Cookie Policy

Last updated: May 27, 2026  ·  Effective: May 27, 2026

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function properly, improve the user experience, and provide information to the website operators.

Cookies are stored on your device by your web browser. When you return to a website, or visit another website that recognises the same cookie, the browser sends the cookie information back to the server. This allows the website to recognise your device and remember preferences or other information from your previous visit.

In addition to cookies, websites may also use local storage, which is a similar technology built into modern browsers. Local storage allows websites to store data on your device without an expiry date. QuickToolPick uses browser local storage (not cookies) to store your cookie consent preference, as described below.

Cookies and local storage can be:

• Session-based: These are temporary and are deleted automatically when you close your browser. They are used to maintain your session while you browse a site.
• Persistent: These remain on your device for a set period of time or until you manually delete them. They are used to remember preferences across visits.
• First-party: Set directly by the website you are visiting (in our case, quicktoolpick.com).
• Third-party: Set by a domain other than the website you are visiting (such as Google Analytics). These are typically used for analytics or advertising.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

QuickToolPick uses a minimal number of cookies and local storage entries. We categorise them as follows:

• Essential / Functional: Required for the basic functioning of the site, including storing your cookie consent preference. Cannot be disabled without breaking core functionality.
• Analytics: Used to understand how visitors interact with our site in aggregate. These are only activated after you give explicit consent via our cookie banner.
• Infrastructure: Set by our hosting provider, Cloudflare, for security, DDoS protection, and performance purposes. These are part of the standard operation of Cloudflare's network.

We do not use advertising cookies, marketing cookies, social media tracking cookies, or any cookies associated with behavioural profiling or retargeting.

3. Full Cookie Reference Table

The following table lists all cookies and local storage entries used on quicktoolpick.com:

Name	Type	Provider	Purpose	Duration	Consent Required
qtp_consent	Local Storage	QuickToolPick (first-party)	Stores your cookie consent choice ("accepted" or "declined"). Used to avoid showing the consent banner on every page visit.	Persistent (until cleared)	No — essential
_ga	Cookie	Google Analytics	Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly-generated number as a client identifier. Sent with each page request to a Google Analytics account.	2 years	Yes — analytics
_ga_HQ7C10XH0T	Cookie	Google Analytics 4	Persists session state for the GA4 property G-HQ7C10XH0T. Stores a session counter and the timestamp of the first and most recent session.	2 years	Yes — analytics
_gid	Cookie	Google Analytics	Identifies a user session. Stores and updates a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track page views.	24 hours	Yes — analytics
_gat	Cookie	Google Analytics	Throttles the request rate to Google Analytics. Limits the collection of data on high-traffic sites. May not be set on all visits.	1 minute	Yes — analytics
__cf_bm	Cookie	Cloudflare	Supports Cloudflare's Bot Management service. Used to distinguish human users from automated bots.	30 minutes	No — infrastructure
cf_clearance	Cookie	Cloudflare	Set when a user passes a Cloudflare security challenge. Allows legitimate users to access the site without repeatedly completing challenges.	30 minutes – 1 year (variable)	No — infrastructure

Note: Cloudflare cookies are set by Cloudflare's infrastructure and may not always be present. They are governed by Cloudflare's own Cookie Policy.

4. Essential Cookies

Essential cookies and storage entries are those without which the site cannot function as intended. On QuickToolPick, the only essential storage entry is qtp_consent.

qtp_consent is stored in your browser's local storage (not as a cookie). It holds one of three values:

• "accepted" — you have accepted analytics cookies; Google Analytics 4 will be loaded on your visits.
• "declined" — you have declined analytics cookies; Google Analytics 4 will never be loaded on your visits.
• (no value) — you have not yet made a choice; the consent banner will be shown on your next page visit.

This storage entry is set entirely by our client-side JavaScript. It is not transmitted to any server (neither ours nor a third party's) and contains no personal data beyond your consent preference. It has no expiry date — it persists until you clear your browser's local storage or use the Decline button to change your preference.

You can reset your consent preference at any time by clicking the Decline button in the cookie banner (which reappears if you clear local storage) or by manually clearing your browser's local storage for quicktoolpick.com.

5. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics 4)

QuickToolPick uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) with the property ID G-HQ7C10XH0T to understand how visitors engage with our content. This helps us improve our articles and identify which comparisons and reviews are most useful to our audience.

