Effective Date: October 24, 2026 • Strict compliance with Google AdSense Publisher Policies, Razorpay Merchant Tokenization Guidelines, India DPDP Act 2023, and EU GDPR.
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rzp_device_id, rzp_checkout_session): Generated securely during payment modal initialization to identify client sessions, enforce rate limiting, and protect against credit card fraud in compliance with PCI-DSS Level 1 standards.cookie_consent): Remembers whether you accepted or customized cookie categories so you are not prompted repeatedly.These tokens enhance your reading experience and store personalized display configurations locally on your device:
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__gads, __gpi): Used by Google to ensure fair frequency capping, prevent invalid ad impressions, and verify human traffic.The following audit table details all primary cookies and storage tokens actively utilized across this domain:
| Cookie / Token | Provider | Category | Lifespan | Operational Purpose & Data Shared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_consent | Panchami First-Party | Essential | 12 Months | Records your explicit cookie consent preferences under India DPDP Act and GDPR. |
| rzp_device_id | Razorpay Technologies | Strictly Necessary | Session / 1 Year | Fraud prevention, biometric risk evaluation, and PCI-DSS Level 1 payment checkout tokenization. |
| sb-*-auth-token | Supabase Auth | Strictly Necessary | Session / 7 Days | Encrypted JWT session token for authenticated reader dashboard access and project status tracking. |
| __gads | Google AdSense | Advertising | 13 Months | Facilitates contextual ad display, frequency capping, and ad fraud mitigation. |
| __gpi | Google AdSense | Advertising | 13 Months | Used by Google publisher tags to measure ad performance and viewability. |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Analytics | 2 Years | Anonymized readership traffic analysis, page read completion rate, and referral metrics. |
| panchami_theme | Browser LocalStorage | Functional | Persistent | Remembers reading theme (Dark / Sepia / Light) across visits. Never transmitted over the wire. |
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