LEGAL
Cookie Policy
Last updated: October 3, 2026
What cookies are
Cookies and similar browser technologies are small pieces of information used to remember settings or understand how a website is used. This policy explains the technologies used on Smart Tool Reviews.
Necessary storage
We use local browser storage to remember whether you accepted or rejected optional analytics. This preference is necessary to respect your choice and does not create an advertising profile.
Google Analytics 4
We use Google Analytics 4 with Advanced Consent Mode. The Google tag can send limited consent and measurement signals when analytics storage is denied, but it does not place Google Analytics cookies unless you accept analytics. If you accept, Google Analytics may store cookies such as _ga and an identifier beginning with _ga_ to distinguish visits and sessions.
Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft Clarity is loaded only after you accept analytics. It helps us understand clicks, scrolling, navigation, device information, and privacy-protected session behavior. Clarity may use identifiers such as _clck and _clsk while analytics consent remains granted.
Google AdSense and advertising cookies
Google AdSense is used to display and measure advertising. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies to prevent fraud, limit how often an ad appears, measure ad performance, and select personalized or non-personalized ads. Advertising cookies and personal data use depend on your location, applicable law, and the choices offered through Google's certified consent message.
Our analytics configuration
We use analytics for audience measurement and usability improvement. Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity process information according to their applicable privacy terms. Advertising choices are handled separately through Google's certified consent controls where required.
Your choices
You can accept, reject, or manage optional analytics from the consent notice. After making a choice, use the “Cookie settings” button at the bottom of any page to change it. Rejecting analytics does not prevent you from reading or navigating the site.
How long the preference lasts
Your consent preference remains in your browser until you change it or clear the site’s stored data. Analytics cookies, when permitted, follow the retention and expiration rules applied by Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity. Withdrawing consent updates both services and removes accessible analytics cookies set for this site.
Advertising choices
Visitors who see Google's privacy message can accept, reject, or manage the advertising purposes shown there. Browser settings can also be used to block or delete cookies, although doing so may reset saved choices. Google provides additional information about how it uses data for advertising in its advertising privacy documentation.
Affiliate tracking
The site includes an Impact script that processes eligible affiliate links and records impressions. Impact and destination providers may use cookies or similar technologies for attribution.
Future changes
If we add another optional analytics, advertising, or affiliate-tracking technology, we will update this policy and the consent controls before activating it where consent is required.
Contact
Questions about cookies or privacy can be sent to support@smarttoolreviews.online.