Cookie Policy · Sanskar

In short: no cookies of any kind — essential, analytics, advertising, or third-party. The website stores only what the features you use need, in your browser’s local storage: your light or dark theme choice if you use the theme switch, and your sign-in session and unsent post if you write for the blog with an account.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that a website asks your browser to store, so the site can recognize your browser later. Similar technologies, such as your browser’s local storage, can also keep information on your device. This policy covers both.

Essential cookies

The website does not use any cookies, including essential ones. Every page works without them.

Local storage: theme preference

The website has a theme switch for choosing between light and dark colors (the theme command of the terminal on the Home page does the same). If you use it, your choice is saved in your browser’s local storage so the website remembers it on your next visit:

Name: theme
Stored value: light or dark
Purpose: Remembers your chosen color theme
How long it is kept: Until you clear this website’s data in your browser

This entry is created only when you use the switch. It stays on your device, is never sent to me or anyone else, and contains no personal information. If you never use the switch, nothing is stored and the website follows your device’s light or dark setting.

Local storage: accounts

If you sign in to write for the blog, two more entries are kept in your browser’s local storage. Signing in and writing need them, so they are created only when you use those features.

Name: blog-session
Stored value: A sign-in token, a token to renew it, when it expires, your account number, and your email address
Purpose: Keeps you signed in on this device
How long it is kept: Until you sign out, delete your account, or clear this website’s data in your browser

Unsent post

Name: blog-draft
Stored value: The post you are writing: its title, summary, tags, cover image link and description, and text
Purpose: Saves your post as you write, so it isn’t lost if you leave the page
How long it is kept: Until you send the post, or clear this website’s data in your browser

The session is sent only to Supabase, which provides the accounts, to show that requests come from you. The unsent post stays on your device until you send it. If your browser blocks local storage, you can still sign in and write, but only until you leave the page.

Analytics cookies

None. The website does not use analytics or measurement tools of any kind.

Third-party cookies

None are set through this website. It does not embed content, scripts, fonts, or advertising from other services, and at the time of writing its host, GitHub Pages, does not set cookies either. The account and author pages connect to Supabase without cookies: your browser doesn’t send cookies to Supabase or accept any from it through these pages. If you follow a link to another website, such as GitHub, LinkedIn, or Discord, that website may set its own cookies under its own policy. If you send the contact form with JavaScript turned off, your browser briefly visits Web3Forms before returning to this website, and that service may set its own cookies under its own policy.

Managing cookies

Your browser lets you view, delete, and block cookies and other site data. To remove the saved theme preference, clear this website’s data in your browser’s settings (usually under Privacy or Site settings). This also signs you out and deletes any unsent post. The website works normally either way.

Future services

If services that use cookies or similar technologies — such as analytics or embedded content — are ever added, this policy will be updated to list them, and your consent will be requested where the law requires it.

Updates to this policy

I may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page shows when it last changed.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email sanskarin@outlook.in.