Cookie Policy

    Last updated: October 23, 2026

    1. What Are Cookies?

    Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. Similar technologies, such as local storage, work in a comparable way. They help websites function, measure usage and deliver advertising.

    2. How We Use Cookies

    SnapCounters uses cookies and similar technologies to:

    • Remember your consent choices
    • Measure how the site is used (Google Analytics 4)
    • Show advertising through Google AdSense, including measuring ads and preventing fraud
    • Personalise ads, where you have allowed it

    3. Types of Cookies We Use

    Consent Cookies

    Set by Google's consent management platform to remember the choices you make in the consent message.

    Provider: Google (Funding Choices / Privacy & messaging)

    Examples: FCCDCF, FCNEC

    Analytics Cookies

    These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the site so we can improve performance and usability.

    Provider: Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)

    Purpose: Measure page views, session duration, and general usage patterns

    Cookies used: _ga, _ga_* (depending on configuration)

    Duration: Up to 2 years

    Advertising Cookies

    Google and its advertising partners use cookies to serve ads, measure their performance, limit how often you see an ad and detect fraud. Where you consent, they are also used to show ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.

    Provider: Google AdSense (Google LLC) and its partners

    Examples: __gads, __gpi, IDE (doubleclick.net)

    Duration: Up to 13 months, depending on the cookie

    4. Your Cookie Choices

    If you visit from the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, a consent message from Google's certified consent management platform lets you accept, reject or manage cookies for analytics and advertising. Until you choose, non-essential cookies are not used for those purposes.

    You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with (also in the footer). Outside those regions you can opt out of personalised ads at Google Ads Settings or block cookies in your browser as described below.

    5. Managing Cookies in Your Browser

    Most web browsers allow you to control or delete cookies through their settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites.

    You can learn more about managing cookies in popular browsers here:

    6. Third-Party Cookies

    This website uses Google Analytics 4 and Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners may set cookies on your device when you visit SnapCounters.

    Data collected by these services may be processed on servers located outside your country, including the United States, in accordance with Google's privacy practices.

    You can read Google's Privacy Policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

    7. Updates to This Policy

    We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our practices. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised date.