This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Medical Bill Reader ("we," "us," "our") uses them, and how you can control them.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your web browser when you visit a website. They help the site remember your preferences and understand how you interact with the site.

Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. They include:

CookieConsent (Cookiebot): Stores your cookie consent preferences so we do not ask you repeatedly. Expires after 12 months.
Theme preference: Stores your light/dark mode preference in localStorage (not a cookie, but similar local storage).

Analytics Cookies

We use analytics cookies only with your consent to understand how visitors use our site. These cookies collect information in an aggregated, anonymous form.

Google Analytics: Collects anonymous usage data (pages visited, time on site, referral source). Set only after you grant consent via our cookie banner.

Advertising Cookies

Google AdSense may set cookies to serve ads and measure ad performance. On pages where medical bill analysis occurs, we serve only non-personalized ads to protect your health data privacy. Advertising cookies are set only after you grant consent via our cookie banner.

Google AdSense cookies: Used to serve relevant advertisements and limit how often you see an ad. These are blocked until you provide consent.

Cookie Consent

We use Cookiebot as our Consent Management Platform (CMP), certified by Google and compliant with IAB TCF v2.2. When you first visit our site, a cookie banner asks for your consent. Non-essential cookies (analytics, advertising) are blocked until you opt in.

For visitors in the EU/EEA/UK, we follow an opt-in model — no tracking cookies fire until you give affirmative consent. For visitors in California and other US states with privacy laws, we follow an opt-out model and honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals automatically.

How to Control Cookies

You can manage cookies in several ways:

Cookie banner: Use the Cookiebot banner that appears on your first visit. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie icon in the bottom-left corner of any page.
Browser settings: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Check your browser's help documentation for instructions.
Global Privacy Control: Enable GPC in your browser to automatically signal your opt-out preference.
Opt out of Google ads personalization: Visit Google Ads Settings.

Disabling essential cookies may prevent parts of the website from functioning correctly. Disabling analytics or advertising cookies will not affect your ability to use the medical bill analysis tool.

Health Data and Cookies

Medical bill content is never stored in cookies, localStorage, or any client-side storage. Your uploaded bills are processed in server memory and deleted immediately after analysis. No health data is ever passed to advertising or analytics systems.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please visit our Contact page or email us at support@medicalbillreader.com.