Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what techmarketingsolutions.com (the "Site"), run by Tech Marketing Solutions Dot Com LLC, stores in your browser, why, and how you control it. It is part of our Privacy Policy.

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files a website saves in your browser. Similar tools, such as browser "local storage" and tracking pixels, work in much the same way. In this Policy, "cookies" covers all of them.

2. What the Site uses

Necessary (always on). These keep the Site working and remember your choice. You cannot switch them off on the Site, but you can clear them in your browser.

• Your cookie choice. When you tap "Accept all" or "Necessary only," the Site saves that choice in your browser's local storage under the name site-consent, so the banner does not ask you again on every page. It stays until you clear your browser data or change your choice. It is never sent to us.
• Hosting and security. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, may set a short-lived security cookie to tell people from bots and protect the Site from attacks.

Analytics and advertising (only after you tap "Accept all"). None of these load until you choose "Accept all." Before that, the Site tells Google that ad and analytics storage is denied.

• Meta Pixel (Meta Platforms). Measures which Facebook and Instagram ads bring visitors and requests, and lets us show our ads again to past visitors. It sets the _fbp cookie, and _fbc when you arrive from a Meta ad. These usually last about 90 days.
• Google Ads tag (Google). Measures which Google ads lead to a form request. It may set Google advertising cookies.
• Google Analytics (Google). If we turn it on, it counts visits and shows which pages are useful, with IP addresses shortened. It sets _ga cookies.

We switch these tools on only when we need them. Whether a given tool is running or not, it never loads without your "Accept all."

3. A note about our forms

When you send a form, our server may send Meta a scrambled (hashed) copy of your email and phone number to count the lead. This is not a cookie, and it does not happen if you chose "Necessary only" or used "Your privacy choices." Section 6 of our Privacy Policy explains it in full.

4. How to change your choice

Click "Your privacy choices" at the bottom of any page. It switches the ad and analytics tools off right away (the same as "Necessary only") and shows the banner again, so you can pick "Accept all" or "Necessary only." Your new choice takes effect at once.

Cookies that Meta or Google already set stay in your browser until they expire or you delete them. Turning the tools off stops them from loading and sending new data. To remove the old cookies, clear this Site's cookies and site data in your browser.

5. Browser controls

Every major browser lets you see, block and delete cookies. Look under Settings, then Privacy or Security, in Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Edge. Blocking all cookies may stop parts of some websites from working, but the Site's pages and forms work without them.

You can also limit ads based on your activity in your Meta ad preferences, Google's My Ad Center and the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page.

6. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

The Site does not yet respond automatically to "Do Not Track" or Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. Ad and analytics tools stay off unless you tap "Accept all." If you want us to treat your GPC signal as an opt-out, contact us and we will honor it.

7. Changes

If we add or change a tool, we will update this page and its effective date. If a new tool needs your consent, the banner will ask you again.

8. Contact

Questions? Email jay@techmarketingsolutions.com or call or text 630.660.9671.