Last updated: 8 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Thomas Edison Biography uses cookies and similar browser technologies. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file placed on a device by a website. Some cookies last only for the browser session; others remain for a stated period. Similar technologies can include local storage, tags and pixels. They can support essential functions, remember choices, measure performance or help deliver advertising.
How this site uses cookies
Strictly necessary cookies
These support functions such as security, WordPress administration and remembering consent choices. They are required for the service requested by the visitor or for the website to operate safely, so they may not require consent. Ordinary readers are not given administrative cookies unless they sign in.
Analytics cookies
When enabled with the appropriate permission, analytics tools may collect information about page visits, approximate location, device type, referring source and interactions. We use aggregate reports to find broken journeys, improve popular articles and understand site performance. Optional analytics storage remains denied until the necessary consent is recorded.
Advertising cookies
If Google AdSense is enabled, Google and other authorised advertising providers may use cookies to serve, limit, personalise or measure ads and to help detect invalid activity. Personalised advertising is requested only where the required consent has been provided. Visitors can manage Google advertising choices through My Ad Center.
Embedded and external content
Some future pages may include media or resources supplied by third-party services. Where an embed would set optional cookies, it should remain blocked until the relevant choice is made. Following an ordinary link to an external archive or museum takes the visitor to a separate website with its own cookie policy.
Managing your choices
On the first eligible visit, the site’s consent controls provide choices for optional technologies. Visitors can accept, reject or review available categories. A consent preference control remains available so the decision can be changed later. Withdrawing consent does not make earlier processing unlawful, but it stops new consent-dependent storage from that point.
Cookies can also be removed or blocked in browser settings. Browser-level blocking may remove saved consent choices, so the banner may appear again.
Current services
The site is built with WordPress and may use the hosting provider’s security and operational services. MonsterInsights may connect the site to Google Analytics when analytics is configured and permitted. WPConsent or another Google-compliant consent management platform records privacy choices. If advertising is activated, Google AdSense and the providers disclosed through the consent platform may process advertising signals.
The exact cookies and retention periods can change when a service updates its technology. The live consent panel provides the most current category and provider information available to the site.
Current cookie list
The list below is generated from the services currently recorded in the site’s consent system.
Questions
Questions about cookies or consent choices can be sent through the Contact page.