Privacy Policy

At ByteDragon (“we,” “us,” or “our”), we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and how we keep it safe when you visit our website or take our courses. By using our services, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

Personal Information

We may collect the following personal information when you interact with our website:

• Email address - collected when you subscribe to our mailing list or sign up for course information
• Name - optionally provided when you fill out forms on our website
• IP address - automatically collected for security and rate limiting purposes

Analytics and Tracking Data

We use analytics services to understand how visitors use our website:

• Advertising and analytics pixels - track page views, content engagement, and conversion events to optimize our marketing campaigns
• Session data - browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referral sources
• UTM parameters - marketing campaign tracking codes from URL parameters

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• Email marketing - to send you course updates, educational content, and promotional materials via our email marketing platform
• Personalization - to understand your interests and provide relevant course recommendations
• Analytics and optimization - to understand how users interact with our website and improve our content and user experience
• Security - to prevent spam, abuse, and fraudulent activity through rate limiting and monitoring
• Legal compliance - to maintain audit logs and comply with legal obligations

We use third-party service providers to help us operate our business. The categories of providers we work with include:

• Cloud database provider - for securely storing lead and analytics data
• Email marketing platform - for managing subscribers and sending automated email sequences
• Advertising and analytics platforms - for measuring website traffic and optimizing marketing campaigns
• Course platform - where course enrollment and payment processing occur (when you click enrollment links, you are redirected to our course provider and their privacy policy applies)
• Website hosting provider - for hosting and delivering our website

These third parties can only access your personal information to do specific work on our behalf. They are required to keep your data confidential and cannot use it for anything else. Each service provider has its own privacy policy and data protection practices.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

Analytics Consent: We request your consent before activating analytics and advertising tracking. You can grant or revoke consent at any time.

You can set your browser to block cookies or alert you when a cookie is being sent. Just keep in mind that some parts of our website may not work properly without them.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@bytedragon.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When you request deletion of your data, we will:

• Delete your lead record and everything linked to it — traffic source data, quiz responses, and enrolment records
• Delete the checkout records and activity-log entries that identify you
• Unsubscribe you from all email marketing lists, and submit a deletion request to our email provider
• Keep one record that the deletion happened, containing no personal information, so we can demonstrate we acted on your request

We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement industry-standard security measures to protect it:

• All data transmission is encrypted using HTTPS/TLS
• Database access is restricted to server-side code only (zero-trust architecture)
• API keys and credentials are stored securely in environment variables
• Rate limiting is enforced on all public forms to prevent abuse
• Row-level security policies protect database access
• Audit logs track all lead creation, modification, and deletion events

However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our courses and website are designed for adults (18 and older). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has shared personal information with us, please contact us at privacy@bytedragon.com and we will promptly remove it.

Because we use service providers around the world, your information may be transferred to and stored in countries outside your own, including the United States. These countries may have different data protection laws than yours. By using our services, you acknowledge and agree to these transfers.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and change the “Last updated” date at the top. We encourage you to check back occasionally so you stay informed. Any updates take effect as soon as they are posted.