Cookie Policy
Last Updated: September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how EduTool Online ("we", "us", or "our"), accessible at https://edutool.online/, uses cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies when you browse our educational utility tools and academic resources. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your legal rights to control or disable them.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text data files placed and stored on your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you visit websites. They are widely used by website operators to make websites work efficiently, provide personalized experiences (such as remembering your Dark Mode theme preference), and supply reporting insights to web publishers.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, EduTool) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies" (such as Google AdSense). Third-party cookies enable external features, interactive functionality, and advertising to be provided through the website.
2. How EduTool Online Uses Cookies
EduTool adheres to a strict Privacy-by-Design philosophy. We do NOT use cookies to monitor or collect your coursework, essay texts, calculations, or uploaded documents. All interactive utilities (GPA calculators, citation generators, file compressors) execute 100% locally in your browser without transmitting your input data.
We classify the cookies utilized on our site into the following categories:
⚙️ Strictly Necessary & Preference Cookies
These technical tokens and HTML5 localStorage items remember your site preferences—such as switching between Dark Mode and Light Mode, or recording your Cookie Consent response. They do not store personally identifiable information.
📊 Performance & Operational Analytics
Standard server log metrics (such as aggregate browser types, page load performance, and error logging) help our engineering team maintain 99.9% uptime and diagnose technical glitches.
🎯 Third-Party Advertising & Google AdSense
We partner with Google AdSense to serve relevant advertisements that fund our free hosting and development costs without charging subscription fees to students. Google uses cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) to deliver contextual and interest-based ads.
3. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Disclosures
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on edutool.online. Please take note of the following official advertising disclosures:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info or Your Online Choices (EU).
4. Inventory of Cookies and Storage Elements
| Cookie / Storage Name | Provider | Purpose & Category | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
edutool_theme |
edutool.online (First Party) | Stores user UI color theme preference (Dark Mode or Light Mode) | Persistent (1 Year) |
edutool_cookie_consent |
edutool.online (First Party) | Remembers user acceptance of cookie banner preferences | Persistent (1 Year) |
__gads, __gpi |
Google AdSense (Third Party) | Enables ad delivery, frequency capping, and fraud prevention | Up to 13 Months |
IDE, DSID |
DoubleClick / Google (Third Party) | Measures ad conversion efficacy and serves targeted ads based on interests | Up to 1 Year |
5. How You Can Control and Disable Cookies
You have the absolute right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences through several mechanisms:
A. Our Cookie Consent Banner
Upon your first visit to EduTool, our interactive consent banner allows you to Accept All cookies or restrict cookies to Strictly Necessary functions. You can update this selection at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site.
B. Browser Controls
You can configure or adjust your web browser settings to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you can still use all 34+ utilities on EduTool without restriction, though theme preferences may reset upon refreshing. Instructions for standard browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies.
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
- Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies.
6. Compliance with International Privacy Directives (GDPR / CCPA / ePrivacy)
EduTool complies with the European Union ePrivacy Directive, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK Data Protection Act, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA). We ensure that visitors from the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom are presented with explicit consent mechanisms before non-essential cookies are initialized.
7. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our operational technologies or legal statutory requirements. Any revisions will be published immediately on this page with an updated revision date.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions regarding our use of cookies or third-party advertising practices, please reach out through our Contact Form or email our compliance department at privacy@edutool.online.