Cookie Policy
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, improve user experience, and provide information to website owners. Cookies cannot run programmes or deliver viruses to your device.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies on CalculatorDashboard.com for two purposes: to understand how people use our free calculators so we can improve them (analytics), and to show advertising that helps keep the site free. Non-essential cookies — including analytics and advertising cookies — are only placed after you give consent through our cookie banner.
We manage your cookie choices through our own cookie banner, which applies Google Consent Mode v2. Analytics and advertising storage are set to denied by default and are only granted if you accept. Your choice is saved in your browser's local storage on this device and is not shared with any third party.
3. Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Analytics | Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier | 2 years |
| _ga_XXXXXXXX | Google Analytics | Analytics | Persists session state for GA4 | 2 years |
| __gads / __gpi | Google AdSense | Advertising | Used by Google to serve ads, measure ad performance, and limit how often you see a given ad. Set only with your consent. | Up to 13 months |
We set no cookies at all until you accept. Your consent choice itself is not stored in a cookie: it is saved in your browser's local storage under the key cd-consent, so we can apply your preference and avoid asking again. It contains only the word granted or denied — no identifier, and nothing that can identify you. Clearing your browser's site data for CalculatorDashboard.com removes it and the banner will appear again on your next visit.
Google AdSense may set additional advertising cookies on the google.com and doubleclick.net domains when ads are served. A full, up-to-date list is available in Google's advertising cookies documentation. These are placed only after you consent to advertising cookies.
4. Cookie Categories
Strictly necessary storage is what the site needs to function and to record your consent choice. It does not require your consent and cannot be disabled. On this site that is a single local-storage entry holding your banner choice — we set no strictly necessary cookies.
Analytics cookies (Google Analytics) help us understand how visitors interact with the site — which calculators are most used, how long people spend on pages, and where errors may occur. This data is anonymised and aggregated. We only place these cookies with your explicit consent.
Advertising cookies (Google AdSense) are used to serve ads, measure their performance, and cap how often you see the same ad. Advertising helps keep CalculatorDashboard.com free. We only place these cookies with your explicit consent, and by default they are set to non-personalised until you consent.
5. Your Consent
When you first visit CalculatorDashboard.com, our cookie banner appears. Non-essential storage is set to denied by default under Google Consent Mode v2 until you make a choice. You can:
- Accept — analytics and advertising cookies are placed and personalised ads may be shown
- Reject — no analytics or advertising cookies are set; ads are served on a non-personalised basis and analytics runs without setting non-essential cookies
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the Cookie preferences link in the footer of every page. Withdrawing consent takes effect immediately: we stop using analytics and advertising storage and delete the Google Analytics cookies already set on this device.
6. Managing Cookies in Your Browser
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Here are links to cookie management instructions for major browsers:
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some websites, though it will not affect your use of CalculatorDashboard.com's calculators.
7. Opting Out of Google Analytics
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected by an updated "Last updated" date at the top of this page.
9. Contact
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us via the About page.