Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how MoneySize (“MoneySize,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website, use our tools, or interact with our content. It is intended to describe your rights, our obligations, and the lawful operation of cookies across all MoneySize services, including educational content, tools, calculators, indexes, shopping features, and premium offerings.

By continuing to use MoneySize, you acknowledge that cookies and similar technologies may be used as described in this policy, subject to the choices available to you.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser when you visit a website. They allow websites to function properly, remember preferences, understand usage patterns, and support services such as analytics, advertising, and affiliate attribution.

Cookies may be:

• Session cookies, which expire when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies, which remain on your device until they expire or are deleted
• First-party cookies, set by MoneySize
• Third-party cookies, set by service providers we work with

In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies such as local storage, pixels, and tags. For simplicity, all such technologies are referred to as “cookies” in this policy.

Additional information about how MoneySize handles personal information is available in our Privacy Policy.

MoneySize uses the following categories of cookies. Each category serves a distinct and lawful purpose.

Essential Cookies. Essential cookies are required for the website to operate correctly and securely. These cookies enable core functionality such as page navigation and site stability, security protections and fraud prevention, remembering consent or privacy preferences, enabling access to tools, calculators, or gated areas, and ensuring proper delivery of content. Without these cookies, the website may not function as intended. Because they are strictly necessary to provide the services you request, they may be set automatically and cannot be disabled through standard site controls.

For purposes of privacy and consumer-protection laws, “essential” means cookies and similar technologies that are reasonably necessary to provide the website and the features you request, to maintain the security and integrity of the site, and to record and honor your privacy choices. MoneySize strives to treat “essential” in a narrow and protective manner, so that non-essential activity remains subject to choice where required.

Preference and Functional Cookies. These cookies allow the site to remember choices you make and improve your experience, such as language or display preferences, interface behavior, and saved non-sensitive settings. They do not exist to profile you or track behavior across unrelated websites.

Analytics and Measurement Cookies. Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use MoneySize so we can improve performance, usability, and content quality. These cookies may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, referring sources, and device and browser characteristics (in aggregate form). Where required by law, analytics cookies operate in a non-personalized or limited mode unless you provide consent.

Advertising Cookies. MoneySize may display advertisements on certain pages. Advertising cookies help support this functionality by delivering ads, measuring ad performance, and preventing excessive repetition of the same ad. If consent is not provided, advertising may still be displayed in a non-personalized manner, consistent with applicable legal requirements.

Affiliate and Referral Cookies. MoneySize may participate in affiliate programs. Affiliate cookies allow us to attribute referrals when a user clicks an outbound link and to track whether a referral resulted in a transaction. These cookies do not provide us with access to your financial details or transaction data and are used solely for attribution and reporting.

MoneySize is designed to respect user choice while operating within the letter and spirit of applicable privacy laws.

• Certain cookies (such as essential cookies) are used by default because they are required for site operation.
• Other cookies are subject to consent or opt-out mechanisms depending on their purpose and legal classification.
• Where consent is required, cookies will not operate in a personalized or enhanced mode unless you take an affirmative action.
• Where opt-out mechanisms are permitted, cookies may operate in a limited or non-personalized mode until preferences are changed.

You may manage your cookie preferences at any time through the controls provided on the site or through your browser settings.

Once you have made a cookie choice, MoneySize will generally respect that choice unless you change it or clear your browser cookies. We do not automatically re-prompt for consent on a fixed schedule. If our use of cookies changes in a material way, we may request updated consent where required.

Most browsers allow you to view cookies stored on your device, delete cookies, block cookies entirely, and configure site-specific rules. Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may impact site functionality, including access to tools, saved preferences, or accurate reporting.

You may also use site-provided controls, where available, to accept or reject non-essential cookies. Clearing or blocking cookies through your browser may reset or override choices previously made on the site.

MoneySize provides general information, educational materials, tools, calculators, indexes, and shopping references related to personal finance. Cookies used on the site do not create personalized financial advice, do not override user judgment or decision-making, and do not substitute for professional advice. Cookies exist to support site operation, measurement, and lawful monetization—not to dictate outcomes or decisions.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, site functionality, or business practices. When we do, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Continued use of MoneySize after changes are posted constitutes acknowledgment of the updated policy.

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, your privacy rights, or how cookies are used on MoneySize, please visit our Contact page for current contact information and instructions on submitting inquiries.