Our Cookie Policy
Plain-English explanation of what cookies Trevly uses, why we use them, and exactly how you can control them. No jargon, no surprises.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit. They hold a modest amount of data—things like a session identifier or a preference setting—that the site can read on your next visit.
Think of them as a sticky note that the website attaches to your browser. The note doesn't know who you are; it just records what happened so the site can pick up where you left off, load faster, or understand how its pages are being used.
Cookies are not programs. They cannot run code, carry viruses, or access any files on your device outside the browser. They are strictly data files, and browsers give you full control over whether to accept, block, or delete them at any time.
At Trevly specifically: Because our calculators require no account or login, we have no need to store anything personal. The cookies we do use are limited to keeping the site functional and understanding broad usage patterns—nothing more.
Key facts about cookies
- Small text files stored locally in your browser
- Cannot execute code or access your files
- Expire automatically or when you clear your browser
- Can be blocked or deleted at any time via browser settings
- Do not identify you personally unless you log in
- Used by virtually every website you visit
Types of Cookies We Use
Trevly uses three categories of cookies. Each serves a distinct purpose and is described honestly below—including which ones you can turn off without breaking anything, and which ones the site genuinely needs to work.
Essential Cookies
These keep the site running correctly. They handle things like security checks, remembering that you dismissed a consent banner, and maintaining a stable session while you use the calculators. Without them, the site would not function as intended.
Always OnAnalytics Cookies
Set by Google Analytics, these record aggregated usage data—which calculator pages get the most visits, how long people spend on them, and where users tend to exit. The data is statistical, not personal. It tells us which tools are most useful so we can improve them.
OptionalPerformance Cookies
Set by Cloudflare, these help deliver the site quickly and protect it against automated abuse. They check whether a visitor is human or a bot and route traffic efficiently. They do not profile you or track behaviour across other websites.
Always OnHow We Use Cookies
Every cookie on Trevly exists to serve a specific, identifiable purpose. We do not use cookies to build individual profiles, sell data to advertisers, or track users across the web. The site is free and has no need to monetize your data to sustain itself.
Essential cookies fire the moment you land on any page. They ensure the consent banner you've already acknowledged stays dismissed, protect form submissions from automated bots, and let Cloudflare identify your session for performance routing.
Analytics cookies activate only after you consent. Once active, Google Analytics records anonymized signals: the page visited, approximate geographic region (country-level only), device type, and session duration. No names, emails, or precise locations are captured.
Nothing is sold or shared for commercial purposes. Analytics data is used internally—to see which calculator features are underused, which pages load slowly, and where the site could be clearer or faster.
Specific uses on this site
- Remembering your cookie consent choice
- Cloudflare bot detection for site security
- Google Analytics page-view and session tracking
- Anonymous measurement of which calculators are used most
- Performance routing to reduce page load times
- No advertising, remarketing, or cross-site tracking
Third-Party Cookies
Two third-party services place cookies on Trevly pages. Both are industry-standard infrastructure services used by millions of websites. Their cookies are governed by their own privacy policies, which are linked below.
Google Analytics sets cookies that track aggregated user behaviour within our site. The data flows to Google's servers and is accessible to Trevly through the Analytics dashboard. We have enabled IP anonymization so your precise location is never stored.
Cloudflare sets a security cookie (typically named __cf_bz or __cfruid) to distinguish legitimate visitors from automated bots. This is a performance and security measure with no tracking function beyond the current session.
We do not use Facebook Pixel, advertising networks, retargeting tools, or any third-party service that tracks behaviour across websites. If that ever changes, this policy will be updated and a notice will be posted on the site before the change takes effect.
Google Analytics privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy · Cloudflare privacy policy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
Third-party services active
- Google Analytics — anonymized usage stats only
- Cloudflare — security and performance routing
- No Facebook Pixel or social tracking
- No advertising networks or retargeting cookies
- No data sold to third parties
- IP anonymization enabled on all analytics
Your Cookie Choices
You are in control. There are four practical ways to manage cookies on Trevly, ranging from adjusting a single preference to blocking all non-essential cookies site-wide.
Consent tool: When you first visit, a banner gives you the option to accept or decline optional analytics cookies. Your choice is stored and respected on every future visit. You can revisit this choice at any time by clearing your browser cookies and reloading the page.
Browser settings: Every major browser lets you block, delete, or restrict cookies at the domain level. Instructions for each are in the section below. Note that blocking essential cookies may cause some pages to behave unexpectedly—the calculators are JavaScript-based and do not depend on cookies for their core calculations, so the tools themselves will still work.
Google Analytics opt-out: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent Analytics tracking across all websites you visit, not just Trevly.
Private browsing: Incognito or private mode prevents cookies from persisting between sessions. Every visit starts fresh with no history of previous choices.
Ways to control cookies
- Accept or decline via our on-site consent banner
- Block or delete cookies in your browser settings
- Install Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on
- Use private / incognito browsing mode
- Block specific domains in browser cookie controls
- Calculator tools still work even if cookies are blocked
Good to know: Blocking analytics or performance cookies will not prevent you from using any calculator on Trevly. All eight tools run entirely in your browser using JavaScript. No cookie is required to compute your GPA, attendance percentage, or study hours.
Cookies that earn their place—nothing more
When we designed Trevly, we made a deliberate choice: no accounts, no paywalls, no data collection that isn't strictly necessary. That same thinking applies to cookies.
Essential cookies keep the site secure and stable. Analytics cookies help us understand which calculators students find most useful so we can make them better. Performance cookies from Cloudflare keep pages loading quickly for users around the world.
That's the entire list. No advertising. No cross-site tracking. No profiling. If you decide to block every non-essential cookie, the calculators work exactly the same way—because the actual computation happens locally in your browser, not on our servers.
Managing cookies in your browser
Step-by-step paths to the cookie settings in the four most-used browsers.
Chrome
Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data. Choose "Block third-party cookies" to restrict analytics while keeping essentials active.
Firefox
Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. Firefox Enhanced Tracking Protection is on by default and blocks most third-party trackers automatically.
Safari
Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data. Enable "Prevent cross-site tracking" to block third-party cookies without affecting site functionality.
Edge
Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data. Choose "Balanced" or "Strict" tracking prevention to limit non-essential cookies across the web.
Policy Updates
This Cookie Policy will be updated if we add new services, change how existing cookies are used, or when legal requirements change. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.
If we add any new cookies that collect data beyond what is described here, we will post a notice on the site and update the consent banner before the change takes effect—so you always have the opportunity to review and adjust your preferences.
Minor wording clarifications or formatting updates are made without a formal notice, since they do not change what data is collected or how it is used. For those, the updated date is the only indicator of a revision.
Questions about this policy?
If anything in this Cookie Policy is unclear, or if you want to know more about how a specific cookie is used, reach out directly at contact@trevly.xyz. We respond to every message and will give you a straight answer.