Cookie Policy

What This Policy Covers

This Cookie Policy explains the cookies, browser storage (such as localStorage), and similar technologies that usecalcpro.com uses, what each one does, and how you can control them. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which covers how we handle information more broadly.

Essential Storage (Always On)

We store your privacy choice itself in your browser's localStorage under the key ucp_cookie_consent. This record holds your consent preferences (whether you have allowed analytics and/or advertising) and the date you last updated them. It is strictly necessary: without it, we would not be able to remember your choice from one page to the next, so this storage item cannot be turned off. It is not shared with any third party and contains no personal information beyond your saved preference.

Analytics Storage (Requires Your Consent)

If you choose "Accept all" or turn on Analytics in Manage preferences, we load:

• Google Analytics: Helps us understand which pages and calculators are used and how visitors navigate the site
• First-party calculator events: Limited usage events such as page views, calculator views, button clicks, ratings, and sanitized calculator input and result values. We strip emails, long free-text, and other oversized or sensitive values before these events are sent

Until you opt in, analytics storage is denied by default: the site signals Google's Consent Mode to keep analytics_storage set to "denied," so no analytics cookies or identifiers are set.

Cookieless, Always-On Aggregate Analytics

We also run Umami, a self-hosted analytics tool at analytics.usecalcpro.com, which loads automatically on every visit. Umami sets no cookies and stores no persistent identifier on your device, so it cannot be used to track you individually across visits or sites. Because it is cookieless by design, it is not gated by the consent banner; it only measures aggregate page-view counts to help us understand overall traffic.

Advertising Storage (Requires Your Consent)

If you choose "Accept all" or turn on Advertising in Manage preferences, we load Google AdSense, which may set cookies to serve and measure advertisements. AdSense only loads when both of the following are true: you have granted advertising consent, and the site has an AdSense publisher ID configured. As with analytics, Google's Consent Mode signals (ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization) default to "denied" until you opt in.

The Consent Banner

On your first visit, a banner appears at the bottom of the page offering three choices: "Accept all," "Reject non-essential," or "Manage" (to choose analytics and advertising separately). Your choice is saved immediately to ucp_cookie_consent and applied without reloading the page.

Changing Your Choices

You can change your analytics and advertising choices at any time by selecting "Privacy Choices" in the site footer. This reopens the same preferences dialog so you can update or withdraw consent for either category.

More Information

For more detail on what information we collect and why, see our Privacy Policy. Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to: privacy@usecalcpro.com