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Cookie Policy
Last updated: August 4, 2026
TDF uses a small number of cookies and browser-storage items. Non-essential analytics and external-media code are disabled until the visitor grants the corresponding permission. Google AdSense remains disabled until TDF configures a Google-certified consent platform.
Categories
Essential — always active
Authentication and session state, CSRF and abuse protection, saved consent choices, and other functions necessary to deliver a requested page or feature. These cannot be switched off through the preference panel because the site cannot safely provide those functions without them.
Functional — optional
Remembers theme, visit timing, and reading progress on this device. Functional local storage is not read or written unless Functional is accepted.
Analytics — optional
Helps measure visits, pages, referrers, devices, and performance. Google Analytics is not loaded unless Analytics is accepted.
Advertising — currently disabled
The site does not load Google AdSense through this custom preference panel. Advertising remains disabled until TDF configures a Google-certified consent-management platform and completes the required account-side setup. This avoids presenting the site-side banner as a substitute for Google advertising consent requirements.
External media — optional
Allows third-party widgets requested by the reader, such as translation. A third party may receive technical information after the widget is enabled.
Your choice
Accept and reject controls receive equal treatment. You can change or withdraw a choice at any time. Withdrawing a previously granted category removes TDF-domain optional cookies or storage that TDF can remove and reloads the page so that category is no longer active. It cannot undo processing that lawfully occurred before withdrawal or erase data controlled solely by another provider.
Storage duration
The TDF consent cookie normally lasts 180 days. Other essential items last for the session or the period needed for their function. Optional third-party durations are controlled by those providers after permission is granted.
Browser controls
You may also clear or block cookies through the browser. Blocking all cookies can prevent login and forms from working. Rejecting optional storage disables remembered theme and reading progress but does not block the news. Global Privacy Control is honored as described in the Privacy Policy.