Cookie Policy
Last updated: September 2026 · Effective: September 2026
We Use Cookies — Including Advertising Cookies
CarCostBreakdown.com uses essential session cookies, Google Analytics cookies, and Google AdSense advertising cookies. We display ads served by Google AdSense to help fund the free tools and data on this site. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You can manage your ad preferences at any time.
3. Google AdSense & Advertising
CarCostBreakdown.com is a participant in the Google AdSense programme. We display ads to help fund the free car cost tools and global data we provide. Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to collect data about your browsing behaviour in order to serve relevant advertisements.
How Google uses your data: Google may use the data collected through AdSense cookies to personalise the ads you see on this site and across other websites. Google's advertising partners may also use this data. For full details, see Google's Advertising Policies and Google's Privacy Policy.
Opt out of personalised ads: You can opt out of personalised advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party vendor advertising cookies via the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA).
Note: opting out of personalised ads does not mean you will no longer see ads on this site — it means the ads you see will be less relevant to your interests (non-personalised ads).
4. How to Manage Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies already on your device and set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site. Note: disabling essential cookies will prevent the calculator from remembering your currency and country selections.
Browser Cookie Settings:
- •Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- •Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- •Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- •Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
Google Analytics Opt-Out: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your visits.
Google AdSense / Advertising Opt-Out: Visit Google Ads Settings to manage or opt out of personalised advertising. You can also use the DAA opt-out tool or the EDAA opt-out tool.
5. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we use cookies from the following third-party services:
- •Google AdSense — serves display advertisements on our site. AdSense and its partners (DoubleClick/Google Display Network) place advertising cookies to serve relevant ads and measure ad performance. See Google's ad technology policies.
- •Google Analytics — provides aggregate website analytics. See Google's Privacy Policy.
Our data providers (U.S. EIA, World Bank, NHTSA, BLS) are accessed server-side via automated pipelines and do not set any cookies on your device. If you embed our calculator widget on your website, your own website's cookies are governed by your own cookie policy.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, including when we add new advertising partners or change how we use cookies. We will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
7. Contact
For questions about our use of cookies or advertising: [email protected]