1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, provide a better user experience, and give website owners useful information about how visitors interact with their site.
Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device until they expire or you delete them) or "session" cookies (deleted when you close your browser).
2. How We Use Cookies
BenchPressCalculator.net uses a limited number of cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential functionality — To ensure the website works correctly and delivers the features you expect.
- Analytics and performance — To understand how visitors interact with our website so we can identify improvements.
- User preferences — To remember your language selection and cookie consent choices.
We do not use cookies for advertising, targeted marketing, or tracking your activity across other websites.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
4. Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable basic features such as page navigation and storing your cookie preferences. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information. You cannot opt out of essential cookies because they are strictly necessary for the Website to operate.
5. Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymised information about how visitors use our Website. This helps us understand which pages are most popular, how users navigate between pages, and where improvements can be made. Google Analytics cookies collect data such as:
- Number of visitors to the site
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- How visitors arrived at the site (search engine, direct, referral)
- General geographic location (country/city level, not precise location)
- Browser and device type
Google Analytics uses IP anonymisation, meaning your full IP address is never stored. You can opt out of analytics cookies through our Cookie Preferences page or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
6. Preference Cookies
Preference cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language) to provide a more personalised experience. These cookies do not track your browsing activity on other websites.
7. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our Website are set by third-party services. We use the following third-party services that may set cookies:
- Google Analytics — For website traffic analysis. Google Privacy Policy.
- Vercel — Our hosting provider may set technical cookies for performance and security. Vercel Privacy Policy.
8. How to Manage Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in several ways:
8.1 Through Our Website
Visit our Cookie Preferences page to enable or disable specific cookie categories.
8.2 Through Your Browser
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can typically:
- View what cookies are stored on your device
- Delete individual cookies or all cookies
- Block cookies from specific websites or all websites
- Set your browser to notify you when a cookie is being set
Here are links to cookie management instructions for popular browsers:
Please note: Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the site to operate.
9. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will be revised accordingly. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
📧 Email: contact@BenchPressCalculator.net
🌐 Website: BenchPressCalculator.net
📍 Address: 123 Maple Street, Denver, CO 80202, USA