What GA4 tracks

• Pages visited, in what order, and for how long
• General geographic region (country/city-level, not street address)
• Device type, operating system, and browser
• Whether you arrived from a search engine, social media, direct link, or referral
• Affiliate link click events (which links to NeuronWriter, Pictory, or Zebracat are clicked)

What GA4 does NOT track on our site

• Your name, email address, or any personally identifying information
• Any form submissions (we do not have login forms or checkout flows)
• Cross-site tracking or advertising profiles
• Remarketing audiences

Consent gate

GA4 is only loaded after you accept analytics cookies through our cookie banner. The GA4 JavaScript is not present on the page at load time — it is dynamically injected only after consent is confirmed and stored in qtp_consent. If you decline or dismiss the banner without accepting, GA4 will never run during your visit or any future visits from the same browser.

Data processing

Google Analytics data is processed by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) as our data processor. Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. For details, see Google's Privacy Policy.

Data is retained in our GA4 property for 14 months, after which it is automatically deleted by Google's data retention settings.

6. Infrastructure Cookies (Cloudflare)

QuickToolPick is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. When you visit our site, your connection passes through Cloudflare's global content delivery network (CDN). As part of this, Cloudflare may set certain cookies on your device for the purposes of security, bot management, and performance optimisation.

These cookies are set by Cloudflare's systems (cf.cloudflare.com and related domains), not by us. They are classified as infrastructure/essential cookies under the ePrivacy Directive because they are necessary for the secure delivery of the website. We do not control when or whether Cloudflare sets these cookies, and we cannot access their contents.

The most commonly seen Cloudflare cookies are:

• __cf_bm — Bot Management cookie, expires in 30 minutes. Helps Cloudflare distinguish automated traffic from human visitors.
• cf_clearance — Set when you pass a Cloudflare security challenge (CAPTCHA or JS challenge). Duration varies.

For full information on Cloudflare's data practices and cookies, see Cloudflare's Cookie Policy and Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.

7. Third-Party Cookies & Affiliate Links

QuickToolPick contains affiliate links to third-party products and services. When you click on an affiliate link and visit a third-party website (such as NeuronWriter, Pictory, or Zebracat), that website may set its own cookies on your device in accordance with its own cookie policy. These cookies are entirely outside our control.

We have no access to or control over cookies set by third-party sites you visit after clicking links from our Site. We encourage you to review the cookie and privacy policies of any third-party site before using it.

Our affiliate tracking works as follows: when you click an affiliate link, the destination URL includes our referral identifier as a URL parameter (not a cookie set by us). The tracking cookie — if any — is set by the destination vendor's system, not by QuickToolPick.

8. What We Do Not Use

To be transparent, the following tracking technologies are not used on QuickToolPick:

• Facebook Pixel or any Meta tracking
• LinkedIn Insight Tag
• Twitter/X advertising pixels
• TikTok Pixel
• Google Ads conversion tracking or remarketing
• Any demand-side platform (DSP) or programmatic advertising technology
• Heatmapping or session recording tools (such as Hotjar or Clarity)
• A/B testing tools that require additional tracking cookies
• Affiliate network tracking scripts (our affiliate links use direct vendor URLs only)
• Live chat widgets with embedded tracking

9. Cookie Consent & Your Choices

When you first visit QuickToolPick, you will see our cookie consent banner at the bottom of the screen. This banner gives you two options:

• Accept: Gives your consent to the use of Google Analytics 4 analytics cookies. GA4 is loaded immediately and on all future visits from this browser.
• Decline: Withholds consent. No analytics cookies are loaded, now or in the future, from this browser. Your preference is saved and the banner will not reappear.

If you do not interact with the banner, it will remain visible. No analytics cookies will be set until you make an explicit choice. However, essential storage (qtp_consent) and infrastructure cookies (Cloudflare) may still be present regardless of your choice.

Withdrawing consent

You can withdraw your previously-given consent at any time by:

1. Clearing your browser's local storage for the domain quicktoolpick.com (the banner will reappear and you can select Decline);
2. Deleting the GA4 cookies (_ga, _ga_HQ7C10XH0T, _gid) from your browser's cookie manager;
3. Using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (described in Section 11 below).

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place based on your prior consent.

10. Managing Cookies in Your Browser

All modern browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies stored on your device. Below are links to cookie management instructions for the most commonly used browsers:

Google Chrome

Click the three-dot menu → Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data. You can block third-party cookies, clear all cookies, or manage exceptions for specific sites. For detailed guidance, visit Google Chrome cookie settings help.

