Cookie Policy
Last updated: October 5, 2026
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your web browser. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to site owners. We also use localStorage, a browser storage mechanism similar to cookies but that is never sent to our servers.
How We Use Cookies
We categorize cookies into three types:
| Category | Purpose | Consent Required |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Essential for the website to function. Includes your cookie consent preference (stored in localStorage). | No (always active) |
| Analytics | Help us understand how visitors use the site (page views, traffic sources). Data is anonymized. | Yes (EU/EEA/UK/CH) |
| Marketing | Advertising. Ads on this site are served by Google AdSense, which uses cookies to deliver, measure and personalize ads. | Yes (EU/EEA/UK/CH) |
Specific Cookies We Use
| Name | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| owg_cookie_consent | localStorage | Persistent | Stores your cookie preference choices (necessary / analytics / marketing). |
| owg_cookie_consent_ts | localStorage | Persistent | Timestamp of when consent was given, for record-keeping. |
| __cflb / __cf_bm | Cookie (Cloudflare) | Session / 30 min | Set by Cloudflare for load balancing and bot management. Strictly necessary. |
| __gads / __gpi / __eoi | Cookie (Google AdSense) | Up to 13 months | Set by Google on this site to deliver and measure ads and to limit how often you see the same ad. Marketing. |
| IDE / test_cookie | Third-party cookie (doubleclick.net) | Up to 24 months | Set by Google's ad servers to personalize and measure ads across sites. Marketing. |
Advertising on this site is served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. The cookies Google sets can change; see how Google uses cookies and how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Geo-Targeted Consent
Our cookie consent banner is shown only to visitors detected as being in the EU, EEA, United Kingdom, or Switzerland. We use Cloudflare's built-in geolocation (the country-level cf-ipcountry header) to make this determination. No personal data is stored or transmitted for this purpose.
For visitors in those regions, no ads are requested until you allow Marketing cookies in the banner. If you decline, no ads are requested at all.
Visitors from other regions are not shown a consent banner, and Google AdSense advertising cookies are active by default. You can turn off personalized advertising in Google's Ads Settings or at aboutads.info.
Managing Your Preferences
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time:
- Via our consent banner: Click "Customize" to toggle individual cookie categories on or off.
- Via your browser: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies in their settings. Note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may impair site functionality.
- Clear localStorage: Open your browser developer tools (F12), go to Application > Local Storage, and delete the
owg_cookie_consententries to reset your preferences.
More Information
For further details on how we handle your data, see our Privacy Policy. For questions, contact privacy@1wg.ai.