Cookie Transparency & Compliance

Cookie & Storage Policy

Last Updated: September 2026 • Compliant with GDPR, ePrivacy & Google AdSense Standards

What Are Cookies & Web Technologies?

Cookies and browser LocalStorage are small data files stored on your device when visiting our website. They retain your preferences (such as dark mode and selected language), maintain security, analyze platform performance, and support non-intrusive advertising that funds free access.

1. Categories of Cookies We Use

1. Strictly Necessary

Always Active

Essential for core platform operations, rate limiting, anti-abuse security, and saving your consent choices. They cannot be disabled.

Examples: omni_locale, theme, omni_cookie_consent

2. Preference & Experience

Functional

Helps preserve interface choices, including preferred language, dark mode display toggle, and local student reward badges.

Storage: Client LocalStorage

3. Performance Analytics

Consent Required

Allows us to quantify visitor flows, identify broken tools, and optimize client-side execution speeds via Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity anonymously.

Services: GA4 (_ga, _gid), Clarity (_clck, _clsk)

4. Advertising & Marketing

Consent Required

Google AdSense powers our 100% free business model. Google and certified advertising partners may set cookies to serve relevant ads, limit frequency, and detect invalid traffic.

Services: Google AdSense, DoubleClick (__gads, __gpi)

2. EEA, UK & Switzerland Consent Compliance

If you visit our platform from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we strictly adhere to the Google EU User Consent Policy and GDPR/UK GDPR standards. Our platform initializes with Google Consent Mode v2 set to 'denied' by default for advertising and analytics, ensuring no non-essential cookies or personalized ads load without explicit user consent.

We implement Google's Privacy & Messaging CMP standards integrated with the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF v2.2), granting you full control to accept, reject, or customize permissions at any time.

3. Third-Party Technologies Used on Our Site

Google (AdSense & Analytics): Used for advertising delivery and aggregate web metrics. Learn how Google uses data: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Microsoft Clarity: Privacy-centric behavioral heatmaps and navigation diagnostics: clarity.microsoft.com
Cloudflare CDN & Security: High-speed CDN, edge DDoS mitigation, and HTTP rate limiting.

4. Managing & Revoking Cookie Preferences

You can modify or withdraw your cookie consent at any time via the cookie settings toggle or by clearing cookies in your browser preferences.

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