Privacy & Cookies

Cookie Policy

Last Updated: April 22, 2026

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the owners of the site.

At BudgetScore, we use cookies to help you navigate our site, remember your survey progress, and understand how people are using our platform.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas or complete your purchase.
  • Analytics & Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website. This helps us improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.
  • Functional Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Targeting/Marketing Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our website and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

3. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the service, deliver advertisements on and through the service, and so on.

For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors interact with our site. We also use payment processor cookies (like Stripe) to ensure secure transactions.

4. How to Manage Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

Please note that if you disable cookies, some parts of the BudgetScore website may not function correctly, particularly the survey progress and checkout features.

5. Do Not Track

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. At this time, we respond to "Do Not Track" signals where technically feasible to honor your privacy choices.

6. Updates to This Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please email us at hello@budgetscore.co.