Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies and Local Storage?

Cookies are compact text files stored on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you navigate websites. They serve important technical purposes, such as recalling user preferences, maintaining navigation state, generating anonymized traffic analytics, and delivering relevant advertisements.

In addition to standard cookies, web browsers support Local Storage (HTML5 LocalStorage), which stores configuration flags directly in your browser without transmitting them back and forth over network headers on every HTTP request.

2. How Image Size Reducer Utilizes Cookies

Image Size Reducer, published by James K. Chapman (Publisher) under the brand Kivelo IT (1135 Pannipitiya Road, Thalawathugoda, Sri Lanka 10116), operates on a privacy-respecting architectural model.

Because our image compression, dimension resizing, and format conversion utilities operate 100% locally in your browser's memory via HTML5 Canvas and client-side JavaScript, we never store, transmit, or inspect your images using cookies or any other tracking mechanism.

We classify all cookies and storage mechanisms used on our site into three clear categories:

Category A: Strictly Necessary (Essential)

Essential items are required for the basic technical operation of the website and cannot be disabled. They do not store any personally identifiable information (PII).

• cookie-consent (LocalStorage): Stores your overall consent decision (accepted, declined, or custom).
• cookie-preferences (LocalStorage): Records your specific toggle choices for analytics and advertising scripts along with an ISO timestamp.
• Security Tokens: Standard security and cross-site request validation headers used to protect contact form endpoints.

Category B: Performance and Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics (Measurement ID: G-3772SZSLW2) to analyze aggregate visitor behavior, measure page load performance, track device compatibility, and identify broken navigation links.

• Cookie Identifiers: Typically named _ga and _ga_*.
• IP Anonymization: All telemetry is recorded with IP masking enabled, ensuring individual network addresses are truncated before reaching Google storage.
• Consent Requirement: Analytics cookies and the Google Analytics script are completely inactive until you provide consent via our cookie banner or settings.

Category C: Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)

To keep our tools free and maintain our hosting infrastructure without subscription paywalls, we display advertisements provided by Google AdSense (Publisher ID: ca-pub-2601385501457403) and its certified partner networks.

• Cookie Identifiers: Commonly include __gads, __gpi, and doubleclick-related cookies such as IDE.
• Third-Party Vendor Role: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites across the internet.
• Partner Policy Disclosure: For details on how Google handles cookie data across partner publisher sites, consult Google's official policy: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
• Consent Requirement: Google AdSense scripts are not rendered until you click "Accept All" or toggle on advertising consent.

3. Google Consent Mode v2 Architecture

We implement Google Consent Mode v2 across the entire site:

• Before any third-party script loads, four distinct consent parameters are set to denied:ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization, and analytics_storage.
• When you select "Accept All" or save custom preferences, the parameters are dynamically updated via gtag('consent', 'update', ...), and only the approved scripts are injected into the page.
• If you reject optional cookies, both Google Analytics and Google AdSense scripts remain completely unloaded.

4. How to Manage and Revoke Your Cookie Choices

You can adjust, update, or withdraw your cookie consent at any time:

• Reopen On-Site Settings: Click the "Cookie Settings" link in our shared footer on any page. This reopens our consent dialog, allowing you to re-configure or revoke your choices with immediate effect.
• Google Ad Settings: Customize or turn off personalized advertising served by Google by visiting Google My Ad Center.
• Industry Advertising Portals: Opt out of interest-based ads from hundreds of participating ad networks via the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), or Your Online Choices (EDAA).
• Browser Preferences: Every modern browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge) offers settings to block, filter, or delete cookies.

5. Contact the Publisher

If you have questions about our cookie practices or consent implementation, please contact our publisher: