Cookie Policy

1. What cookies and similar technologies are

Cookies are small text files placed on your browser or device when you visit a website. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, JavaScript tags, advertising identifiers, and measurement scripts. These technologies can help a site load correctly, remember browser-side preferences, measure performance, prevent abuse, and support advertising.

I Love Procurement is a static browser-based procurement resource. The calculators are designed to run in your browser and do not require a login account. Even so, some browser technologies may be used by the site or third-party services for basic functionality, advertising, measurement, and security.

2. Technologies we may use

3. Local storage and browser-side data

Some website features may use local storage or similar browser storage. Local storage is different from a traditional cookie because it is stored in your browser and is usually not sent with every web request. On this site, it may be used for simple interface features such as local vote state, counters, display preferences, or form convenience features.

Local storage values are stored on your device. They can usually be cleared through your browser settings. If you clear them, the site may forget local display states, but the main calculators should remain usable.

4. Google AdSense and advertising cookies

I Love Procurement may display advertising through Google AdSense or similar advertising services. Advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, pixels, scripts, and similar technologies to deliver ads, measure ad performance, prevent invalid traffic, limit repetitive ad display, and personalize advertisements where permitted by law and user settings.

Google and its partners may process information such as browser type, device information, approximate location derived from technical signals, ad interactions, page visits, and other identifiers. Their use of cookies and identifiers is governed by their own policies and controls. You can review Google's advertising information at Google Advertising Technologies.

Where legally required, advertising cookies may depend on consent mechanisms, browser settings, regional signals, or provider controls. If personalized ads are unavailable or disabled, ads may still appear but may be less relevant.

5. Analytics and performance measurement

The site may use analytics or performance tools to understand which pages are visited, which calculators are useful, how pages perform, and where errors or usability problems occur. Analytics data is typically used in aggregate so the site can improve content, examples, templates, and procurement guidance.

If analytics tools are enabled, they may use cookies or similar identifiers. The exact behavior can depend on your browser, region, privacy settings, consent choices, and the provider used.

6. Procurement data caution

Procurement users may work with supplier prices, approval dates, warranty details, project costs, and supplier-risk information. Do not enter confidential supplier pricing, passwords, bank information, personal data, contract-sensitive information, or documents you are not authorized to share into any public website form or email message.

The calculators are intended for practical decision support. They are not a secure procurement file repository, ERP system, contract database, or confidential document platform. If your organization has rules about supplier data or commercial confidentiality, follow those rules first.

7. How to manage cookies

You can control cookies and similar technologies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete existing cookies, clear local storage, restrict third-party cookies, use private browsing, or set site-specific permissions.

• Chrome: Settings / Privacy and security / Third-party cookies or Site settings.
• Edge: Settings / Cookies and site permissions.
• Firefox: Settings / Privacy & Security.
• Safari: Settings / Privacy.

If you block cookies or local storage, some site features may not remember preferences or local states. The calculators are designed to remain accessible, but advertising, analytics, vote state, counters, or embedded third-party features may behave differently.

8. Advertising choices

You may be able to manage ad personalization through your Google account, browser settings, device settings, or industry opt-out tools available in your region. These controls may not remove all advertising, but they can affect whether ads are personalized and how identifiers are used.

Useful resources include Google My Ad Center and Your Online Choices, where available.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when site features, advertising providers, analytics tools, legal requirements, or browser technologies change. The updated date on this page shows when the policy was last revised.

10. Contact

Cookie questions, correction requests, or privacy-related messages may be submitted through the Contact Us page. Please do not include confidential procurement files, supplier quotes, passwords, bank details, or personal data in a general website message.