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Q: What cookies does BonusPayCalc set itself?

None. There is one sessionStorage value, bpcAdStickyClosed , that remembers you dismissed a sticky advert. It is cleared when you close the tab and is never sent to a server.

Exactly which cookies and browser storage this site involves, who sets them, and how to refuse them.

Last updated 20 August 2026

The short version

BonusPayCalc sets no tracking cookies of its own, and the calculators work perfectly with cookies blocked. The cookies you may encounter here come from advertising and analytics partners, principally Google. You can refuse all of them without losing any functionality on this site.

What a cookie is

A cookie is a small text file a website asks your browser to store, so that something can be remembered between page views. Related technologies do the same job by different means: localStorage and sessionStorage keep values on your device, and web beacons (single-pixel images) let a server register that a page or an advert was loaded. This policy covers all of them.

Cookies and storage used on this site

Name / type	Set by	Purpose	Lifetime
`bpcAdStickyClosed` (sessionStorage)	BonusPayCalc	Remembers that you closed the sticky advert so it does not come back on the next page	Until you close the tab
Advertising cookies	Google and other ad partners	Selecting adverts, frequency capping, measuring whether an advert worked, fraud prevention	Set by the partner, typically days to months
Analytics cookies (`_ga` and similar)	Google Analytics	Counting visits and understanding in aggregate which pages are read	Up to 2 years
Consent record	Consent management provider	Remembering the cookie choice you made, so you are not asked on every page	Typically 6–12 months

Advertising partners manage their own cookies, and the exact set varies by campaign and by region. We cannot read them and we do not receive their contents.

Categories, in plain English

Strictly necessaryNeeded for the site to be delivered at all. On this site that is essentially nothing beyond the consent record itself — there is no login and no basket.

FunctionalRemembers a preference you expressed, such as dismissing an advert. Stored on your device only.

AnalyticsAggregate measurement of which pages are read. Used to decide which guides to improve, not to profile individuals.

AdvertisingSet by advertising partners to choose and measure adverts. These are the cookies that fund the site.

How to control cookies

In the EEA, UK and Switzerland, a consent control is shown before non-essential cookies are set. Your choice is remembered, and you can change or withdraw it at any time through the same control.

In your browser, you can block third-party cookies entirely, or delete existing cookies. Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge all offer this under privacy settings. Everything on BonusPayCalc keeps working.

For personalised advertising specifically, use Google Ads Settings, optout.aboutads.info, or youronlinechoices.com.

For analytics, install the Google Analytics opt-out add-on, or simply block third-party cookies.

Turning everything off costs you nothing here. Because no calculator reads or writes a cookie, blocking all cookies leaves every tool on the site fully functional. The only difference is that adverts become non-personalised, and the sticky advert reappears on each page.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

We honour Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as an opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information where applicable law recognises them. The older Do Not Track header has no agreed industry meaning and is not separately acted on.

Changes

Advertising partners change their technologies from time to time, and this page is updated when they do. The date at the top shows the current version.

Related: privacy policy · terms of use · contact.

Cookie questions

Do the calculators need cookies to work?

No. Every calculator works with cookies fully blocked. The maths runs in JavaScript in your browser and never reads or writes a cookie.

What cookies does BonusPayCalc set itself?

None. There is one sessionStorage value, bpcAdStickyClosed, that remembers you dismissed a sticky advert. It is cleared when you close the tab and is never sent to a server.

How do I refuse advertising cookies?

Block third-party cookies in your browser, turn off personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings, or opt out of participating vendors at optout.aboutads.info. In the EEA and UK you can also change your choice through the consent control.