1. What Are Cookies?

When you visit websites, little text files called cookies are saved on your device. They enable websites to provide individualized experiences, remember your preferences, and comprehend how you use the site.

2. How We Use Cookies

GearsKit uses cookies to:

• Ensure basic website functionality
• Remember your preferences and settings
• Understand how visitors use our tools
• Improve our services and user experience

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)

These cookies are required for basic website functionality:

• Session cookies: Maintain your session while using our calculators
• Security cookies: Protect against malicious activities
• Load balancing cookies: Distribute traffic across servers

Since these cookies are necessary for a website to function, they cannot be disabled.

Analytics Cookies (Optional)

These aid in our comprehension of how users engage with our website:

• Google Analytics: Monitors visitor behavior, tool usage, and page views (anonymized)
• Performance cookies: Measure page load times and responsiveness
• Feature usage cookies: Understand which calculator features are most valuable

Using our preference center, you can choose not to accept these cookies.

Preference Cookies (Optional)

These remember your settings and choices:

• Theme preferences: Light/dark mode selections
• Calculator defaults: Your frequently used settings
• Language preferences: If we offer multiple languages

Advertising Cookies (Optional)

These are set by Google AdSense to deliver relevant advertisements:

• Google AdSense: Serves relevant ads based on your interests and browsing behaviour
• DoubleClick (Google): Used for ad targeting, measurement, and frequency capping

Advertising cookies are only placed after you explicitly consent. You can withdraw consent at any time via the cookie preference centre.

4. Cookie Duration

Cookies have different lifespans:

• Session cookies: Expire when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: Remain for set periods (30 days to 2 years)
• Authentication cookies: Vary based on your login preferences

5. Third-Party Cookies

We use the following third-party services that may set cookies:

• Google Analytics: Anonymous traffic measurement (analytics, optional)
• Google AdSense: Relevant ad delivery (advertising, optional — requires your consent)
• Google Fonts: Font delivery (may set functional cookies)
• CDN providers: For faster content delivery

6. Your Cookie Choices

Browser Controls

Through your browser's settings, you can control cookies:

• Delete existing cookies
• Block all or specific cookies
• Set preferences for different websites
• Enable private browsing modes

Opt-Out Tools

Additional control options:

• Utilize our cookie preference center, which is accessible from the website footer.
• Opt-out of analytics through Google's tools
• Use browser extensions for enhanced privacy

Note: Certain features of websites may not function properly if essential cookies are blocked.

7. Specific Cookies We Use

8. Do Not Track Signals

When a browser supports "Do Not Track," our website reacts to those signals. We disable all tracking technologies and non-essential cookies when DNT is enabled.

9. Changes to This Policy

As laws and technology change, we might update this cookie policy. Notifications on the website or updates to the preference center will be used to convey significant changes.

10. Contact for Cookie Questions

For inquiries concerning our privacy policies or cookie usage: