What Are Tracking Technologies?

Tracking technologies are small files or scripts that collect information about your browsing behavior. Most people call them cookies, but there are actually several types working together.

When you visit api-glow.com, your browser stores these tiny data files. They remember things like your language preference, whether you completed a lesson, or which articles you found helpful. Not all tracking is the same—some files are essential for the site to work, while others help us understand what content resonates with our Vietnam market audience.

Types of Tracking We Use

How Tracking Improves Your Experience

Here's what happens behind the scenes. When someone from Hòa Bình visits our expense tracking guide and spends fifteen minutes reading it, we learn that's valuable content worth maintaining. When another visitor clicks away after ten seconds, we investigate why the page isn't connecting.

We've completely rewritten course modules based on this feedback. One section about emergency fund calculations had a terrible completion rate—turned out the examples used unrealistic salary figures for Vietnam's market. Analytics revealed the problem, and we fixed it.

Performance data also helps us optimize load times. We discovered mobile visitors in areas with slower connections struggled with image-heavy pages. We compressed those images and saw immediate improvement in engagement from rural provinces.

Your Control Options

You have several ways to manage these tracking technologies. The simplest is using the decline button at the top of this page—it removes all non-essential tracking immediately.

Your browser also gives you control. Every modern browser includes settings to block third-party cookies, clear existing ones, or prevent all tracking entirely. The trade-off is that some site features might not work as smoothly.

Third-Party Services

Some tracking technologies come from services we use to operate the platform. Our hosting provider uses cookies for security and load balancing. If we embed a video tutorial from another platform, that service might use its own cookies.

We try to minimize third-party tracking, but some is unavoidable for a functional website. We vet these services and only work with providers who respect user privacy.

• Analytics services help us understand traffic patterns without identifying individuals
• Payment processors use cookies to prevent fraud and complete transactions securely
• Content delivery networks optimize load times across Vietnam's varying internet speeds
• Email service providers track whether our course update notifications get opened

Each third-party service operates under its own privacy policy. We can't control their practices, but we can choose not to work with services that don't align with our values.

Updates to This Policy

Technology changes. Regulations evolve. We might start using new tools to improve the learning platform. When that happens, we'll update this policy and change the date at the top.

Major changes will be announced through our usual communication channels. Minor clarifications might happen without fanfare—check back occasionally if you're curious about our current practices.

We're based in Hòa Bình, Vietnam, but we follow international best practices for data handling. Our goal is to be more transparent than legally required, not less.