Cookie notice
Updated 17 August 2026 · In force from 17 August 2026 · Australia
1. What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text entry that a site asks your browser to keep. Related technologies such as local storage and service workers do much the same job. They let a site remember a setting between visits, count visitors without naming them, or deliver a notification you asked for. This notice covers all of them, and it forms part of our privacy notice.
2. Categories used on ToonBench
2.1 Necessary
Always active, because the site cannot work without them. They carry no advertising value and are not shared.
| Entry | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| toonbench-crumb | Remembers whether you accepted or declined the optional categories, so the notice is not shown again | Local storage, until you clear site data |
| Hosting and security entries | Route the request, balance load and block abusive traffic | Session to 12 months |
2.2 Analytics
Loaded only after you accept. They tell us which reviews are read and where readers arrive from, in aggregate.
| Entry | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| Audience measurement | Counts visits and pages viewed, estimates region and referring source | Up to 14 months |
| Session identifier | Groups page views from a single visit | Session, up to 30 minutes of inactivity |
2.3 Advertising and marketing
Loaded only after you accept. This category also covers the browser notification service, because it identifies your browser in order to deliver messages you subscribed to.
| Entry | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| OneSignal push identifier | Identifies your browser so the digest and notifications you agreed to can be delivered; set once you allow notifications | Until you revoke the browser permission or unsubscribe |
| OneSignal service worker storage | Keeps the registration that lets notifications arrive when the page is closed | Until you clear site data |
| Advertising partner entries | Serve advertising placements, limit repetition and measure results | Up to 13 months |
3. Your choice
The banner at the bottom of the page lets you accept or decline the optional categories. Declining keeps only the necessary entries, and the site continues to work normally. Your decision is stored in your browser, not on our servers.
To change a decision you have already made, clear site data for toonbench.com in your browser and reload the page; the banner will appear again. Browser notifications are controlled separately in your browser settings and can be revoked there at any time.
4. Switching cookies off in the browser
- Chrome: Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies and Site data.
- Safari: Settings, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data.
- Firefox: Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Cookies and Site Data.
- Edge: Settings, then Cookies and site permissions.
Blocking all cookies may break parts of this and other sites, including the ability to remember that you dismissed this notice.
5. Third parties involved
Analytics, advertising and notification entries are set by the providers listed in section 6 of the privacy notice. Each of them publishes its own privacy documentation, and some process data outside Australia.
6. Questions
Write to desk@toonbench.com if anything here is unclear or if you want a category removed from your browser. If you are not satisfied with our answer, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).