Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, remember your preferences and provide website owners with information about how their site is used. Cookies cannot access other files on your device and do not contain your personal academic content.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies in Detail

These cookies are necessary for the website to work correctly. They include:

• Session cookies: Temporary cookies that last only for your browsing session — they remember your preferences such as which mode (Simple or Advanced) you selected on a tool page
• Security cookies: Set by our hosting platform to protect the site against malicious activity such as cross-site request forgery
• WordPress cookies: Standard cookies set by the WordPress platform for logged-in users and page functionality

Analytics Cookies in Detail

We use analytics to understand how our site is used so we can improve it for students. Analytics cookies may collect:

• Which pages and tools you visit and how long you spend on each
• How you arrived at our site — search engine, direct link or social media
• Your general geographic location at country level — not your precise location
• Your browser type, device category and screen size
• Whether you are a new or returning visitor

This information is aggregated and anonymised. It tells us that "500 people visited the GPA Calculator from India today" — not who those people are. We cannot identify individual users from analytics data.

You can opt out of Google Analytics at any time by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Advertising Cookies in Detail

If advertising is displayed on our site, our advertising partners — primarily Google AdSense — may place cookies to:

• Show you adverts that are relevant to your interests based on your browsing history
• Limit how many times you see the same advertisement
• Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns
• Prevent the same advert from being shown repeatedly

These cookies do not give advertisers access to your academic content — because we never collect it in the first place. You can manage advertising preferences at adssettings.google.com.

localStorage — How We Save Your Work

Our tools use your browser's localStorage — which is technically different from cookies — to save your work between visits. This is an important distinction:

• localStorage data is stored only on your device
• It is never transmitted to our servers or any other server
• We cannot access your localStorage data — only your own browser can
• It persists until you clear your browser data or we explicitly clear it via tool settings

Examples of what we store in localStorage:

• The essay text in the word counter — so it restores if you close the tab accidentally
• Your course list in the GPA calculator — so you can return and continue a session
• Your Simple/Advanced mode preference for each tool

To clear localStorage for our site, go to your browser settings and clear the site data for smallstudytools.com.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Here is how in major browsers:

• Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings → Privacy, Search and Services → Cookies and site permissions
• Opera: Settings → Advanced → Privacy & Security → Cookies

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our tools and other websites you visit.

Third-Party Cookie Policies

Third parties including Google may set their own cookies when you visit our site. These are governed by their own privacy and cookie policies:

• Google Privacy Policy
• Google Advertising Technologies
• Google Analytics Opt-out

Cookie Consent

By continuing to use Small Study Tools, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clearing your cookies and adjusting your browser settings as described above.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation or our practices. Any changes will be indicated by the updated date at the top of this page.

Questions

If you have any questions about how we use cookies or localStorage, please contact us at contact@smallstudytools.com.