Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. Cookies are widely used to make sites work, to remember choices, and to understand how a site is being used. Similar technologies such as local storage and tracking pixels serve comparable purposes, and are covered by this policy too.

Cookies set by this website are called first-party cookies. Cookies set by another company whose service appears on a page, such as an analytics or advertising provider, are called third-party cookies.

The sections below describe the categories of cookie that may be in use on this site. Not every category will be active at all times, and any category we do not use should not appear on this page.

2. Necessary cookies

These are required for the website to function and cannot reasonably be switched off. They do not track you across other sites and are not used for advertising.

On a WordPress site such as this one, necessary cookies typically cover things like security features, load balancing, and remembering that you have responded to a cookie notice. If you log in to the site as an administrator, additional cookies are set to keep you signed in, but these apply only to logged-in users and not to ordinary visitors.

Blocking these cookies may cause parts of the site to stop working correctly.

3. Analytics cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand which pages are read, how visitors arrive at the site, and where something is not working. This information is used in aggregate to improve the content, and is not used to identify you personally.

Typical purposes include counting visits, distinguishing new visitors from returning ones, measuring how long pages are read, and recording which links are followed.

4. Advertising cookies

This website may display advertising in order to stay free to use. Where ads are served by a third-party network, that network may set cookies to measure how ads perform, to limit how often the same ad is shown to you, and in some cases to show ads relevant to your interests.

These cookies are set by the advertising provider rather than by us, and are governed by that provider’s own policies. We do not have access to the data they collect.

5. Preference cookies

Preference cookies remember choices you have made so the site behaves the way you expect on your next visit. Examples include a saved cookie consent choice, a dismissed notice, or a chosen display setting.

These cookies do not track you across other websites. If they are blocked, the site will still work, but any preference you set will need to be set again.

6. What our tools do not use

It is worth being specific about this. The Gender Reveal Ideas Generator and the planning checklist do not use cookies or local storage of any kind.

Your selections are held in the page’s memory while it is open, are never transmitted anywhere, and disappear the moment you refresh or close the tab. That is also why a result cannot be saved for later: use the copy or print buttons if you want to keep one.

7. Managing cookies

You can control cookies yourself at any time.

In your browser

Every major browser lets you view existing cookies, delete them, block third-party cookies, or block cookies entirely. The controls are usually found under Settings, then Privacy. Browser help pages explain the exact steps for Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge.

Most browsers also offer a private or incognito window, which clears cookies automatically when you close it.

Through opt-out tools

Advertising providers commonly offer their own opt-out settings, and industry pages such as Your Online Choices and the Network Advertising Initiative let you manage interest-based advertising across several networks at once.

What happens if you block cookies

• Reading the site works normally with cookies blocked
• The generator and checklist work normally, since they never used cookies
• Preferences such as a dismissed notice will need setting again on each visit
• Advertising may still appear, but will be less relevant to you

8. Changes and contact

We may update this policy if the services used on the site change or if a legal requirement changes. The current version is always the one published here, with the date shown at the top.

Questions can be sent to admin@genderrevealideas.com or through the contact page. See also our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.