# Cookie Policy > The cookies and browser storage techxtelco.com uses, what they do and how to manage or opt out of them. - Canonical URL: https://techxtelco.com/cookies/ - Published: 2024-01-15 - Updated: 2026-09-10 - Topics: Site - Author: Tech X Telco Editorial Team - Publisher: Tech X Telco (https://techxtelco.com) Effective 10 September 2026. This version replaces the policy dated 9 April 2024. This page explains the cookies and browser storage that techxtelco.com uses, what they are for and how to manage them. It forms part of our [Privacy Policy](/privacy-policy/). ## What cookies and browser storage are A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to keep and send back on later visits. Browser storage is a similar space that a page can read and write, but that is never sent to a server. Both live on your device and can be cleared through your browser settings. ## Cookies used on this site ### Security and delivery (necessary) The systems that deliver and protect the site may set a small number of cookies that help them tell people from automated traffic, keep the site available and protect our forms from abuse. These cookies contain no personal information, are needed for the site to work safely, and last from minutes to a day. ### Advertising Advertising on the site is served by Google. Google and its advertising partners set cookies and use similar identifiers to show ads, to limit how often you see the same one, to measure whether ads are seen and clicked, and, where permitted, to personalise ads across sites. Their lifetimes range from a single session to about 13 months. Google explains them in its [advertising cookies notice](https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads). ### Partner content Some guides embed live plan comparison tables from a partner. They load inside a contained area of the page and may set that partner’s own cookies when you use them. Public posts from social platforms that appear in articles are reproduced by us and load nothing from the platform. ## Browser storage used by the site The site keeps a few settings in your browser so that pages work the way you left them. These items stay on your device and are never sent to us: - Your light, dark or system theme choice. - The stories you have bookmarked. - A random device token and your choice in each poll, so one device votes once and sees its choice again. - A short-lived copy of page data that makes the first view faster. All of them are kept until you change them or clear your browser data. ## What we do not use - No analytics cookies and no analytics tool. - No social media tracking pixels. - No cookies for accounts or logins, because the site has none. ## Personalised advertising and consent In Australia, personalised advertising does not require a consent banner, so you will not see one by default. Where the law where you live requires consent, Google shows its own consent message before personalised advertising is used, and you can change that choice through the same message later. ## How to manage cookies - **Personalised ads: **turn them off at [Google Ads Settings](https://adssettings.google.com/) or through [Your Online Choices](https://www.youronlinechoices.com.au/). You will still see ads, but they will not be based on your interests. - **All cookies: **every browser lets you block or delete cookies. See the instructions for [Chrome](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647), [Safari](https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac), [Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop) and [Edge](https://support.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-6afc-3db8-b2a7-b4e4b1e5bcc7). Blocking the necessary cookies may stop the forms from working. - **Browser storage: **clearing site data in your browser removes the items listed above. ## Changes We update this page when the cookies or storage the site uses change. The effective date at the top shows the current version. ## Contact Questions about cookies go to our Privacy Officer through the [contact form](/contact).