Cookie Policy
The short version: we use very few cookies, and none of them are third-party advertising trackers. Context Hints' product thesis is that contextual ad targeting replaces the cookie. It would be hypocritical of us to load this site with the very technology our category is moving past, and we do not.
1. What cookies are
A cookie is a small piece of data a website asks your browser to store, then reads back on later visits. Cookies fall into a few broad categories:
- Strictly necessary cookies let the site work — for example, remembering that you are mid-form.
- Preference cookies remember choices you make, like a theme or language.
- Analytics cookies let the site count visits and understand traffic patterns.
- Advertising cookies let third parties build a profile of you across sites for ad targeting.
This site uses, at most, the first three. It uses none of the fourth.
2. What we use
2.1 First-party cookies and storage
The contexthints.com site itself does not set any first-party cookies under normal browsing. The free tools (the
Reach Calculator, the Context Hint Generator, the UTM Generator) may store small values in your browser's
localStorage so that, if you reload the page, your most recent inputs are still there. That storage
never leaves your browser and is not transmitted to our servers.
2.2 Edge and security cookies
Our hosting provider (Vercel) may set short-lived cookies at the edge to defend against abuse, rate-limit suspicious traffic, and route requests correctly. These are strictly necessary for the site to function safely.
2.3 No advertising cookies
We do not load Meta Pixel, Google Ads tag, LinkedIn Insight Tag, TikTok Pixel, X Pixel, Pinterest tag, or any other cross-site advertising tracker. We do not load a data-management platform script. We do not load third-party chat widgets that track. We have made this an explicit product decision.
3. Third-party services that may set cookies on linked pages
When you click an outbound link from contexthints.com — for example, to Calendly to book a discovery call — you are leaving this site. The destination may set its own cookies, governed by its own policy. We list the main destinations here for transparency:
- Calendly (scheduling) — sets cookies necessary for its booking flow.
- OpenAI — linked from our guides for reference; their cookies are governed by their policy.
- Search engines, social platforms, and partner sites — same principle.
Any cookies set by those destinations are not under our control.
4. How to control cookies
You can disable cookies or local storage in your browser at any time. Doing so will not break this site for reading — every page is functional with cookies disabled. If you disable local storage, the free tools will still work; they will just forget your inputs between page loads.
For browser-specific instructions:
- Safari — Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
- Chrome — Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data.
- Firefox — Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
- Edge — Settings → Cookies and site permissions.
You can also enable "Do Not Track" in your browser. We do not have any tracking to disable on this site, but we respect the signal where applicable.
5. Changes
If we ever add a cookie or storage mechanism not listed here, we will update this policy, change the "Effective" date, and — if a category beyond strictly necessary is added — show you a consent banner before setting it.
6. Contact
Questions about cookies: privacy@contexthints.com.