Cookie and analytics update — 11 September 2026
Analytics and advertising have separate optional choices. Neither is loaded before you choose. If enabled, Google Analytics measures page use and can set first-party analytics cookies. We do not send calculator entries, complaint text, account numbers or email addresses to Analytics. The tools run in your browser.
Advertising code, including configured third-party banner scripts, loads only after advertising consent. AdSense additionally requires a valid signal from a Google-certified consent platform. Verification meta tags do not track you and are always in page source. A missing advertising consent platform can therefore leave ads unavailable even after you opt in.
Your choices are stored in your browser for up to 180 days under bd-consent-v2. Use Cookie settings in the footer to change them. Withdrawing consent reloads the page to stop active optional scripts and removes accessible first-party Google Analytics cookies; we cannot erase third-party cookies set on another domain. Clearing your browser’s site data removes stored choices. You can still use every calculator after rejecting optional cookies.
Cookie Policy
Last updated:13 September 2026
This page explains which cookies and similar technologies this site uses, who sets them and how to control them. It sits alongside the privacy policy.
The short version
What we use
| Category | Set by | What it does | Can you refuse it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | This site | Remembers your cookie choice, and keeps the private admin area signed in. Nothing here identifies you as a visitor or follows you elsewhere. | No — the site cannot work without them, and they are exempt from consent requirements |
| Advertising | Google and its advertising partners | Serves ads, limits how many times you see the same ad, and measures whether ads worked. May be used to personalise ads based on your browsing. | Yes. See below |
| Analytics | Google Analytics, if you opt in | Measures page use; our calculators do not send their input values as analytics events. | Yes, optional analytics choice |
| Social media | — | There are no social embeds, share widgets or trackers on this site. | Not applicable |
The site also uses your browser's local storage to remember your cookie preference, so you are not asked on every page. That is not shared with anyone.
Advertising cookies in more detail
We use Google AdSense to show advertising. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and other sites on the internet. Other third-party vendors and ad networks may also serve ads here and may use their own cookies or similar technologies, which we do not control.
How to control them
- Through the consent prompt on this site. If you are in the UK or the European Economic Area you are asked before non-essential advertising cookies are used, and you can change your mind at any time.
- Google Ads Settings. Turn off personalised advertising across Google's services at google.com/settings/ads.
- Industry opt-outs. youronlinechoices.com for the UK and Europe, or aboutads.info/choices.
- Your browser. Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies, including third-party cookies specifically. Look under Settings, then Privacy.
Rejecting optional advertising on this site prevents its configured advertising scripts from loading. Changing a Google advertising preference elsewhere is a separate choice and does not automatically change your BillDecoded consent.
Do Not Track
There is no agreed standard for how websites should respond to browser Do Not Track signals, so this site does not respond to them. The controls listed above do work.
Changes
If the advertising setup on this site changes in a way that affects cookies, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change.
Questions about anything here: hello@billdecoded.co.uk or the contact page.