Cookie Policy

Understand how Maina Sedam News uses cookies, web storage, and similar technologies to enhance your browsing and e-paper experience.

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What Are Cookies & Local Storage?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit websites. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, remember your reading preferences, provide secure access, and deliver insights into site performance.

Maina Sedam News (ಮೈನಾ ಸೇಡಂ ನ್ಯೂಸ್) uses cookies and web storage (sessionStorage / localStorage) strictly to improve reader experience, maintain security, and optimize our digital e-paper viewing system.

1. Categories of Cookies We Use

Essential / Strictly Necessary

Always Active

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable secure authentication for administrative tasks, page navigation, and session continuity.

Examples: Firebase Auth tokens, CSRF protection, session status.

Functional & Preference Storage

Preference

These store your personalized settings so you do not have to reset them on every visit.

Examples: Intro video playback flag (introShown), zoom level, font size.

Performance & Analytics

Analytics

Collect aggregated, anonymized metrics on how readers navigate between segments, total e-paper page views, and reading durations to help us improve news delivery.

Examples: Page view counts, bounce rates, segment click frequency.

Third-Party Embeds

External

When we embed YouTube videos, social media posts (Facebook, Instagram), or interactive maps, those third-party services may set their own tracking cookies.

Examples: YouTube player cookies, social share tokens.

Advertising & Google AdSense Cookies

Advertising

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalized and contextual ads to our visitors based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Manage & Opt-Out: Visit Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.

2. Use of LocalStorage and SessionStorage

In addition to standard HTTP cookies, our modern web application utilizes HTML5 Web Storage:

SessionStorage: Used to ensure that intro branding animations are only presented once per browsing session, preventing repetitive popups.
LocalStorage: Used to store client-side preferences and caching for fast segment rendering.

3. How to Control & Disable Cookies

You can configure or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Below are links and instructions for standard browsers:

Google Chrome

Settings > Privacy & Security > Third-party cookies

Mozilla Firefox

Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies & Site Data

Apple Safari

Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies

Microsoft Edge

Settings > Site permissions > Cookies and site data

Note: Disabling strictly necessary cookies or local storage may degrade your reading experience, such as requiring re-login for administrative portals or causing segment viewer preferences to reset.

4. Updates to this Policy & Inquiries

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect technological changes or regulatory updates. We encourage readers to review this page occasionally. If you have questions regarding our cookie practices, please contact us at:

Maina Sedam News Technical Teammainasedamnews@gmail.com