Cookie Policy

A cookie policy with a real table - each cookie named, with its purpose and how long it lasts.

100% free. Runs entirely in your browser - your files and data never leave your device and nothing is uploaded to any server.

Template, not legal advice. This is a template, not legal advice. It describes the cookies you tell it about, so check the list against what your site actually sets - open developer tools, look at Application then Cookies, and compare. A policy that omits a tracker you are running is worse than no policy, and in the UK and EU it is the omission regulators act on.

Start from an example

Fills every answer with a worked example you can edit. Pick the one closest to your business.

0 of 4 details filled
Your site
Which rules apply to you
UK and EU law needs consent BEFORE a non-essential cookie is set. US law generally lets you set it and offer an opt-out. The difference changes what you must build, not just what you must write.
What sets cookies

Tick what you actually run. Open developer tools, look at Application then Cookies, and compare - most sites find one nobody remembers adding.

Anything else
Name, purpose and how long it lasts. Those three columns are what a cookie policy is actually for.

Cookie Policy

7 sections · 458 words · updates as you type

Cookie Policy

Last updated: 13 September 2026

About cookies on this site

This policy explains the cookies [Your business name] uses on [your website], what each one is for, and how to control them. It sits alongside our privacy policy, which covers personal information more generally.

A cookie is a small text file a site asks your browser to store. Some are set by us; others are set by services we embed, and those companies can read their own cookies across the sites that use them. Similar technologies - local storage, pixels and device fingerprints - do the same job, and everything below applies to those too.

The kinds of cookies we use

Essential. Needed for the site to function - signing in, keeping a basket, remembering your cookie choice. These cannot be switched off, and no consent is required for them.

Analytics. Tell us how many people visit, which pages they read and where they leave. We see totals and patterns, not individuals.

The cookies in use

Cookie preference - Essential

Remembers the choice you made in the cookie banner, so you are not asked on every page.

Lasts: 6 to 12 months

Google Analytics (_ga, _ga_*) - Analytics

Counts visits and pages, in aggregate, so we can see what is used and what is broken.

Lasts: Up to 2 years

Controlling cookies in your browser

Every major browser lets you see the cookies a site has set, delete them, and block new ones. The setting is under Privacy in Chrome, Edge and Firefox, and under Settings then Privacy in Safari.

Blocking all cookies will break parts of most sites, including this one - signing in and staying signed in depend on them. Blocking third-party cookies only is a good middle ground and rarely breaks anything.

Third-party cookies

Some cookies above are set by other companies rather than by us. We choose which of their services to embed, but we do not control the cookies those services set or what they do with them afterwards. Their own privacy and cookie policies govern that, and they are the right place to look for an opt-out that applies across every site using the same service.

Changes to this policy

We update this policy whenever we add or remove a service that sets cookies. The date below is when it last changed. If you think a cookie is being set that is not listed here, tell us at [your contact email] and we will check.

Generated from a template. Not legal advice - read it before you publish or sign it.

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About this tool

Cookie Policy Generator builds a cookie policy from your answers to a short questionnaire. It is for any site running analytics, advertising, embedded video, or a chat widget, and the right moment is as soon as you add the first script that is not strictly necessary. The part of a cookie policy regulators actually read is the table: each cookie named, who sets it, what it does and how long it lasts. "We use cookies to improve your experience" is the sentence quoted back in enforcement notices, not the one that satisfies them. The questionnaire is not decoration. Clauses appear and disappear based on what you tell it, which is why two people using this page get materially different documents rather than the same text with a different name at the top. Everything runs in your browser. What you type is never uploaded, never stored, and gone when you close the tab - which matters here more than on most tools, because these documents carry company details, client names and sometimes tax identifiers.

How to use this tool

  1. Answer the questionsBusiness or website name. Website address. Contact email. Nothing you type leaves the browser.
  2. Watch it assembleClauses appear and disappear as you answer, so the document matches what you actually do rather than a generic template.
  3. Copy or downloadCopy the text, or download as PDF, Word or plain text. The Word version is the one to edit.

Key features

  • Runs entirely in your browser. Nothing uploaded, nothing stored, no account.
  • Downloads as PDF, Word or plain text - the Word file is editable with no protection on it.
  • Built from your answers, so clauses you do not need are left out rather than padded.
  • Says plainly what it is and is not, above the preview rather than in a footer.
  • Free with no watermark, no email wall and no per-document limit.

Common uses

  • Giving a lawyer a draft to review rather than paying them to start from nothing.
  • Any site running analytics, advertising, embedded video, or a chat widget.
  • Getting something in place as soon as you add the first script that is not strictly necessary.
  • Replacing a copied document that describes a different business.
  • Preparing what a client, an app store or a payment processor has asked to see.

Tips for better results

  • Keep a copy of each version with its date. When someone asks what your terms said last March, the answer needs to be a file rather than a memory.
  • Listing the cookies you think you set rather than the ones you do. Open developer tools, look at Application then Cookies, and compare - most sites find at least one tracker nobody remembers adding.
  • Pair it with Cookie Consent Banner. Publishing one without the other leaves the gap people notice first.
  • Fill in the free-text fields rather than skipping them. The named lists - processors, exclusions, deliverables - are what make it read as yours rather than copied.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Listing the cookies you think you set rather than the ones you do. Open developer tools, look at Application then Cookies, and compare - most sites find at least one tracker nobody remembers adding.
  • Treating a generated draft as a reviewed one. This is a starting point, and where the stakes are real it is worth a professional reading it.
  • Hiding it. A document nobody can find does not do its job - it belongs in the footer of every page.
  • Leaving the placeholder text in. Anything in square brackets is a field you skipped, and readers spot them immediately.

Frequently asked questions

Answer the questions on the left. The document builds as you type, and you can copy it, or download it as PDF, Word or plain text when it looks right.

No. It assembles a draft from standard clauses, and every page says so above the preview. Cookie enforcement in the EU and UK is driven by complaints, and complaints are made by people who compared the policy to what their browser actually received.

Yes - free, no signup, no email required and no watermark. It runs in your browser, which is why it costs nothing to provide.

Broadly, any site running analytics, advertising, embedded video, or a chat widget. The best time to do it is as soon as you add the first script that is not strictly necessary.

Most people need Cookie Consent Banner and Privacy Policy as well. They cover the gaps this one does not.

Listing the cookies you think you set rather than the ones you do. Open developer tools, look at Application then Cookies, and compare - most sites find at least one tracker nobody remembers adding.

Yes. Download the Word version and change anything you like - it is a normal .docx with no protection on it.

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