What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, ObvioTech) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., interactive content and analytics).
Types of Cookies We Use
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies.
Essential Cookies
Consent-management storage remembers your choices. Administration and security features may also require storage when those features are used; public visitor accounts are not offered. Necessary storage is not controlled by the optional analytics switch. You can block or clear site storage in your browser, but this can prevent preferences or requested features from working.
Analytical/Performance Cookies
Optional Google Analytics helps us understand visits and interactions with the website when analytics is allowed. Accepting analytics is not a newsletter subscription. You can reject analytics or change your choice using Consent Preferences.
Preference Cookies
If you allow Functional storage in Consent Preferences, our theme uses local storage named obviotech-theme to remember your selected light/dark appearance and obviotech_reading_mode to remember your reading-mode choice. Without Functional consent, these controls work on the current page without reading or writing those saved preferences. Rejecting or withdrawing Functional consent removes both saved values. These values have no automatic expiry; otherwise they remain until cleared by you or your browser. They are not advertising identifiers. There is no public visitor login.
Consent and Compliance
The consent panel offers Reject All, Accept All and category choices for optional technologies. You can change a saved choice using Consent Preferences. Google Analytics is optional. Advertising remains disabled; accepting the panel does not mean that ads are enabled. Storage used for a requested appearance or reading-mode choice is described above.
Managing Cookies
Use Consent Preferences to review and change optional categories. Rejecting analytics does not require a visitor account and you can continue reading articles. Browser settings can also clear or block cookies and local storage; clearing them may reset the consent and appearance choices saved on that browser.
For more information on how to manage and delete cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org.