Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files stored on your device while you browse. We also use your browser's local storage (localStorage) to remember your preferences.

2. Consent and default mode

Google AdSense ad serving is currently paused. Our own banner collects consent only for analytics cookies in all regions. You can change your choice through Cookie settings in the footer. Google Consent Mode v2 signals default to denied. Google Analytics may send cookieless signals before consent. The AdSense script remains loaded for site integration and verification, but ad requests are paused. Google services may connect before consent.

3. Necessary items (always active)

• cookie-consent (localStorage): stores only the analytics choice where our banner collects consent. Before Google AdSense ads are enabled, this covers all regions. After activation, it covers the area outside Google’s European consent panel. It does not grant advertising consent.
• theme (localStorage) — remembers your selected interface color theme.

4. Analytics cookies (optional, with consent)

Once you consent, Google Analytics 4 may set the following cookies:

• _ga — distinguishes users; typically stored for up to 2 years.
• _ga_<ID> — persists session state for a given data stream; typically stored for up to 2 years.

5. Google advertising technologies

Once ads are enabled, Google AdSense and advertising partners may use the following cookies for ad delivery and measurement, subject to required consent and regional privacy settings. Declining personalization does not exclude limited ads. When these are enabled, Google may use device storage to detect invalid traffic. Google’s privacy panel also stores user decisions.

• __gads: Google ad delivery and measurement; up to 13 months.
• __gpi: an identifier used by Google AdSense for advertising; up to 13 months.
• IDE: advertising on non-Google sites; up to 13 months in the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and up to 24 months elsewhere. DSID: respecting a signed-in user’s personalization settings; up to 2 weeks.
• Current information about Google’s technologies and retention periods: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

6. Affiliate links and external websites

Our affiliate cards do not store cookies or data on your device. After you click a link, the external seller or affiliate programme provider may use its own cookies and other technologies to attribute a purchase to a referral.

Its policies and consent settings apply on its websites. Consent to analytics or Google advertising on RealSize.World is not consent to a partner’s technologies.

7. How to manage cookies

• In our analytics banner, choose “Decline” to decline analytics cookies. This button does not change advertising preferences. When Google’s panel is active, use it to decline consent or change individual purposes.
• Cookie settings in the footer opens our local analytics preferences in all regions. Once Google AdSense ads are enabled, Google’s panel will manage preferences for those ads, with a separate Do Not Sell or Share link for users covered by US state regulations.
• You can opt out of personalized ads by visiting Google Ads Settings (https://myadcenter.google.com/ or https://www.google.com/settings/ads).
• You can manage multi-vendor advertising preferences via Your Online Choices (https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/) or AboutAds (https://www.aboutads.info/choices/).
• You can also delete and block cookies in your browser settings.
• Google additionally provides an official browser add-on that blocks Google Analytics.

8. Changes and contact

This Cookie Policy may change. The current version, together with its date, is always published on this page.

If you have questions, email: contact [at] realsize.world.