Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Zachnology, LLC) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website — for example advertising, interactive content, and analytics. The parties that set these cookies can recognise your device both when it visits the website in question and when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use third-party cookies for two purposes: to understand how visitors interact with the Website (analytics), and to fund the Website (advertising).

No cookies are set for either purpose before you provide consent through our cookie consent banner. You can update your preferences at any time using the “Manage Cookie Preferences” link in the site footer.

The Website’s core functionality — creating a countdown, opening a shared countdown link, running a classroom timer, embedding a clock in another page — does not rely on any cookies at all and works fully with everything declined.

How is my consent stored?

We use Silktide as our cookie consent manager. Silktide stores your consent preferences in your browser’s local storage (not a cookie), using keys prefixed with stcm.ccn.. Your consent choice is therefore stored locally on your device and is not transmitted to any external server. No consent cookies are set by our consent manager.

Two other preferences are stored the same way and never leave your device: your light or dark theme choice, and your language preference.

How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject analytics and advertising cookies. You can exercise those rights by setting your preferences in the cookie consent banner, or at any later point via the “Manage Cookie Preferences” link in the footer. Essential functionality does not rely on any cookies.

You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the way to do this varies from browser to browser, check your browser’s help menu for details.

In addition, most advertising networks offer a way to opt out of targeted advertising. See aboutads.info/choices, youronlinechoices.com, or Google Ads Settings.

Analytics cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Website, allowing us to improve our content and user experience. They are only set after you grant analytics consent. We use Google Analytics 4 via Google Tag Manager with Google Consent Mode v2, meaning no Google Analytics cookies are set prior to your consent.

Advertising cookies

The Website is free to use and is funded by advertising. Advertising cookies are only set after you grant advertising consent. Until you do, ad identifiers are redacted and advertising storage is denied through Google Consent Mode v2.

These cookies are set by our third-party advertising partners rather than by us, so the exact names and lifetimes depend on which partner serves a given ad. The partners authorised to sell advertising on this site are published in our ads.txt file; at the time of writing they are Microsoft Advertising and Xandr/AppNexus. Google, through Google AdSense, may also serve advertising on this site.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites. Declining advertising consent in our banner prevents these cookies from being set on this site.

What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

Cookies are not the only way to recognise or track visitors to a website. We may use other similar technologies from time to time, such as web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files containing a unique identifier that enable us to recognise when someone has visited our Website. In many cases these technologies rely on cookies to function, so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

How often will you update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last updated.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, email us at support@zachnology.com or use our contact form. Our full privacy notice covers everything else we do with data. You can also write to us at: