Cookie Policy
Last updated: December 5, 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience.
How We Use Cookies
Toolinest uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function properly (e.g., remembering your cookie consent preference)
- Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors use our site (anonymous data only) so we can improve our tools
- Preference Cookies: Remember your settings and preferences
- Advertising Cookies: Used by Google AdSense to show you relevant ads, which helps us keep all tools free (see "Third-Party Cookies" section below for details)
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions made by you, such as setting privacy preferences.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use this data to improve our services.
Preference Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember information that changes the way the site behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or region.
Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in various ways:
- Use our cookie consent banner to accept or reject non-essential cookies
- Adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies
- Use browser extensions that manage cookies
Note: Blocking essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We use analytics services that may set their own cookies. These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie practices.
Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)
Who uses these cookies? Google AdSense places and manages advertising cookies on your browser. These cookies help Google show you relevant advertisements based on your browsing history and interests.
How does this benefit Toolinest? When you see relevant ads, you're more likely to find them useful. This helps us earn revenue through Google AdSense, which allows us to keep all our tools 100% free for you. We don't see your personal data—Google handles everything automatically, and we only receive aggregated, anonymous statistics about ad performance.
Your choice: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings. If you opt out, you'll still see ads, but they'll be less relevant to your interests. We'll still earn revenue from these ads, just typically less than from personalized ads.
Cookie Duration
Cookies we use may be:
- Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser
- Persistent Cookies: Remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at privacy@toolinest.com.