Cookie Declaration

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners. Cookies enhance your browsing experience by:

• Remembering your preferences and settings
• Helping us understand how you use our website
• Improving the relevance of advertisements you may see
• Enabling certain functions on our website

Types of Cookies We Use

Australian Citizenship Test Prep uses different categories of cookies and similar technologies:

Essential/Functional Cookies

These are technically necessary for the website to function:

• None currently used: Our website uses local storage instead of cookies for essential functionality

Analytics/Performance Cookies

These help us understand how visitors interact with our website:

• Umami Analytics: Collects anonymous usage statistics without cookies (cookie-less analytics)
• Session tracking: Tracks page views, session duration, and user flow
• Browser information: Collects browser type, device type, and screen resolution for optimization

Advertising Cookies (When AdSense is Enabled)

These cookies are used for displaying and personalizing advertisements:

• __gads: Used by Google AdSense to measure advertising effectiveness
• _gac_*: Google AdSense conversion tracking cookies
• IDE: DoubleClick cookie for ad personalization and targeting
• test_cookie: Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies
• NID: Google cookie containing unique identifier to remember preferences
• 1P_JAR: Google cookie for advertising purposes

Local Storage

Our website primarily uses your browser's local storage instead of cookies to save your test progress and scores. Local storage data includes:

• test_results: Your completed test scores and statistics
• incorrect_questions: Questions you answered incorrectly for practice
• user_settings: Your preferences like language selection and timer settings

This data is stored directly on your device and is never transmitted to our servers. Local storage data remains on your device until you manually clear your browser data or delete it through our data management settings.

Umami Analytics

We use Umami, a privacy-focused analytics service, to understand how users interact with our website. Umami collects the following information without using cookies:

• Pages you visit on our website
• Time spent on each page
• Referrer information (how you got to our website)
• General location (country/region level only)
• Browser type and device information
• Screen resolution for responsive design optimization

All data collected by Umami is anonymous and cannot be used to identify individual users. No personal information is collected or stored.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to:

• Serve advertisements based on your previous visits to our website and other websites
• Measure the effectiveness of advertisements
• Prevent the same ads from being shown too many times

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Managing Cookies and Your Choices

You have several options to control cookies and data collection on our website:

Browser Cookie Settings

Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences:

• Delete existing cookies from your device
• Block all cookies or specific categories of cookies
• Set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie
• Configure privacy settings for different websites

Browser-Specific Instructions

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data

Advertising Opt-Out

• Google Ad Settings: www.google.com/settings/ads
• Network Advertising Initiative: optout.networkadvertising.org
• Digital Advertising Alliance: optout.aboutads.info

Local Storage Management

You can manage your locally stored data through:

• Our website's data management settings (available in Progress section)
• Browser developer tools (F12 → Application → Local Storage)
• Clearing all browser data (this will affect all websites)

Important: If you choose to block or delete cookies, some advertising revenue that supports our free service may be reduced, but core functionality will remain available. Our website's main features work without cookies by using local storage.

For more comprehensive information about cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Changes to Our Cookie Declaration

We may update our cookie declaration from time to time. If we make material changes to how we use cookies, we will update the date at the top of this declaration.

You are responsible for periodically visiting our website and this cookie declaration to check for any changes.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:

Email: info@australiancitizenshiptestprep.com