Cookie Policy

Last updated: July 2025
We use Google Consent Mode v2. No analytics or advertising cookies are set until you explicitly grant consent via the cookie banner.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser when you visit a website. They allow the site or third parties to recognise your browser on subsequent visits.

2. Cookies we use

Strictly necessary cookies — these are required for the site to function and cannot be disabled. Octo Calculator uses no strictly necessary cookies of its own. Cloudflare, our hosting provider, may set technical cookies for security and performance purposes.

Analytics cookies (requires consent) — we use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use our site. These cookies collect anonymised data including pages visited, time spent, and browser type. No personally identifiable information is collected.

  • _ga — distinguishes users. Expires after 2 years.
  • _ga_* — maintains session state. Expires after 2 years.

Advertising cookies (requires consent) — we use Google AdSense to display advertisements. If you consent to advertising cookies, Google may set cookies to show you relevant ads based on your browsing history across sites in the Google network.

3. How we manage consent

We use Google Consent Mode v2. When you first visit the site, a consent banner asks you to accept or decline analytics and advertising cookies. Your choice is stored and respected on future visits. You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser cookies or using the cookie settings link in our footer.

Analytics and advertising scripts are loaded through Cloudflare Zaraz, which enforces consent signals before activating any tracking.

4. How to manage cookies in your browser

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings:

Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some websites you visit.

5. Third-party cookies

Google Analytics and Google AdSense are third-party services with their own cookie policies. For more information, see Google's Cookie Policy.

6. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as our use of cookies changes. The date at the top reflects the most recent revision.