How this site approaches cookies
Consent is handled by Google's certified consent platform, which asks the question in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland. Until you answer, every consent signal starts denied: Google's tags load, but they may not set a cookie or an identifier, and send a cookieless ping instead. Outside those regions the message is not shown and the defaults start granted. Cookie settings in the footer reopens the dialog wherever it applies.
Essential (no consent needed)
A handful of local entries in your own browser: language, theme, bookmarks and your own tool ratings. They never leave your device, identify nobody, and exist only so the site remembers how you like it. Google's consent platform also stores your answer, so you are asked once rather than on every page.
Analytics (only with your consent)
Google Analytics 4 sets cookies such as _ga and _ga_* to tell visits apart, so we can see which tools are used and which pages are slow. Lifetime up to 13 months; the data behind them is kept 14 months. Decline and analytics storage stays denied — no cookie is written and no identifier is recorded.
Advertising
Google AdSense may set cookies from domains such as google.com and doubleclick.net to personalise ads and measure them. If you decline, ads still appear — the site runs on them — but they are contextual and unpersonalised, and these cookies are not set for personalisation. You can also adjust personalisation at adssettings.google.com.
Changing your mind
Cookie settings in the footer reopens Google's consent dialog on any page. Where that dialog does not apply, the same button brings you here instead. Clearing site data in your browser removes everything, including your answer, and you will be asked again.