Cookie Policy
We believe in full transparency. Here is a plain-English explanation of every cookie and storage mechanism ToolSphere uses.
Effective Date: 1 January 2025 | Last Updated: 1 September 2025
Company: ToolSphere Ltd, 20–22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU, United Kingdom
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. ToolSphere uses a minimal, privacy-respecting approach to cookies in accordance with the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR.
2. Cookies and Local Storage We Use
2.1 Strictly Necessary (Essential)
These are required for the website to function and cannot be disabled:
- Session Authentication Cookie: Maintains your authenticated session when logged in. Expires on logout or after 30 days of inactivity.
- CSRF Protection Token: A security token to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks on form submissions.
2.2 Functional / Preference
- Theme Preference (Local Storage): Stores your selected colour theme (dark/light mode) between visits.
- Favourite Tools (Local Storage): Saves tools you have marked as favourites. This data never leaves your device.
- Recently Used Tools (Local Storage): Maintains a local history of recently accessed tools for convenience.
- Language Preference (Local Storage): Stores your preferred interface language.
2.3 Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics 4 and our own anonymised counters to understand, in aggregate, which pages and tools are used. Google Analytics may set cookies such as _ga and _ga_*. We do not use this data to identify you personally:
- Tool Usage Counter: Records which tools are used and how often, without linking to any user identity.
- Page View Analytics: Aggregated page-view statistics collected through Google Analytics and our own counters.
We do not use Facebook Pixel or any other invasive behavioural tracking. You can opt out of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
2.4 Advertising Cookies (Optional)
If you have consented to personalised advertising, Google AdSense may use cookies to display relevant advertisements. You can manage preferences at adssettings.google.com or withdraw consent at any time.
3. Managing and Disabling Cookies
Control and delete cookies through your browser settings:
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
Disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent certain features from functioning correctly.
4. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Continued use of ToolSphere following such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
5. Contact Us
ToolSphere Ltd
20–22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU, United Kingdom
Email: privacy@toolsphere.co.uk