, not after”) added. Cookie hardened withSecureandHttpOnlyflags; attributes disclosed under “The cookies we may set.”