This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, and how you can control your cookie preferences on SmartCalcBase (https://smartcalcbase.com).
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs.
2. How do we use Cookies?
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes.
- First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
- Third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience.
3. Types of Cookies we use
| Category | Description |
| Necessary | Essential for the basic functions of the website. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data. |
| Functional | These cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms or other third-party features. |
| Analytical | Used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. |
| Advertisement | Used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns. |
4. Third-Party Cookies on SmartCalcBase
We use the following third-party services that set cookies on our site:
- Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to serve ads. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites.
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
5. How can I control the cookie preferences?
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.