This Cookie Statement outlines how Bengal Wiki uses cookies and local browser storage to deliver a high-performance, seamless experience.
1. What Are Cookies and Local Storage?
- Cookies: Small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters sent by a web server and stored by your browser, which are returned to the server on subsequent requests.
- Local Storage: A modern HTML5 technology that allows websites to store key-value data locally inside your web browser. Local Storage is safer and much faster than cookies, as it never gets transmitted over the network to our servers.
2. How We Use Them
Bengal Wiki utilizes zero advertising cookies, zero tracking scripts, and zero analytical beacons.
We use browser Local Storage exclusively for functional utility purposes:
- Search Autocomplete Cache: When you focus on our search bar, we fetch the complete page search index (
/search.json) and cache it inside your local memory. This ensures that as you type in the search input, matching results appear immediately with zero delay and zero network traffic. - Layout State Preferences: If you expand or collapse sidebar boxes or toggle Table of Contents lists, we record these states so your preference is retained when you navigate to other articles.
3. Managing Your Storage Settings
Since we do not transmit any cookie values to our servers or use them for user identification, you do not need to click complex “Accept/Decline” banner prompts.
You can clear or disable cookies and local storage completely through your browser’s security settings at any time without losing the ability to read and browse articles on our site.