How ToolsforWriting.com uses cookies and similar technologies, the categories we use, the third parties involved, and how to control them.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by your browser when you visit a website. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixel tags. In this Policy we use the term "cookies" to refer to all of these.
First-party cookies are set by ToolsforWriting.com directly. Third-party cookies are set by services we embed (such as Google Tag Manager). Some cookies last only for the session (deleted when you close the browser); others persist until they expire or you delete them.
Required for the Service to function. Without them, basic features such as sign-in, CSRF protection, and Pro access control will not work. We do not need your consent to set these. Examples:
Remember preferences such as your theme (dark/light), language, and recently used tools. Set only with your consent in regions where consent is required.
Help us understand how visitors find and use the Service so we can improve it. We use Google Tag Manager and, when you consent, Google Analytics 4. These cookies collect aggregated, anonymised metrics such as pages viewed, tool usage, and event timing. Set only with your consent.
We advertise Tools for Writing on Google Ads. To understand which of our own campaigns bring new users, we use Google Ads conversion-measurement cookies (for example _gcl_au) that let us attribute a sign-up or subscription back to the ad that drove it. With your consent — or, in regions where consent is not legally required, by default — Google Consent Mode v2 signals ad_storage and ad_user_data are set to granted for this purpose.
We do not use cookies for personalized advertising or remarketing. The ad_personalization signal is sent as denied at all times, for every visitor, regardless of banner choice. We do not run third-party display ads on the Service and we do not engage in cross-context behavioral advertising. You can turn off advertising measurement at any time in the cookie banner.
_gcl_au are set only after you accept advertising measurement in the consent banner (or, where consent is not legally required, by default). Used for measurement only — not for personalized ads or remarketing. See Google's Privacy Policy.On your first visit (and after we make material changes) we show a cookie banner with three choices: Accept all, Reject non-essential, and Customize. You can change your choice at any time by clicking the "Cookie settings" link in the footer.
We use Google Consent Mode v2. In regions where consent is legally required (EEA, UK, Switzerland) signals default to denied: until you accept, Google tags receive consent=denied and behave in a cookie-less measurement mode. Where consent is not required, analytics and advertising-measurement signals default to granted. The ad_personalization signal is always denied. You can change your choice at any time in the cookie banner.
Browsers can send a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal. There is no industry-wide consensus on how to interpret DNT, so we do not currently respond to it. Use the cookie banner instead.
We may update this Cookie Policy when we change the cookies we use or for legal reasons. The latest version and effective date are shown at the top. See also our Privacy Policy for more details on data processing, and [email protected] for questions.
For questions about this document or to exercise your rights, contact us via our contact page or by email.