This Cookie Policy explains how LoveChecker uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website. It works alongside our Privacy Policy.
The short version: we use essential cookies to run the site, Google Analytics cookies to understand how it's used, and Google AdSense cookies to show the ads that keep LoveChecker free.
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What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. They let the site remember things between requests — for example, that you're logged in — so it can work properly and securely. Similar technologies, such as your browser's local storage, work in much the same way.
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Cookies We Use
Essential (set by LoveChecker):
- Session cookie (
PHPSESSID) — keeps you logged in, briefly remembers your latest result between pages, and links to the security (CSRF) token that protects our forms. It is deleted when you close your browser.
Similar technology (browser storage):
- Cookie notice preference — saved in your browser's local storage (not a cookie) when you dismiss our cookie notice, so we don't show it again.
Analytics (set by Google):
- Google Analytics (for example
_ga and _ga_*), used together with Google Tag Manager — measures visits and popular pages in aggregate so we can improve our tools.
Advertising (set by Google and third-party vendors):
- Google AdSense (for example
__gads and __gpi) — third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Personalised ads use information such as your previous browsing to choose ads. Non-personalised ads use context, such as the page you are reading and your general location, instead of your past browsing. Cookies may still be used for non-personalised ads, for frequency capping, reporting, and fraud and abuse prevention.
The exact cookies Google sets can change over time; see how Google uses cookies for the current list.
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Consent, Personalised Ads & Opting Out
Where the law requires consent — for example for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland — Google's consent message asks for your choice before personalised ads are shown. You can change your choice at any time with the Privacy Settings link in our footer (it reopens the consent message when it applies to you).
We never share the names, dates or other details you type into our calculators with advertisers.
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Managing Cookies
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Blocking essential cookies may stop parts of the site working — for instance, you wouldn't be able to stay logged in or submit forms:
- Most browsers let you view, block, or clear cookies under their privacy or security settings.
- Clearing cookies and site data will log you out and show our cookie notice again.
- Blocking third-party cookies stops personalised ads, but you may still see non-personalised ads.
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Changes to This Policy
If we ever change how we use cookies, we'll update this page and revise the “Last updated” date at the top. We encourage you to check back from time to time.