Cookie Policy — MySimulator.uk

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to site owners. In addition to traditional cookies, modern websites use related technologies such as localStorage and sessionStorage — collectively referred to in this policy as "browser storage".

2. How We Use Cookies & Local Storage

            Short version: We use only browser localStorage for your preferences (no tracking, no analytics). Third-party advertising cookies (Google AdSense) may be set when ads are displayed.
          

We use browser storage in two ways:

First-party local storage — to save your preferences on your device (see Section 3).
Third-party cookies — set by Google AdSense for advertising purposes (see Sections 4 & 5).

We do not use analytics cookies (e.g. Google Analytics). We do not track your behaviour across sites.

3. First-Party Local Storage

We use the browser localStorage API — not cookies — to remember your settings. This data lives only on your device and is never transmitted to us.

Key	Purpose	Duration	Shared?
`theme`	Stores your dark/light mode preference	Until cleared	Never
`lang`	Stores your language preference (en / uk)	Until cleared	Never
`recentSims`	List of recently viewed simulations (powers the "Recent" section)	Until cleared	Never

You can delete this data at any time: open your browser's developer tools, go to Application → Local Storage → mysimulator.uk, and delete any keys.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Third-party services embedded on our site may set their own cookies. We have no direct control over these cookies. Current third parties that may set cookies:

Provider	Purpose	Policy
Google AdSense	Advertising personalisation and measurement	Google Privacy Policy
Formspree	Contact form processing (only when you submit the form)	Formspree Privacy Policy

5. Google AdSense Cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google uses cookies (such as NID, DSID, IDE) to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our site and other sites on the internet. These are third-party cookies set by Google, not by us.

Google AdSense cookies allow Google and its partners to:

Serve personalised advertisements based on your interests.
Measure the effectiveness of advertisements.
Limit the number of times you see an ad.

You can opt out of personalised advertising in two ways:

Visit Google Ads Settings to manage personalised ad preferences.
Visit www.aboutads.info/choices for industry-wide opt-out.

For more information, see Google's advertising policies.

6. How to Control Cookies

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

See what cookies are stored and delete them individually.
Block all cookies or only third-party cookies.
Set preferences for specific websites.

Instructions for common browsers:

Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of the site, and personalised ads will be replaced by non-personalised ads (not removed entirely).

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. The date at the top of this page will be updated when changes are made. Please check back periodically.

8. Contact

If you have questions about how we use cookies or local storage, please contact us:

Email: hello@mysimulator.uk
Contact form: mysimulator.uk/contact/