Cookie Policy & Storage Options
At UPSCSphere, we believe in complete transparency. We use strictly essential cookies and browser storage mechanisms to authenticate your account, remember your revision preferences, and preserve mock exam progress during network drops. We never use cross-site advertisement trackers or sell student study data.
Your Current Cookie Settings
Functional: Enabled • Analytics: Enabled • Daily Alerts: Enabled
1. What Are Cookies and Browser Local Storage?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit websites. Along with cookies, UPSCSphere utilizes standard browser localStorage and sessionStorage to store non-sensitive state locally on your device. This allows instant page transitions, offline quiz continuation, and instant dark mode loading without server round-trips.
2. Breakdown of Cookie Categories Used on UPSCSphere
Strictly Necessary (Required)
Required for core website security, account authentication via Supabase and Google OAuth, session token validity, and active test question state preservation.
Functional & Customization
Remembers your theme (light/dark mode), custom reading font (JetBrains Mono, Lora, Roboto), font size scaling, bookmarked questions, and revision queue.
Performance & Diagnostics
Measures anonymous mock test timing, latency benchmarks, and page load speeds to help us maintain 100% uptime and fast AIR leaderboard calculations.
07:30 AM Daily Alerts
Remembers your push notification permission and morning alert preferences when today's 20 fresh UPSC Prelims MCQs are published.
3. Complete Storage Key & Cookie Inventory
Below is the full list of storage identifiers used on your device:
| Identifier / Key | Type | Category | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sb-*-auth-token | Cookie / Storage | Necessary | Encrypted Supabase JWT for secure user authentication | Session / 1 Year |
| upsc_auth_session | LocalStorage | Necessary | Caches basic user name & target year for fast offline header rendering | Persistent |
| upsc_cookie_preferences | LocalStorage | Necessary | Stores your accepted cookie and storage consent choices | 1 Year |
| upsc_theme | LocalStorage | Functional | Remembers your dark/light theme choice | Persistent |
| upsc_typography | LocalStorage | Functional | Stores selected font family, font size, and line height settings | Persistent |
| upsc_bookmarks | LocalStorage | Functional | Saves your bookmarked questions for quick revision | Persistent |
| upsc_spaced_queue | LocalStorage | Functional | Maintains spaced repetition interval calculations for wrong answers | Persistent |
4. How You Can Control or Clear Cookies in Your Browser
In addition to our on-site Cookie Options manager, you can manage or delete cookies directly through your browser settings:
- Google Chrome / Brave: Settings → Privacy and Security → Third-party cookies → Clear browsing data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
- Apple Safari (iOS / macOS): Settings → Safari → Advanced → Privacy & Website Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data.
Questions Regarding Privacy & Cookies?
For questions about our Cookie Policy or data storage, contact our support team at upscsphereindia@gmail.com.