This cookie policy explains what cookies are, which cookies Techoholik uses, and how you can manage or disable them. We are committed to being fully transparent about our data practices — and that starts with a clear, honest cookie policy that does not hide behind confusing legal language.
Last updated: January 1, 2025. If you have questions about this cookie policy, please visit our contact page. For broader information about how we handle your data, read our full Privacy Policy.
1. What Is a Cookie Policy?
A cookie policy is a legal document that informs website visitors about the use of cookies — small text files stored on your device by a website when you visit it. Cookies serve many purposes: they help websites function correctly, remember your preferences, measure traffic, and deliver relevant advertising.
This cookie policy applies to all pages on Techoholik. Under privacy laws in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, websites are required to inform users about cookie use and provide meaningful options to manage it. That is exactly what this cookie policy does.
For a broader overview of how cookies work and why websites use them, see the All About Cookies resource guide maintained by the digital advertising industry.
2. How Techoholik Uses Cookies
Techoholik uses cookies for three main purposes as outlined in this cookie policy: to ensure the website functions properly, to understand how readers use our tech news content, and to display relevant advertisements that help keep the site free.
We do not use cookies to collect sensitive personal information such as passwords, financial data, or government identification numbers. All data collected through cookies is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable law.
Cookies on Techoholik are set either by us directly (first-party cookies) or by trusted third-party services we use, such as Google Analytics and Google AdSense (third-party cookies). Both types are covered in this cookie policy.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
This cookie policy covers four categories of cookies present on Techoholik. Each category serves a different purpose and has different privacy implications.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Techoholik website to function. Without them, core features such as page navigation, form submission, and comment loading would not work. Strictly necessary cookies do not collect any personally identifiable information and cannot be disabled through this cookie policy without breaking the site.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies remember your preferences and settings to improve your experience on Techoholik. For example, they may remember your comment display preferences between visits. These cookies do not track browsing activity across other websites.
Analytics Cookies
As described in Section 4 of this cookie policy, we use Google Analytics to measure how readers find and use our content. Analytics cookies collect anonymous, aggregated data and cannot be used to identify you personally.
Advertising Cookies
As described in Section 5 of this cookie policy, Google AdSense sets advertising cookies to display relevant ads to our readers. These are third-party cookies set by Google, not directly by Techoholik.
4. Google Analytics Cookies
Techoholik uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. As part of this cookie policy, we disclose that Google Analytics sets the following cookies on your device when you visit our site:
- _ga — distinguishes unique users. Expires after 2 years.
- _ga_[ID] — maintains session state. Expires after 2 years.
- _gid — distinguishes users within a 24-hour period. Expires after 24 hours.
- _gat — used to throttle request rate. Expires after 1 minute.
All data collected by these cookies is anonymized and aggregated before being sent to Google’s servers. This cookie policy confirms that we do not enable Google Analytics features that collect personally identifiable information such as IP addresses in full.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking at any time by installing the free Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on . For more information on how Google handles this data, see Google’s Privacy Policy .
5. Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies
Techoholik displays advertisements served by Google AdSense. As required by this cookie policy, we disclose that Google AdSense sets third-party cookies to show you ads that are relevant to your interests based on your browsing history across websites that use Google advertising services.
The primary advertising cookies set by Google AdSense include:
- IDE — used by Google DoubleClick to register and report user actions after viewing or clicking an ad. Expires after 1 year.
- test_cookie — used to check whether your browser supports cookies. Expires after 15 minutes.
- DSID — used to identify a signed-in Google user and remember ad preferences. Expires after 2 weeks.
Techoholik does not have access to or control over the advertising cookies set by Google. To opt out of personalized advertising, visit Google Ad Settings or the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page .
6. How to Control and Disable Cookies
This cookie policy gives you full information to make informed choices about cookies. You have several options for controlling or disabling cookies on Techoholik and across the web:
Browser Settings
Every modern browser allows you to manage, block, or delete cookies through its settings menu. Below are direct links to cookie management instructions for the most popular browsers:
- Google Chrome — manage cookies
- Mozilla Firefox — manage cookies
- Apple Safari — manage cookies
- Microsoft Edge — manage cookies
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of Techoholik and many other websites. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled without impacting site performance.
Opt-Out Tools
In addition to browser settings, you can use industry opt-out tools to control advertising cookies specifically. This cookie policy recommends visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out tool to manage preferences across multiple advertising networks at once.
7. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, the services we rely on, or applicable legal requirements. When we update this cookie policy, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to check this cookie policy periodically to stay informed about how Techoholik uses cookies. Continued use of the site after any updates to this cookie policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes.
If you have any questions about this cookie policy or how we use cookies on Techoholik, please contact us — we are happy to help.
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