Cookie Policy
A small, one-person site doesn't need a cookie policy written like a large company's, so this one isn't. Here's what cookies actually do on OracleSanctum, plainly, and how third-party ad partners use them.
Last Updated: September 16, 20261. What a Cookie Actually Is
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. It's how a site remembers you between page loads — that you're logged in, that a form you started is still there, or that your token purchase was completed.
2. What OracleSanctum Uses Cookies For
- Keeping you logged in — so your subscription, token balance, saved charts, or booking history stay associated with your account as you navigate the site.
- Security — protecting token checkouts, booking forms, and payment flows from cross-site security threats.
- Basic analytics — understanding, in aggregate, which tools and articles are actually being used so I can improve what's here.
- Advertising delivery — allowing ad networks to serve advertisements to non-subscribed visitors (see Section 4).
3. Third-Party Functional Cookies
A few core functions on the site rely on outside service providers that set essential or payment-related cookies:
- Payment processors — Flutterwave and PayPal may set security cookies during checkout, governed by their respective privacy policies.
- Embedded content — videos or external tools embedded in articles may set cookies from their hosting platforms.
4. Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense & Partners)
OracleSanctum displays third-party advertisements via Google AdSense to non-subscribed and non-logged-in visitors. These ads help support the infrastructure and keep our core chart calculators free to use.
How ad cookies work on this site:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to OracleSanctum or other websites on the Internet.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Subscribers & Logged-In Members: Advertisements are suppressed for active paying subscribers and logged-in members, meaning ad cookies do not serve ads to your account while logged in.
You can easily opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or by visiting aboutads.info.
5. Managing Cookies in Your Browser
You are always free to control, block, or clear cookies through your own browser settings. Doing so may log you out or require you to re-enter details, but it won't stop you from using the basic free tools on this site.
6. Changes to This Policy
If ad networks or functional cookie usage changes as the site grows, this page will be updated directly with a new effective date rather than folded in quietly.
7. Contact
Email: [email protected]
Please include "Cookie Policy Question" in your subject line.
A single-practitioner site using ad revenue to support free tools doesn't need an unreadable policy. It needs one honest explanation of what's running, why it's there, and how to turn it off if you choose to.