At Oddly Odd Archives, we use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze traffic, and deliver relevant advertisements. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control them.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your settings and preferences, and enable features such as login sessions, ad personalization, and analytics tracking.
Some cookies are essential for site functionality, while others collect data to help improve services or display relevant content and ads.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies on Oddly Odd Archives for several reasons:
- Essential cookies – Required to make the website work properly
- Performance cookies – Help us improve site speed and user experience
- Analytics cookies – Track user behavior through tools like Google Analytics
- Advertising cookies – Serve personalized and non-personalized ads via Google AdSense
- Functionality cookies – Remember your preferences across sessions
These cookies help us ensure a secure, smooth, and personalized experience for every visitor.
3. Third-Party Cookies
Our website includes content and features provided by third parties, such as embedded videos and display ads. These third-party services may also use cookies. Examples include:
- Google AdSense – Advertising platform that uses cookies to tailor ads to your interests
- Google Analytics – Tracks anonymized usage data for site improvement
- YouTube – Adds cookies when videos are embedded on our site
These services may use cookies to track you across other websites as well.
4. Consent and Control
When you first visit our website, you’ll see a cookie consent banner. This allows you to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customize cookie settings by category
We use a GDPR-compliant consent system to make sure that no tracking or advertising cookies are loaded until you agree. You can update or revoke your consent at any time via the “Cookie Settings” link in our site footer.
5. How to Manage Cookies
You can manually manage cookies through your browser. Most modern browsers allow you to:
- Delete all cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Send “Do Not Track” requests
- Receive alerts before saving new cookies
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Note that blocking cookies may reduce the functionality of certain features on our site.
6. Related Information
To better understand how your data is handled, we recommend reading our full Privacy Policy, which covers topics such as data sharing, retention, and your GDPR rights.
If you want to get in touch regarding your cookie preferences or data rights, please visit our Contact page.
You can also read more about how we monetize this site on our Ad Disclosure page.
Last updated: May 2025