Cookie Settings
Last updated: February 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device to ensure proper website functionality and improve user experience.
2. Types of Cookies Used
Essential Cookies
Required for:
- Authentication
- Session management
- Language preferences
- Security
These cookies cannot be disabled.
Analytics Cookies (Optional)
Used to understand how the website is used:
- Vercel Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity (session recording and heatmaps)
You can choose to enable or disable these cookies.
3. Marketing Cookies (Required)
We use Google Ads to display advertisements to free users. This is required to support the free version of our service.
Why are marketing cookies required?
- Filter Forge offers a free tier supported by advertising
- Marketing cookies are necessary to display relevant ads
- Users who prefer an ad-free experience can upgrade to our Pro plan
Google Ads may set cookies or similar identifiers to show personalized or non-personalized ads.
4. Consent Management
- Consent is requested on first visit
- Stored in a cookie and in the database
- Analytics preferences can be changed at any time via the Cookies page
- Marketing cookies are required for free users; upgrade to Pro for ad-free browsing
5. Third-Party Cookies
Google Ads
Google Ads is operated by Google LLC. Information about data processing by Google can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft Clarity is operated by Microsoft Corporation. Clarity records user sessions (clicks, scrolls, page interactions) and generates heatmaps to help us improve the user experience. Information about data processing by Microsoft can be found at: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement.
Lemon Squeezy
Payment processing is handled by Lemon Squeezy. When you complete a purchase, you are redirected to Lemon Squeezy's checkout page, which may set its own cookies. Information about data processing by Lemon Squeezy can be found at: https://www.lemonsqueezy.com/privacy.
6. Changes
This Cookies Policy may be updated to reflect legal or technical changes.