Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site remember your preferences, understand how you use the site, and serve relevant content and advertisements.

2. Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

Required for website functionality, authentication, and security. These cookies enable core features such as logging in, maintaining your session, and remembering your color theme preference. They cannot be disabled.

Performance & Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with Great Church Tools. These cookies collect anonymized data such as pages visited, time spent on site, and traffic sources. This helps us improve the Service.

Advertising & Targeting Cookies

Great Church Tools may display advertisements served by third-party networks, including Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners use cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, to serve personalized ads based on your browsing history and to measure ad performance. These cookies are placed after you provide consent where required by law.

Preference Cookies

These cookies remember your chosen color scheme and other display preferences so they persist across visits.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Third-party services that may set cookies on our site include:

• Google Analytics: Measures site usage and performance
• Google AdSense / DoubleClick: Serves personalized advertisements
• YouTube: Embedded sermon video players may set cookies

For details on how Google uses data, see: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

4. Consent and Revocation

Non-essential cookies (advertising, analytics) are only placed after you provide affirmative consent via our cookie consent banner. You can revoke or change your consent at any time by:

• Using the cookie preferences option in the consent banner
• Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies
• Visiting Google Ad Settings to opt out of personalized advertising
• Using the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page

Note: disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of the site.

5. Cookie Retention

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. Third-party advertising cookies typically expire within 13 months, in accordance with industry standards.

6. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised date.

7. Contact

For questions about our cookie practices, contact us at support@greatchurchtools.com or visit our Contact page.