Mozilla Firefox

Click the hamburger menu → Settings → Privacy & Security. Under Cookies and Site Data, you can clear cookies and choose how Firefox handles cookies. For detailed guidance, see Mozilla Firefox cookie management guide.

Apple Safari

Open Safari → Settings (or Preferences) → Privacy. You can block all cookies or manage website data. To delete cookies for a specific site, go to Manage Website Data. On iOS/iPadOS: Settings → Safari → Advanced → Website Data.

Microsoft Edge

Click the three-dot menu → Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data. You can block third-party cookies, clear cookies on close, or see all stored cookies. Visit Microsoft Edge cookie settings help for full instructions.

Opera

Click Opera menu → Settings → Advanced → Privacy & Security → Site Settings → Cookies and site data. You can block cookies, clear existing cookies, or add exceptions.

11. Analytics Opt-Out Options

In addition to the cookie controls described above, you have several options to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your browsing:

• Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: Google provides a free browser add-on that prevents Google Analytics JavaScript from sending data to Google. Available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera.
• Delete GA cookies: Delete the _ga, _ga_HQ7C10XH0T, _gid, and _gat cookies from your browser. Note that GA will assign new cookies on your next visit unless you also clear your qtp_consent local storage entry and re-select Decline.
• Use our Decline button: The simplest method — click Decline on our cookie banner (or clear your local storage and Decline when the banner reappears). Our implementation ensures GA4 will never load from your browser after declining.
• Browser privacy mode: Using private browsing or incognito mode prevents cookies from persisting beyond the browser session (including GA cookies), though it does not block them during the session.
• Privacy-focused browsers or extensions: Tools such as uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, or Brave Browser's built-in shields will block GA4 tracking independently of our consent mechanism.

12. Impact of Disabling Cookies

QuickToolPick is a purely informational website with no login system, no checkout, and no personalisation features. This means that disabling analytics cookies or blocking all cookies has minimal impact on your ability to use the site. Specifically:

• Disabling Google Analytics cookies: No impact on your experience. All articles, comparison tables, and navigation work identically whether GA4 is enabled or not. The only effect is that your visit will not be counted in our aggregate traffic statistics.
• Blocking Cloudflare cookies: Generally no impact, unless our site is under a security challenge, in which case blocking cf_clearance may cause you to repeatedly see security check screens.
• Clearing qtp_consent local storage: Minor impact — the cookie consent banner will reappear on your next visit.

13. GDPR & EU/UK Residents

If you are located in the European Union, European Economic Area, or United Kingdom, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR apply to the processing of your personal data. Under these frameworks:

• Legal basis: We process analytics data solely on the basis of your freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Essential storage (qtp_consent) and infrastructure processing by Cloudflare are based on legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) — specifically, the interest in providing a functioning, secure website.
• Consent withdrawal: You may withdraw your consent to analytics processing at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing. See Section 9 and 11 for methods.
• Data subject rights: You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, and port the personal data we hold, and to object to processing. Since we do not directly collect personal data, most of these rights will relate to data held by Google Analytics (as processor) or Cloudflare. Contact us at [email protected] to exercise your rights.
• Supervisory authority: If you are in Italy, you may lodge a complaint with the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (garanteprivacy.it). In the UK, complaints may be lodged with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) (ico.org.uk).
• International transfers: Google Analytics data may be transferred to and processed in the United States by Google LLC. Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which provides an adequate level of protection for personal data under GDPR.

14. CCPA & California Residents

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), gives you specific rights regarding your personal information:

• Right to Know: You have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
• Right to Delete: You may request deletion of personal information we have collected from you.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale: We do not sell personal information to third parties. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

To exercise your CCPA rights or to ask questions about our data practices, please email [email protected] with the subject "CCPA Request".

Note: As QuickToolPick does not collect or sell personal information directly, we do not display a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link on our homepage, as we have no personal information to sell or share for advertising purposes.

15. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies, changes to applicable law, or other reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For significant changes, we may also display a notice on our website or update the cookie consent banner.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies. Your continued use of the Site after changes to this policy constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

16. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, or would like to exercise any of the rights described in this policy, please contact us:

For more information about how we handle personal data beyond cookies, please refer to our Privacy Policy.