Cookie Policy | Tech Guys Fix Marketing

The short version

This site stores three small things in your browser so it works. It does not set any advertising or analytics cookies unless you accept them in the banner. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat that as a no and do not ask. You can change your mind at any time with the link in the footer of every page.

What cookies and browser storage are

A cookie is a small text file a website places in your browser. Browser storage (local storage and session storage) does a similar job without the file leaving your device. Websites use both to remember things between pages and visits. Some are needed for a site to work. Others are used to measure advertising or to follow you across sites, and those are the ones privacy laws care about.

What this site uses

Essential (always on)

These make the site work and are not used for advertising. They stay on your device and are not sent to us.

tgfmConsent (local storage). Your cookie choice from the banner, so we do not ask again. Kept until you clear your browser data.
tgfmDraft (session storage). What you typed in the call request form, so it survives if your phone reloads the page. Cleared when you close the tab.
tgfmBarClosed (session storage). Remembers that you closed the bottom bar on your phone. Cleared when you close the tab.

Advertising and analytics (only if you accept)

We run Google Ads for our own business. If you accept, Google tags on this site may set cookies to measure whether our ads led to your visit and to show our ads to people who visited this site. Depending on which Google tags we have installed, these can include:

_gcl_au, _gcl_aw (Google Ads conversion measurement). About 90 days.
IDE, test_cookie (Google advertising, set on a Google domain). Up to about 13 months.
_ga, _ga_* (Google Analytics, if installed). Up to 2 years.

Until you accept, these tags are told to stay in "denied" mode using Google's consent settings, and they set no advertising or analytics cookies. If we have not installed the tags at all, nothing is set either way.

Fonts

The fonts on this site are loaded from Google Fonts. Google Fonts does not set cookies, but Google receives your IP address when your browser requests the font files.

Your choices

The banner. "Accept all" turns advertising and analytics cookies on. "Reject non-essential" leaves them off. Both choices take one click.
Cookie settings. The link in the footer of every page reopens your choices. So does the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link.
Global Privacy Control. If your browser or an extension sends the Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as an opt-out from targeted advertising and the sale or sharing of your information, and we do not show the banner. Learn more at globalprivacycontrol.org.
Your browser. Every browser lets you block or delete cookies and site data. Blocking essential storage may stop the form draft and banner choice from being remembered.
Google. Opt out of personalized ads at adssettings.google.com, and block Google Analytics with the add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

State privacy laws

As of the date of this policy, these states have comprehensive consumer privacy laws in force: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia. More are on the way. Most of these laws only apply to businesses far larger than ours, but we follow their core rules for everyone, wherever you live:

We tell you what we collect and why, here and in our Privacy Policy.
Advertising and analytics cookies are off until you turn them on, and turning them off again is one click.
We honor the Global Privacy Control signal as an opt-out, which California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon and Texas require.
We do not sell your personal information. Allowing Google advertising cookies can count as "sharing" for targeted advertising under California law, which is why the footer has a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link. It opens the same settings.
You can ask to see, correct or delete your information by emailing [email protected]. We will answer within 45 days and will not treat you differently for asking.

Changes

If we add or remove cookies, we will update this page and its effective date. If a change means we need your choice again, the banner will come back.

Contact

Tech Guys Fix Marketing, LLC
[email protected]
859-251-8535

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