Privacy policy

Last updated 30 August 2026.

What we do not collect

The STEP viewer, image compressor and JSON formatter run in your browser. File bytes are not uploaded to ForgeKit servers. Calculator inputs stay on your device unless you choose to copy them elsewhere.

Cookies

A first-party key remembers light/dark theme and your cookie choice. That is the only cookie AlwaysReach sets itself.

Advertising and analytics

AlwaysReach is free and is funded by Google AdSense. Ads are labeled “Advertisement” and sit around the tool, never inside a calculated result. Tools are meant to be used on alwaysreach.io.

We load Google AdSense (including Auto ads). We may also load Google Analytics, EthicalAds, and Cloudflare Web Analytics. Google and EthicalAds may set their own cookies and collect device and usage data according to their policies, used to show and measure ads. Cloudflare Web Analytics is cookie-free and does not identify individual visitors.

Use the banner to choose essential-only (non-personalized ads, no Analytics) or accept ads (personalized ads). You can change this by clearing the site data for alwaysreach.io in your browser.

Google’s policies: Google Privacy Policy · How Google uses cookies in advertising. EthicalAds: EthicalAds privacy.

Search Console

A verification meta tag is emitted when NEXT_PUBLIC_GSC_VERIFICATION is set. It does not track visitors.