Cookie Policy
Last updated: May 26, 2025
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Omniconverter ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. This policy provides you with information about how we use cookies, what types of cookies we use, and how you can control them.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners. Cookies enhance user experience by remembering your preferences and enabling certain website functions.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, secure areas access, and remembering your conversion preferences.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website. This helps us improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
4.1 First-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are set by our website when you visit it. Only our website can read them.
4.2 Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies are set by third-party services that appear on our pages. These cookies allow third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website, such as analytics, advertising, and social media features.
5. Specific Cookies We Use
Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
---|---|---|---|
_ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 2 years | Analytics |
_gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 24 hours | Analytics |
_gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 minute | Analytics |
theme | Stores your preferred theme (light/dark) | 1 year | Functional |
recent_conversions | Stores your recent unit conversions | 30 days | Functional |
6. Managing Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version.
Here's how to manage cookies in common browsers:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings → Site permissions → Cookies and site data
Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website, including our unit conversion tools.
7. Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies to store and track information, such as:
- Web Beacons: Small graphic files that allow us to monitor the use of our website.
- Local Storage: A component that allows websites to store data locally on your device.
- Session Storage: Similar to local storage but data is cleared when the session ends.
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at info@omniconverter.net.