In short
The short version: one essential cookie remembers your theme, analytics cookies count visits in aggregate, and advertising cookies come from our ad partners. Block all but the first and every tool still works exactly the same.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website asks your browser to store. They let a site remember information between page loads and visits — a theme preference, for instance, or an anonymous identifier used to count unique visitors.
This policy also covers equivalent technologies such as localStorage and sessionStorage, which serve similar purposes.
2. Essential cookies
These are needed for the site to function as you would expect, and cannot be switched off through our interface.
- Theme preference — remembers whether you chose the light or dark appearance, so the site does not flash the wrong one on your next visit.
- Security and load balancing — set by our hosting provider to route requests and protect against abuse.
3. Analytics cookies
We use privacy-respecting analytics to understand which pages and tools people find useful. This tells us what to improve and what to build next.
Analytics data is aggregated and not used to identify individuals or to track you across other websites. Blocking these cookies has no effect on how any tool works.
4. Advertising cookies
This site is funded by display advertising. Our advertising partners, which may include Google AdSense, may set cookies to measure advert performance and to show adverts relevant to your interests based on your browsing across sites.
These cookies are set by the advertising partner rather than by us, and are governed by that partner's own privacy policy. You can opt out of personalised advertising through Google's Ads Settings or at www.aboutads.info.
5. What cookies we never use
We do not use cookies or browser storage to record anything you enter into a tool. Your text, files and results are held in memory for as long as the page is open and are discarded when you close or refresh it.
This is a deliberate design decision, and it is why the typing tools have no history, the focus writing surface has no autosave, and the password generator keeps no record of what it produced.
6. Managing cookies
Every major browser lets you view, delete and block cookies through its settings, usually under Privacy or Site Settings. You can block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or clear existing ones.
Blocking analytics and advertising cookies will not prevent you using any tool on this site. Blocking all cookies means your theme preference will not be remembered between visits — that is the only functional difference you will notice.
7. Changes to this policy
If we add or change the cookies we use, we will update this page and revise the date shown at the top.
This document is written in plain English for a website that processes everything in your browser. It is provided in good faith and is not legal advice. If you are adapting it for your own site, have it reviewed by a qualified adviser first.