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Privacy and cookie policy
Last updated October 14, 2026
This page explains what CloudGuru (learncloud.guru) stores about you, which cookies it uses, and how to change your choices. The site is run by Junaid Ahmed and you can reach me through the Telegram channel.
What is stored, and why
- Newsletter. Your email address, the page you subscribed from, and when you subscribed, confirmed or unsubscribed. It is used only to send the newsletter, and you must confirm by email before anything is sent. Every email has an unsubscribe link that works immediately.
- Comments. The name, email address, optional website and comment you submit, plus your IP address for moderation and spam control. Your email address and IP address are never shown publicly.
- View counts. To count each visitor at most once per article per day, the site stores a keyed hash of your IP address and browser user agent, never the raw IP. These rows are deleted after 24 hours.
- Author and admin accounts. Name, email address and, for each sign-in session, the IP address and browser user agent. Readers don’t need an account.
None of this is sold or shared, except with the providers needed to run the site, such as the email server that sends the newsletter.
Cookies and local storage
The site sets only the items below itself. None of them track you across other websites.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Lasts | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| csrf_token | Cookie | Security: protects forms (newsletter, comments, sign-in) against cross-site request forgery. | 24 hours | Strictly necessary |
| access_token | Cookie (HttpOnly) | Keeps a signed-in author or admin logged in. Not set for readers. | 15 minutes | Strictly necessary |
| refresh_token | Cookie (HttpOnly) | Renews the sign-in for authors and admins. Not set for readers. | 30 days | Strictly necessary |
| theme-preference | Local storage | Remembers light, sepia or dark theme. | Until you clear it | Preference |
| article-text-scale | Local storage | Remembers the article text size you chose. | Until you clear it | Preference |
Advertising (Google AdSense)
The site shows ads from Google AdSense to help cover hosting costs. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies to show ads based on your visits to this and other websites, and to measure them. These cookies are set by Google, not by this site.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, Google asks for your consent before personalised ads are shown. You can change that choice at any time with the button below. Without consent you may still see non-personalised ads.
- How Google uses information from sites that use its services ↗
- Manage personalised ads in My Ad Center ↗
- Opt out of other vendors’ personalised ads (aboutads.info) ↗
Your choices and rights
- Unsubscribe from the newsletter with the link in any newsletter email.
- Block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The site still works, but forms need the
csrf_tokencookie. - Ask for a copy of your data, a correction, or deletion of your newsletter subscription or comments through the Telegram channel.
Changes
If this policy changes, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change.