Last updated: November 2026
This page explains which cookies smartgagetz.com uses and how you can control them. It supplements our Privacy Policy.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored in your browser when you visit a website. They let the site remember preferences, understand traffic, and show advertising. Some cookies are set by SmartGagetz itself; others are set by third-party services we use (advertising, analytics, affiliate tracking).
Cookie categories on this site
The site’s Cookie Settings panel groups cookies into these categories. You can change your choices at any time with the Cookie Settings button on any page.
| Category | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Required for the site to work (security, load balancing, remembering your cookie choices). | Always active |
| Preferences | Remembers settings such as language or display preferences. | Off unless you accept |
| Analytics | Helps us understand which guides people read and how the site is used, in aggregated form. | Off unless you accept |
| Marketing | Used to show advertising, including Google AdSense ads tailored to your browsing. | Off unless you accept |
| Unclassified | Cookies still being categorized. | Off unless you accept |
Third-party cookies
- Google advertising (AdSense / DoubleClick). Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and/or other sites. These cookies do not give Google or us your name, address, email, or phone number.
- Amazon affiliate cookies. When you click an Amazon link on this site and make a purchase, Amazon may set cookies to track that referral so the commission is credited correctly. Those cookies are set and governed by Amazon under Amazon’s own privacy policy.
- Analytics and hosting providers. These services may set their own cookies for traffic measurement and site operation, under their own privacy policies.
Cookie inventory. Our cookie-consent tool (WPLP Cookie Consent) last scanned the site on 27 March 2025 and found no cookies set by the site itself, and our server sets no cookies on an anonymous first visit. The cookies that do run in your browser come from the Google tag (Google Analytics, connected through Google Site Kit, Google tag GT-TXHR9PLM): _ga (distinguishes visitors; kept for 2 years) and _gid (distinguishes visitors; kept for 24 hours), plus other related Google tag cookies such as _gat. Third-party cookies from Google advertising (AdSense / DoubleClick) and Amazon affiliate links may also be set, as listed above.
How to manage cookies
- Cookie Settings button. Use the Cookie Settings button on any page to accept, decline, or change categories. Declining still leaves Necessary cookies active, which the site needs to function.
- Google Ads Settings: https://www.google.com/settings/ads — turn off ad personalization for Google ads.
- AboutAds: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ — opt out of personalized ads from many participating ad companies in one place.
- Your browser. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time. Blocking all cookies may affect how some parts of the site work; ads will still appear but will no longer be tailored to your browsing.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our tools change. The “last updated” date at the top will always show the current version.
Contact
Questions about cookies? Email support@smartgagetz.com.