This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, which ones MeasuringWorld.com uses, what each type does, and how you can control them. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. On your next visit the browser sends that file back, which lets the site recognize the browser and remember things such as your preferences or the fact that you clicked a particular link. Cookies cannot run programs, cannot read files on your device, and cannot carry viruses.
Cookies are described in two useful ways. By lifespan, a session cookie is erased when you close the browser, while a persistent cookie stays for a set period. By origin, a first party cookie is set by measuringworld.com itself, while a third party cookie is set by another domain whose content or link appears on our pages.
Cookies used on this site
Strictly necessary cookies
These make the website work. They handle things like maintaining a logged in session for site administrators, remembering that you dismissed a notice, and protecting forms against cross site request forgery. The site cannot function properly without them, and they are not used for tracking or advertising.
Preference cookies
These remember choices you make so the site behaves the way you left it. Examples include a chosen display setting, a dismissed banner, or details you entered in a comment form so you do not have to type them again.
Analytics cookies
These help us count visits and understand which pages readers actually use, which sources they arrive from, and where they leave. The information is looked at in aggregate. We use it to decide which categories deserve more coverage and which pages need rewriting, not to build advertising profiles of individual readers.
Affiliate and referral cookies
When you click a product link on this site, the destination retailer usually sets a cookie in your browser recording that the visit came from us. If you then buy something within that retailer’s attribution window, which for Amazon is typically twenty four hours, the sale is credited to MeasuringWorld.com and we receive a commission. The price you pay is unaffected.
These cookies are set by the retailer, not by us, and they are governed by the retailer’s own cookie and privacy policies. We do not receive your payment details, your address, or a list of what you bought.
Embedded content cookies
Some pages include material hosted elsewhere, such as images, videos, maps, or product widgets. Loading that material can cause the host to set its own cookies, exactly as if you had visited that website directly.
Third party cookies
We do not control cookies set by third parties. The main third parties whose cookies you may encounter through this site are:
- Amazon and other retail partners, for affiliate referral attribution
- Our analytics provider, for aggregate traffic measurement
- Content delivery and security services that keep the site fast and protect it from attack
- Providers of any embedded media that appears on a page
Each of these operates under its own privacy and cookie policy, which we encourage you to read.
How to control cookies
You are in charge of the cookies stored on your device. Every major browser lets you view existing cookies, delete them, block them from specific sites, or block them entirely, usually under a Privacy or Security section of the settings. Private or incognito windows generally discard cookies when the window closes.
Browser cookie settings are documented by each vendor:
- Google Chrome: Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third party cookies
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Site Data
- Apple Safari: Settings, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings, then Cookies and site permissions
Blocking cookies is your right, but it has consequences. If you block strictly necessary cookies, parts of this site may stop working. If you block affiliate cookies, the site still works normally for you, but purchases you make will not be credited to us, which is how the research published here is funded.
Opting out of analytics and advertising cookies
Beyond browser settings, industry opt out tools are available from the Digital Advertising Alliance, the Network Advertising Initiative, and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance. Browser extensions that block trackers offer another route. These tools are operated by third parties and we do not control how well they work.
Changes to this policy
We may revise this Cookie Policy when the technologies used on the site change or when the law requires it. The current version is always the one published on this page.
Contact
If you have a question about cookies on this site, write to [email protected].