Cookie Policy
Last updated: 8 September 2026
This page names every piece of storage this site uses, who sets it and when it appears. It is short because there is not much to list.
Nothing is stored before you choose
This site's own code sets no cookies at all. Before you make a choice in the consent banner, no analytics script and no advertising script is loaded, so no cookie from Google is set either. The tools work fully in that state; declining costs you no functionality.
The two items this site does store are kept in local storage rather than in cookies, which means they are never attached to a network request. They stay on your device.
First-party storage
Both entries below are set by this site, are strictly necessary for the preference they record, and are never transmitted anywhere.
| Name | Type | Set by | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| theme | Local storage | This site | Remembers whether you chose the light or dark appearance, so the page does not flash the wrong one on load. | Until you clear site data for this site. |
| pqt-consent-v1 | Local storage | This site | Stores your analytics and advertising choices and the timestamp of the decision, so the banner does not ask again on every page and so the scripts know whether they may load. | Until you clear site data for this site. |
Third-party cookies, after consent only
The following are set by Google, not by this site, and only once you have granted the matching category in the banner. Their exact names and lifetimes are determined by Google and can change without any change to this site. If you decline, none of them is ever created, because the script that would create them is never added to the page.
| Name | Type | Set by | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga and _ga_* cookies | Cookie | Google Analytics | Assigns a random identifier so repeat page views can be counted as one visitor, and holds session state for measurement. | Set by Google, typically up to two years for _ga. Appears only after you grant the analytics category. |
| Google advertising cookies, including those on doubleclick.net | Cookie and related storage | Google AdSense | Selects and measures advertising, including personalised advertising based on your prior visits to this and other sites, and frequency capping. | Set by Google under its own policies. Appears only after you grant the advertising category, and only when advertising is enabled on the site. |
Google describes its use of this data in how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can turn off personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings.
Changing your decision
Your choice lives in the pqt-consent-v1 key on your own device, and nowhere else. To change it, clear site data for this site in your browser:
- Chrome and Edge: open site settings from the icon at the left of the address bar, then delete the data for this site.
- Firefox: open the padlock menu in the address bar, then clear cookies and site data.
- Safari: Settings, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data, and remove this site.
The stored decision disappears with it, the banner appears again on your next visit, and you can make a different choice. This also removes any Google cookies set while consent was granted, along with your saved theme preference.
Related pages
The privacy policy covers what analytics and advertising record, what the contact form does with your details, and the third-party CDN downloads that a few tools make. How it works explains how to verify any of this in your browser's Network tab.