Cookie Policy

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your device when you visit. Cookies allow a site to remember your actions and preferences over time and across pages. They are widely used across the web to make sites work efficiently and to provide reporting and advertising.

How we use cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for the purposes described below. We do not use cookies to identify you personally or to access data stored on your device beyond what is needed for these purposes.

• Essential cookies: required for core site functions such as remembering your menu or theme choice.
• Analytics cookies: help us understand, in aggregate, which guides and calculators are useful so we can improve them.
• Advertising cookies: used by third-party advertising partners, including Google, to serve and measure ads.

Third-party and advertising cookies

This site reserves advertising placements. Third-party advertising partners, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and other sites on the internet. We do not control the cookies set by third parties, and their use is governed by their own privacy policies.

Your cookie choices

You can accept or decline cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. Disabling cookies may affect how parts of this site function. You can also opt out of personalized advertising from participating networks at the following resources.

• Google Ads Settings: google.com/settings/ads
• Digital Advertising Alliance: aboutads.info/choices
• Network Advertising Initiative: networkadvertising.org/choices

Analytics

Where we use analytics, we prefer privacy-respecting tools that report aggregate usage without identifying individual visitors. Analytics cookies, where present, help us count visits and understand traffic sources so we can measure and improve content.

Cookies and our calculators

The financial calculators on this site run entirely in your browser. The values you enter are not transmitted to our servers and are not stored in cookies. Any preference a calculator remembers is limited to display choices and does not contain your financial inputs.

Updates to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our use of cookies changes or to reflect legal requirements. When we do, we will revise the date shown at the top of this page. For how we handle the personal information you submit through forms, see our Privacy Policy.