Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in your browser. It lets the site remember things between page loads — your dark-mode preference, for example — and lets third-party services such as analytics recognise a returning browser so they can measure how a site is used.

Similar technologies — local storage, session storage, pixels, SDKs — work the same way for the purposes of this policy. Wherever this page says "cookies," treat those interchangeably.

2. Categories used on this site

ForexBasics uses two categories of cookies and similar storage:

2.1 Essential / functional

A small amount of local storage on your device remembers user-experience preferences. There is currently one such item:

These items do not identify you and are not shared with anyone.

2.2 Analytics

The site uses Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-KP6SKX6QCC) to understand which pages are visited, on which devices, and roughly where from. Analytics cookies look like _ga and _ga_*, are set by the googletagmanager.com and google-analytics.com domains, and typically expire after a couple of years unless cleared earlier.

We do not send names, email addresses or anything you type into the calculators to Analytics. Google receives your IP address and browser details when the tag loads and uses them to derive approximate location and device statistics; we only see aggregated reports. Google's own description of these cookies is at support.google.com/analytics/answer/11397207.

2.3 Advertising

ForexBasics does not currently show advertising, so no advertising cookies are set by this site. If that changes, this page will be updated before any ad code is added.

3. Consent

The site does not currently display a cookie banner. Google Analytics loads on every page; if you prefer not to be measured, use one of the controls below — blocking cookies or installing the Google Analytics opt-out add-on stops Analytics from recording your visits.

4. How to control cookies

You have several layers of control:

• Browser settings. Every modern browser lets you block or delete cookies for a site, or for all sites. Help links: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge.
• Google Analytics opt-out. The browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout blocks Analytics across all sites that use it.
• Private browsing. Incognito / Private mode discards cookies when you close the window.

Blocking cookies will not stop you from reading ForexBasics. The dark-mode preference will reset on each visit and analytics will not record your sessions, which is fine.

5. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Browser-level "Do Not Track" was never finalised as a binding standard. The site itself does not change its behaviour in response to Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signals; use the browser controls or the Analytics opt-out above instead. ForexBasics does not sell personal information.

6. Changes to this policy

If the cookies on this site change materially — for example, if a new vendor is added — this page will be updated and the "Last reviewed" date at the top changed. Significant changes will be flagged in the relevant section.

7. Questions

For privacy or cookie questions, email [email protected]. The broader rules on personal data are covered in the Privacy Policy; the general site terms are in the Terms of Service.