Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies serve several purposes:

• Remembering your preferences and settings
• Understanding how you use a website
• Enabling certain website features to work
• Delivering relevant advertisements

Cookies are not programs and cannot carry viruses or install malware on your device. They are simply small data files.

Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use similar tracking technologies, including:

• Local Storage: A browser feature that stores data locally on your device, similar to cookies but with larger storage capacity
• Session Storage: Temporary storage that is cleared when you close your browser tab

For simplicity, this policy refers to all of these technologies collectively as "cookies."

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

To make our website work (Essential)

Some cookies are strictly necessary for our website to function. Without these cookies, services like our calculators and navigation would not work properly. These cookies do not collect any personally identifiable information.

To understand how our website is used (Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website. This helps us improve our tools and content. For example, we can see which calculator features are most popular and which articles are most helpful to our users.

To show relevant advertisements (Advertising)

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google uses cookies to show you ads that are relevant to your interests, based on your browsing history across websites. Advertising revenue helps us keep all our tools free for everyone.

To remember your preferences (Functional)

We use cookies to remember your settings, such as your preferred unit system (metric or imperial), so you don't have to re-enter them every visit.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We use four categories of cookies, as described in detail below.

4. Detailed Cookie List

The following table lists all cookies used on our website, their purpose, and how long they remain on your device.

Note: Google may use additional cookies not listed above. For a complete list of Google's cookies, please visit: policies.google.com/technologies/cookies↗

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services that appear on our pages. We have no direct control over these cookies.

5.1 Google LLC

The majority of third-party cookies on our site are set by Google LLC, including:

Google Analytics

Purpose: Website traffic analysis

Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy↗

Opt-out: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout↗

Google AdSense

Purpose: Personalized advertising

Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy↗

Ad Settings: adssettings.google.com↗

5.2 Google's Data Processing

Google may combine cookie data with other information Google holds about you — for example, if you are signed into a Google account — to provide personalized advertising across the web.

For more information about how Google uses data when you use our website, please visit: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites↗

5.3 No Other Third-Party Cookies

We do not currently use any other third-party cookie providers beyond Google. We do not use:

• Social media tracking pixels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)
• Affiliate tracking cookies
• Heat mapping or session recording tools (e.g., Hotjar, FullStory)
• Live chat cookies

6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for controlling cookies. Choose the method that works best for you.

6.1 Our Cookie Preference Center

The easiest way to manage your cookie preferences on our website is through our Cookie Preference Center. You can access it by:

• Clicking the "Manage Cookie Preferences" button in the sidebar on this page
• Clicking "Manage Preferences" in the cookie banner when you first visit our site

In the Preference Center, you can enable or disable Analytics, Advertising, and Functional cookies individually. Essential cookies cannot be disabled.

6.2 Browser Settings

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Here is how to access cookie settings in common browsers:

Note: Blocking all cookies through your browser may affect the functionality of our website and many other websites you visit.

6.3 Opt Out of Google Analytics

To prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your visits, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout↗

6.4 Opt Out of Personalized Advertising

To opt out of personalized advertising from Google: adssettings.google.com↗

To opt out of interest-based advertising from multiple companies at once:

• NAI opt-out: optout.networkadvertising.org↗
• DAA opt-out: optout.aboutads.info↗
• EDAA opt-out (EU): youronlinechoices.eu↗

6.5 Deleting Existing Cookies

To delete cookies that have already been set on your device, you can clear your browser's cookies and site data. Note that this will also log you out of most websites and reset your preferences.

7. Cookie Consent for EEA and UK Users

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, the following additional information applies to you.

7.1 Legal Basis for Cookies

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK GDPR, we process different categories of cookies on different legal bases:

Essential Cookies

Legal basis: Legitimate interests

These cookies are necessary for the website to function. We have a legitimate interest in operating a functional website.

Analytics Cookies

Legal basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)

We only set analytics cookies after you have given your consent through our cookie banner.

Advertising Cookies

Legal basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)

We only set advertising cookies after you have given your consent through our cookie banner.

Functional Cookies

Legal basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)

We only set functional cookies after you have given your consent through our cookie banner.

7.2 Your Right to Withdraw Consent

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. To do so:

• Click "Manage Cookie Preferences" in the sidebar of this page
• Or click the cookie settings link in our website footer

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

7.3 Data Transfers

Some cookies set by Google may involve the transfer of your data to the United States. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which provides an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the EEA to the US.

For more information: commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection↗

8. Do Not Track

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked.

Currently, there is no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. As a result, like most websites, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals.

However, you can use our Cookie Preference Center to opt out of analytics and advertising cookies, which achieves a similar result to DNT for our website specifically.

If a universal DNT standard is established in the future, we will update our practices accordingly.

9. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

• The cookies we use
• Changes to applicable law or regulation
• Changes in our third-party service providers

When we make changes, we will:

• Update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page
• Post the revised policy on this page
• If we add new non-essential cookies, we will re-display the cookie consent banner to obtain your consent

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

We aim to respond to all cookie-related inquiries within 2–3 business days.

If you are located in the EEA and are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.