Cookie Policy
Last updated: 17 September 2026 · www.pakstudent.com
This Cookie Policy explains exactly which cookies and browser-storage entries PakStudent uses, what each one does, how long it lasts, and how you can control them. It is part of our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies and browser storage?
Cookies are small text files a website saves in your browser. Similar technologies — local storage — save data in your browser so a website remembers you between visits. PakStudent mainly uses local storage, because your account and progress live inside your own browser.
2. Exactly what PakStudent stores in your browser
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
pakstudent_db_v1 | Local storage | Strictly necessary. The website's database: accounts, profiles, chapters, uploads, test results, badges, rewards, moderation records. Without it the site cannot work. | Until you clear it or restore a backup |
pakstudent_session_v1 | Local storage | Strictly necessary. Your login session (user id + expiry time) so you stay signed in. | 7 days, then you sign in again |
pakstudent_consent_v1 | Local storage | Strictly necessary. Remembers your cookie-banner choice (accept or reject) so we do not keep asking. | Until you clear site data |
pakstudent_login_guard_v1 | Local storage | Security. Counts failed login attempts; 5 wrong attempts lock login for 10 minutes to protect your account. | Clears automatically after the lock expires |
Google AdSense cookies (e.g. NID, IDE) | Third-party cookies | Advertising — only if ads are enabled and only after your consent where required. Used by Google to show and measure ads. | Set by Google; see Google's policy |
We do not use analytics trackers, fingerprinting, or social-media pixels.
3. Google advertising cookies (when ads are enabled)
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings, or at www.aboutads.info/choices for other vendors.
- Google's own policy: policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
4. Your choices
- Cookie banner: press Accept or Reject. Your choice is remembered in
pakstudent_consent_v1. Rejecting never blocks learning features. - Change your mind: clear site data for www.pakstudent.com in your browser and reload — the banner appears again.
- Browser controls: Chrome → Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies; Firefox → Settings → Privacy & Security; Safari → Preferences → Privacy; Edge → Settings → Cookies and site permissions. Every browser lets you block or delete cookies.
- Warning: blocking or clearing strictly necessary storage (
pakstudent_db_v1) deletes your account and progress on that device — export a backup first.
5. Contact
Questions about cookies? Email support@pakstudent.com or use the Contact page.