Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to AdCode. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and process your information when you use our web portal and the AdCode IDE extension.

Our platform enables developers to earn revenue by displaying developer-targeted, non-intrusive advertisements directly within their development environments. We operate on a strict consent-first, privacy-conscious model.

2. Information We Collect

To calculate your earnings, pay out your revenue share, and prevent system fraud, we collect specific categories of data:

• Account Information: When you register, we collect your email address, display name, password (cryptographically hashed), and your payout destinations (such as PayPal email addresses or Stripe Bank routing details).
• Impression & Session Logs: We track active session durations (how long your IDE is focused and writing code), ad banner impressions served, and ad clicks to compute your earnings.
• Contextual Context: We collect the active programming language type / file extension (e.g. typescript, python) to display relevant advertisements matching your current tech stack.
• Anti-Fraud Telemetry: We collect hashed machine identifiers, IP address signatures, and HMAC-signed packet timestamps to protect the ad network against automated bots, repetitive clicks, and click-fraud.

4. How We Use Your Information

Your data is used strictly for the following purposes:

• Calculating and verifying standard and premium ad rotation impressions.
• Processing payouts securely to your PayPal or Bank accounts.
• Defending our advertisers against fraudulent impression spikes or bot activities.
• Providing customization options (focus mode, limits, and categories).

5. Data Sharing & Third Parties

We do not sell your personal data. We only share information with third parties necessary to run our service:

• Payment Processors: We use PayPal and Stripe to process withdrawal requests. Your details are shared solely to finalize payouts.
• Ad Networks: We load developer advertisements dynamically from trusted partners (Adsterra, Google AdSense, Carbon, and EthicalAds). No sensitive code details are shared with these networks.

6. Data Security

We protect your data using industry-standard measures:

• All telemetry sent from the IDE is signed cryptographically with client-side HMAC keys.
• All communication between your IDE, browser, and our server is encrypted using TLS (HTTPS).
• Password storage utilizes cryptographical hashing algorithms, ensuring no plaintext passwords are stored.

7. Your Choices

You can manage your preferences at any time:

• Disable ads instantly inside the extension settings or via the web preferences.
• Toggle Focus Mode to pause ads when you are not actively coding.
• Request full deletion of your account and statistics by contacting support.