Cookie & Client-Side Storage Policy
This policy outlines how Flunked.online utilizes browser-level HTML5 Web Storage (localStorage) and session memory strictly for technical authentication and tutorial state—without third-party tracking cookies or surveillance beacons.
Flunked.online refuses to compromise student devices. We do not use third-party marketing cookies, cross-site analytics beacons, or behavioral fingerprinting scripts. We use modern, client-side HTML5 Local Storage strictly to keep your session authenticated between tool clicks and remember if you have dismissed the onboarding tutorial. You can audit, inspect, and completely wipe this data from your browser at any time with a single click.
1Technical Clarification: Cookies vs. HTML5 Web Storage
To provide transparency under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and international privacy standards, it is essential to distinguish between legacy HTTP Cookies and modern HTML5 Web Storage:
Cookies are small text fragments sent back and forth between a browser and a web server on every single HTTP request. Commercial ad tech abuses cookies to construct cross-site surveillance histories. Flunked.online does NOT deploy tracking or advertising cookies.
HTML5 Web Storage allows web applications to store key-value data directly in the browser. Local Storage is never automatically transmitted over the network with document requests, providing vastly superior privacy, security, and zero server-side exposure.
2Exhaustive Key-Value Storage Inventory
Below is the complete, comprehensive registry of every data item Flunked.online stores or handles inside your web browser client:
| Key Identifier | Mechanism | Category | Operational Purpose | Duration & Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flunked_user | localStorage | Strictly Necessary | Stores a JSON object containing your student name or nickname, campus name, and timestamp. Allows you to access calculator tools immediately across tabs without re-entering your details. | Persistent until user clicks "Reset Profile" or browser cache is cleared. |
| flunked_tutorial_completed | localStorage | Functional UI | Stores a boolean flag ("true") once you finish or dismiss the 4-step onboarding guide, preventing the modal from popping up automatically. | Persistent across sessions. |
| Tool Inputs (Attendance, CTC, Marks) | Browser DOM RAM | Ephemeral Client | Input numbers typed into calculator forms. Evaluated strictly in local JavaScript scope; never stored in localStorage, cookies, or remote databases. | Flushed upon page reload or tab closure. |
3Absolute Prohibitions: Zero Ad Pixels & No Fingerprinting
- No Advertising Beacons: We do not load Meta Pixel, Google Analytics 4, TikTok trackers, X/Twitter conversion pixels, or LinkedIn Insights tags;
- No Cross-Site Behavioral Graphing: We never track what other educational, shopping, or university portals you browse before or after visiting Flunked.online;
- No Device Fingerprinting: We strictly prohibit canvas fingerprinting, WebGL shader inspection, audio context fingerprinting, or font-enumeration profiling on student devices;
- No Third-Party Data Brokers: No analytics software embedded on Flunked.online transmits your device data to data aggregators.
4Browser-by-Browser Audit & Storage Clearing Guide
You retain complete sovereign control over your browser's storage. You can immediately wipe all Flunked.online session state using either our one-click application control or native browser settings:
Click your verified campus badge in the top navigation header and choose "Sign out". This triggers an instantaneous JavaScript localStorage.removeItem('flunked_user') routine, wiping your active session token.
Press F12 > Application tab > Storage > Local Storage > Right-click flunked.online > Clear. Or: Settings > Privacy & Security > Delete browsing data.
macOS: Safari > Settings > Privacy > Manage Website Data > Search "flunked.online" > Remove. iOS: Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data > Delete.
Click the padlock icon next to the URL > Clear cookies and site data > Confirm. Or: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data > Clear Data.
Brave Shields automatically isolates local data. To clear: Settings > Privacy > Clear Browsing Data > Select Cookies and Site Data > Clear Now.
5Global Privacy Control (GPC) & Do-Not-Track Signals
Flunked.online natively honors the Global Privacy Control (GPC) and Do Not Track (DNT) browser signals. Because our infrastructure does not load behavioral trackers or sell student profiles, our platform is inherently compliant with your browser's highest privacy configuration by default.
6Statutory Alignment (DPDP Act 2023 & IT Rules)
Our storage practices comply with:
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act): Section 6 (Consent) and Section 8 (Data Security & Minimization Obligations);
- Information Technology Act, 2000: Section 43A and Section 72A (Reasonable Security Practices for Computer Systems);
- International Best Practices: Principles of the EU e-Privacy Directive (Article 5(3)) exempting strictly necessary technical session storage from intrusive consent banners.
7Storage Audit Inquiries & Technical Privacy Desk
If you have questions regarding client storage mechanics, wish to report a security observation, or seek technical verification of our client-side sandboxing, please address our engineering privacy desk:
"Storage & Cookie Audit Request"