1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit web pages. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, remember user preferences, and provide analytical data to website publishers.
2. How SmartUAE Uses Cookies
SmartUAE uses cookies for three distinct categories:
Category 1: Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies
Essential for website navigation, calculator UI state persistence, security verification, and remembering your Cookie Consent choice (smartuae_cookie_consent). These cookies cannot be disabled in our systems.
Category 2: Performance & Analytical Cookies
We use Google Analytics to gather anonymized statistics on page visits, site speed performance, and user navigation paths to improve our educational guide quality.
Category 3: Advertising & Google AdSense Cookies
Google AdSense and third-party advertising vendors place advertising cookies (including DART cookies) to serve relevant advertisements based on your prior browsing history. They also measure ad campaign effectiveness and prevent the same ad from repeatedly reappearing.
3. Google AdSense DART Cookie Disclosure
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on SmartUAE. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to SmartUAE and other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy at www.google.com/settings/ads.
4. How to Manage Cookies in Your Browser
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can block or delete cookies by modifying your browser preferences:
5. Contact Our Cookie Compliance Officer
For additional questions regarding our cookie disclosures, please visit our Privacy Policy or send an email to privacy@smartuae.org.