1. What Are Cookies & Local Storage?
A cookie is a small text file transmitted by a web server and stored in your browser on your computer or mobile device when you access a website. Cookies permit a website to recognize a returning device, retain navigation state, and measure technical interactions.
Web Local Storage and Session Storage are standard client-side storage mechanisms supported by modern HTML5 web browsers. Unlike cookies, data stored in local storage is never automatically transmitted to the server with routine HTTP requests, resulting in improved page load speed, lower bandwidth consumption, and enhanced data security.
Throughout this policy, references to “cookies” include traditional HTTP cookies, browser web storage (such as localStorage), and privacy-conscious web telemetry.
2. Technologies Used on This Website
In strict accordance with our technical codebase audit, TimeSphere Technologies deliberately restricts browser storage to strictly necessary operational state and privacy-conscious telemetry that only executes when user consent is provided:
| Identifier | Type | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| timesphere_cookie_consent | Browser LocalStorage | Strictly Necessary | Stores your explicit cookie consent selections (essential vs. analytics) so you are not repeatedly prompted on subsequent page views. | Persistent (up to 12 months or until browser storage is cleared) |
| Vercel Web Analytics | Client Telemetry | Analytics / Performance | Collects privacy-preserving, aggregated visitor statistics (page visits, referrer, device category) to monitor website stability and high-demand content. | Session-based / Ephemeral aggregated metrics (Only loaded upon user consent) |
What We Do NOT Use:
- No third-party marketing, ad-tech, or behavioral retargeting cookies (such as Google Ads, Meta Pixel, TikTok, or LinkedIn Insight tags).
- No cross-site digital fingerprinting or invasive user profiling scripts.
- No advertising tracking networks.
- No third-party session replay recorders (such as Hotjar or FullStory).
3. Categories of Cookies & Storage
We classify website storage into two clearly defined categories:
3.1 Strictly Necessary Storage
These technical storage items are essential for you to navigate our website and securely utilize its core features, including retaining your privacy choices and safeguarding against automated submission abuse on our contact form. Because the website cannot function reliably without these items, strictly necessary storage cannot be disabled in our preference manager.
3.2 Analytics & Performance Telemetry (Optional)
These technologies allow us to monitor how visitors interact with our website by gathering high-level, privacy-preserving telemetry. This data enables our technical team to detect broken links, optimize mobile performance, and identify which technology solutions visitors find most relevant. Non-essential analytics scripts are strictly blocked by default and only initialize if you explicitly select “Accept All” or enable analytics in “Manage Preferences.”
4. Why We Use These Technologies
We deploy technical storage and analytics technologies exclusively for legitimate purposes, including:
- Preserving Privacy Selections: Storing your consent choice so that our consent dialog does not obstruct your browsing on subsequent page views.
- Website Reliability and Performance: Evaluating responsive viewport adjustments, script execution speeds, and server response times to maintain optimal platform stability.
- Endpoint Protection: Preventing spam submissions and protecting contact endpoints against distributed denial-of-service abuse.
- Aggregated Usage Insights: Understanding high-level traffic trends, popular technology domains, and referral channels to refine our public information.
5. Third-Party Services & Analytics
Our website is deployed on modern cloud infrastructure provided by Vercel Inc. When consented to by you, our website uses Vercel Web Analytics to analyze traffic patterns.
Vercel Web Analytics operates with a privacy-by-design methodology. It does not track users across unrelated websites, does not build behavioral profiles, and aggregates metric data without collecting personally identifiable information.
To review Vercel's privacy policies and infrastructure security certifications, please visit https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy.
6. Managing Your Cookie Consent
Upon your initial visit to our website, you are presented with our accessible Cookie Consent Banner providing clear choices without manipulative dark patterns or hidden rejection options:
- Accept All: Grants consent to both strictly necessary storage and privacy-conscious analytics telemetry.
- Reject Non-Essential: Blocks all optional analytics scripts. Only strictly necessary technical state (to record your choice) is stored.
You can withdraw or reset your consent at any time by clearing your browser cache or site storage for timespheretech.com, which will prompt the consent banner upon your subsequent visit, or by adjusting cookie permissions directly in your browser settings.
7. How to Control Cookies in Your Browser
In addition to our on-site consent manager, all major web browsers provide settings to regulate cookie and local storage permissions. You can configure your browser to notify you when a cookie is placed, reject third-party cookies, or purge your local storage upon closing your window.
Guides for managing storage in widely used browsers:
- Google Chrome Cookie Settings
- Apple Safari Cookie Settings
- Mozilla Firefox Tracking Protection & Cookies
- Microsoft Edge Cookie Management
Note: Disabling all browser storage through browser settings may prevent the website from remembering your privacy selections between visits.
8. Updates to This Policy
We may periodically revise this Cookie Policy to reflect technical modifications, third-party infrastructure updates, or legal compliance developments. Any updates will be posted directly to this URL with a revised “Last Updated” date. We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
9. Contact Us
If you have inquiries, questions, or feedback regarding our use of cookies or browser storage technologies, please communicate directly with our team:
TimeSphere Technologies
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://timespheretech.com
Locations: Kerala & Bengaluru, India
You can also reach our engineering and advisory team via our contact page.