This Cookie Policy explains how THE STACK SOURCE LLC, doing business as Peptavo ("Peptavo," "we," "us," or "our"), uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on peptavo.com and related services (the "Services"). It should be read together with our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service, each of which is incorporated into this Cookie Policy by reference. By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge and agree to our use of cookies and similar technologies as described in this policy, subject to any consent or preference mechanism we make available to you.
1. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit it, allowing the site to recognize your device over time and store information about your preferences or past actions. We use the term "cookies" in this policy to refer collectively to cookies and functionally similar technologies, including local storage, session storage, web beacons, and pixels, regardless of whether they are stored for a single session or persist across visits.
2. Categories of Cookies We Use
We use strictly necessary cookies that are required for the Services to function and that cannot be disabled through our systems, including cookies that keep you signed in to your account, maintain session security and prevent fraud, enable checkout and billing through our payment processor Stripe, and record and preserve your progress through the Course as the authoritative record we rely on for certification. Because these cookies are essential, blocking or deleting them through your browser will materially impair or entirely prevent your ability to use the Services, and we are not responsible for any resulting loss of functionality, access, or course progress. We also use preference cookies that remember choices you make, such as display or interface settings, so that we do not need to ask again on future visits; analytics cookies that help us understand how visitors use the Services, including which pages are viewed, how long visitors stay, what device and browser they use, and where they came from, which we use in our sole discretion to measure, audit, and improve the performance, security, and content of the Services; and, where used, marketing and advertising cookies that help us and our partners measure the effectiveness of our marketing and, where required, are deployed only with your consent.
3. Third-Party Cookies
Certain cookies on the Services are set by third parties that provide infrastructure or services to us, including authentication and database infrastructure through Supabase, payment processing through Stripe, and website analytics providers we may engage from time to time. These third parties set and control their own cookies independently of us, in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies, and we do not control, and are not responsible or liable for, how any third party collects, uses, or protects information gathered through its own cookies. We encourage you to review each third party's policies directly, and any interaction you have with a third-party cookie or service is at your own risk.
4. Cookie Duration
Some cookies are session cookies that are automatically deleted when you close your browser, while others are persistent cookies that remain on your device for a set period, or until you delete them, in order to recognize you on return visits. The specific duration of any given cookie is determined by us or by the applicable third party in our or its sole discretion and may change at any time without notice.
5. Managing and Disabling Cookies
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings, including blocking new cookies, deleting existing cookies, or receiving a warning before a cookie is set, and you can find instructions for doing so in your browser's help documentation. Where required by applicable law, we will request your consent before setting non-essential cookies and will provide a mechanism to withdraw that consent going forward. You acknowledge and agree, however, that disabling or deleting strictly necessary cookies will prevent you from signing in, completing the Course, or otherwise using core features of the Services, that we bear no responsibility for any loss of access, functionality, or saved progress that results from your browser settings or from your decision to block or delete cookies, and that it is your sole responsibility to manage your browser and device settings as you see fit.
6. Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" signal. Because there is no common industry standard for how to interpret such signals, we do not currently respond to them, and your use of the Services after enabling a Do Not Track setting will be treated the same as any other use.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy at any time and in our sole discretion, including to reflect changes in the cookies or similar technologies we use, changes in our service providers, or changes in applicable law. We will post the updated policy on this page, and your continued use of the Services after any update constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy. It is your responsibility to review this page periodically.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, contact us at privacy@peptavo.com, or write to:
THE STACK SOURCE LLC, doing business as Peptavo
1908 East 11th Street
Austin, Texas 78702