Cookie policy

This policy explains the cookies and similar browser storage used on uk-ti.me, and how to control them. It sits alongside the privacy policy and reflects the requirements of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), which govern the storing of information on your device, and of UK GDPR, which governs what happens to any personal data that results.

Consent, and what it does

Under PECR, cookies and similar technologies may only be placed on your device without consent where they are strictly necessary to provide a service you have asked for. Everything else — including analytics — requires your consent first. That is why nothing beyond the strictly necessary is loaded on this site until you have made a choice, and why declining is a real option rather than a formality. Refusing non-essential cookies costs you nothing: every alarm, timer, calculator and calendar page works identically either way.

Strictly necessary storage

Alarm and timer settings, calculator inputs, display preferences and the record of your cookie choice are saved in your browser's local storage. These are exempt from the consent requirement because without them the tools cannot do the job you came for — a timer that forgot its own setting on every page load would not be a timer. This data never leaves your device.

Analytics cookies

If you consent, a visitor counter loads and may set a cookie or similar identifier so that repeat page views within a visit are not counted several times over. It is used to see which pages are used and which are not. If you decline, the script is never requested and no such identifier is created.

Advertising

No advertising cookies are used on this site at present. Should advertising be introduced, this policy will be updated to name the partners involved and describe what they set, and your consent will be sought before any such cookie is placed.

Changing your mind

You can withdraw consent at any time by clearing this site's cookies and stored data in your browser, after which you will be asked again on your next visit. You can also block or delete cookies site by site in your browser settings.

Chrome: Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies and Site settings, where storage for an individual site can be inspected and cleared.

Safari: on a Mac, Settings then Privacy then Manage Website Data; on an iPhone or iPad, Settings then Apps then Safari, where website data can be cleared and cross-site tracking blocked.

Firefox: Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Cookies and Site Data, which allows stored data to be cleared and future handling to be configured.

Edge: Settings, then Cookies and site permissions, then Manage and delete cookies and site data.

Changes

This policy will be revised if the storage used by the site changes. [Insert last updated date.]