Cookie Preferences

This page allows you to review and manage your cookie preferences for SalaryToolsMY at any time. When you first visited our website, you may have set your preferences through the cookie consent banner. You can return here whenever you wish to update those choices.

Below is a detailed explanation of each cookie category used on SalaryToolsMY, along with guidance on how to enable or disable each type and what the impact of your choice will be on your browsing experience.

**Your current consent settings are applied through the cookie consent banner displayed at the bottom of each page. You can re-open the banner at any time to modify your preferences.**

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**1. Essential Cookies (Always Active)**

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. They cannot be disabled because the site would not work properly without them. Essential cookies do not track you across other websites and do not collect personal information beyond what is needed for basic site operation.

**Cookies in this category:**

- **salarytoolsmy-lang:** Remembers whether you have chosen to view the site in English or Bahasa Melayu. Without this cookie, the site would not know your language preference and would default to English on every page load. - **salarytoolsmy-cookies:** Records your cookie consent decision (which categories you accepted or rejected). This cookie is how the site remembers not to show the consent banner on every visit.

**Can you disable these?** No. Essential cookies are required for the website to function and are not subject to consent. They are set automatically when you visit the site.

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**2. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)**

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website. They collect information anonymously about which pages are visited most, how long people spend on each page, and what devices or browsers are being used. This data helps us improve the website's content, performance, and user experience.

**What analytics cookies track:** - Pages visited and navigation paths through the site - Time spent on each page - Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet) and browser - General location (country or city level only — never your exact location) - Whether you are a new or returning visitor

**What analytics cookies do NOT track:** - Your salary data or any information you enter into calculators - Personal identification details such as your name or email address - Your activity on other websites

**Cookies in this category:** - **_ga:** Google Analytics — distinguishes unique visitors, expires after 2 years - **_ga_*:** Google Analytics — maintains session state, expires after 2 years - **_gid:** Google Analytics — distinguishes unique visitors, expires after 24 hours - **_gat:** Google Analytics — used to throttle request rate, expires after 1 minute

**How to enable or disable analytics cookies:**

Use the cookie consent banner at the bottom of any page. Look for the toggle or button labelled "Analytics" and switch it on to enable or off to disable. Your preference will be saved in the essential cookie (salarytoolsmy-cookies) and applied immediately.

**Impact of disabling:** If you disable analytics cookies, the website will still work perfectly. All calculators and content will remain fully functional. We simply will not receive anonymous usage data, which means we will have less information to guide website improvements.

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**3. Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)**

Advertising cookies are used by Google AdSense to display relevant advertisements on our website. These cookies may track your browsing activity across multiple websites to build an interest profile and show advertisements that are more likely to be relevant to you.

**What advertising cookies track:** - Your visits to SalaryToolsMY and other websites that use Google advertising - Topics or categories of interest based on your browsing patterns - Whether you have interacted with specific advertisements

**Cookies in this category:** - **doubleclick.net:** Google AdSense — used for ad targeting and frequency capping - **googleads.g.doubleclick.net:** Google AdSense — tracks ad impressions and clicks - **googleadservices.com:** Google AdSense — remarketing and conversion tracking - **__gads:** Google AdSense — identifies trusted web traffic, expires after 13 months - **__gpi:** Google AdSense — publisher advertising features, expires after 13 months

**How to enable or disable advertising cookies:**

Use the cookie consent banner at the bottom of any page. Look for the toggle or button labelled "Advertising" and switch it on to enable or off to disable. Your preference will be saved and applied immediately.

**Impact of disabling:** If you disable advertising cookies, you will still see advertisements on our website, but they will be less relevant to your interests. Instead of personalised ads, you may see generic advertisements. Disabling advertising cookies does not remove advertisements entirely — it only prevents Google from personalising them based on your browsing history.

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**How to Use the Cookie Consent Banner**

The cookie consent banner appears at the bottom of the page when you visit SalaryToolsMY. Here is how to interact with it:

**On your first visit:** 1. The banner will slide up from the bottom of the page 2. You will see three categories: Essential (always on), Analytics, and Advertising 3. Each non-essential category has a toggle switch — move it to the right to enable, or to the left to disable 4. Click **"Accept All"** to enable all cookies, or **"Reject Optional"** to keep only essential cookies 5. Click **"Save Preferences"** to save your custom choices

**To update preferences later:** 1. Click the **"Cookie Preferences"** link in the footer of any page 2. The cookie consent banner will reappear with your current settings displayed 3. Adjust the toggles as needed and click **"Save Preferences"**

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**Browser-Level Cookie Management**

In addition to our cookie consent tools, you can also manage cookies directly through your web browser. Browser-level controls allow you to:

- **View all cookies** stored on your device for any website - **Delete existing cookies** individually or all at once - **Block cookies** from specific websites or all websites - **Set preferences** for first-party vs third-party cookies

**Instructions for popular browsers:**

**Google Chrome:** Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data → Manage and delete cookies and site data

**Mozilla Firefox:** Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and Site Data → Manage Data

**Apple Safari:** Safari → Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data

**Microsoft Edge:** Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data

**Important:** If you block all cookies through your browser, some features of SalaryToolsMY may not work as expected. Specifically, the language preference will not be remembered, and the cookie consent banner may reappear on every visit.

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**For More Information**

This page provides a summary of your cookie options. For the complete details on how each cookie works, what data it collects, and how long it is stored, please read our full Cookie Policy.

If you have any questions about cookies, tracking, or privacy on SalaryToolsMY, please contact us at salarytoolsmy@proton.me.