How this site approaches cookies
The default is no. Until you make a choice in the banner, no analytics or advertising cookie is set and no Google script loads — all consent signals start denied. Your choice is stored locally and can be changed at any time via Cookie settings in the footer.
Essential (no consent needed)
A handful of local entries in your own browser: your cookie choice, language, theme, bookmarks and your own tool ratings. They never leave your device, identify nobody, and exist only so the site remembers how you like it.
Analytics (only after you accept)
Google Analytics 4 sets cookies such as _ga and _ga_* to tell visits apart, so we can see which tools are used and which pages are slow. Lifetime up to 13 months; the data behind them is kept 14 months. Decline and the analytics script never loads.
Advertising (only after you accept)
Google AdSense may set cookies from domains such as google.com and doubleclick.net to personalise ads and measure them. If you decline, ads still appear — the site runs on them — but they are contextual and unpersonalised, and these cookies are not set for personalisation. You can also adjust personalisation at adssettings.google.com.
Changing your mind
Cookie settings in the footer reopens the banner on any page. Clearing site data in your browser removes everything, including your choice, and the banner will ask again.