How Cookies and Similar Technologies May Be Used
This Cookie Policy explains how Services.Contractors may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functions, understand site use, remember choices, measure performance, and support advertising where applicable.
Website technologies should have an understandable purpose.
Cookies and similar technologies can help a website function, remember choices, measure activity, protect against misuse, or support advertising and related measurement.
Not every technology is used for the same purpose, and not every technology is necessarily active during every visit to Services.Contractors.
Where choices or consent are required, the available controls should reflect the technologies actually in use.
A cookie is a small piece of information stored by a browser or device.
Websites can use cookies to recognize a browser or device, remember information between visits, support a session, store preferences, or understand how a website is used.
Some cookies last only for the current browsing session. Others may remain until they expire or are removed through browser or device controls.
Similar technologies can also store, access, or transmit information.
Depending on the features in use, Services.Contractors may use or interact with technologies that perform functions similar to cookies.
Browser Storage
Local or session storage may help retain information within a browser for website functionality or preferences.
Pixels & Tags
Small pieces of code may help measure whether a page, message, or interaction occurred.
Server Logs
Web servers may record technical information associated with requests made to the website.
Similar Identifiers
Other technologies may recognize a browser, device, session, or interaction for a stated purpose.
Cookies and similar technologies may fall into different functional categories.
These categories describe common purposes. The exact technologies present on the site depend on the services and features actually enabled.
Technologies needed for core site functions.
These may support security, fraud prevention, form operation, session management, network functions, or other functionality necessary to deliver a feature you request.
Technologies that remember selections or settings.
These may help remember a preference, interface choice, consent selection, or other setting between visits where supported.
Technologies that help us understand website use.
These may help measure visits, page interactions, referral sources, technical performance, errors, and general usage patterns.
Technologies that may support advertising-related functions.
When advertising technologies are used, they may help deliver, measure, limit, personalize, or evaluate advertising depending on the service involved.
Some technologies may be operated by Services.Contractors, while others may come from service providers.
A first-party cookie generally comes from the website you are visiting. A third-party technology may be provided by another company whose service is used on the site.
Third-party services may support functions such as hosting, security, analytics, advertising, communications, embedded content, or other website features.
Those companies may have their own privacy and data-handling practices.
The technologies on a website can change as services are added or removed.
Cookie names, providers, functions, and expiration periods can differ by service and can change when website features or vendors change.
We do not want this policy to describe a technology as active unless it is actually part of the Services.Contractors site experience.
Different controls may be available depending on the technology.
Some website technologies are needed for requested functionality. Others may be subject to additional controls, settings, consent, or opt-out choices depending on applicable law and site configuration.
Where a cookie or privacy preference tool is available, you may be able to use it to manage supported non-essential technologies.
Most modern browsers provide settings for deleting, blocking, limiting, or otherwise managing cookies.
Some device or operating-system settings may provide additional privacy or tracking-related controls.
State privacy laws may provide additional rights concerning certain advertising, sale, sharing, or other processing activities.
Your browser can usually manage cookies directly.
Browser settings differ, but common controls may allow you to delete existing cookies, block new cookies, limit third-party cookies, or clear stored information.
Private or incognito browsing can reduce some information stored locally after a session, but it should not be treated as complete anonymity or comprehensive privacy protection.
Some site features may behave differently.
Blocking non-essential cookies may reduce analytics, personalization, advertising measurement, or other optional functionality.
Blocking technologies required for a requested feature may prevent that feature from functioning properly.
Some privacy laws recognize qualifying browser-based opt-out signals.
Depending on the jurisdiction and the processing involved, a recognized universal opt-out signal may communicate a privacy preference concerning certain activities.
Global Privacy Control, commonly called GPC, is one example of such a browser-based signal.
Different browser signals do not necessarily have the same meaning.
Browser privacy mechanisms have developed in different ways and may not carry identical legal or technical requirements.
A recognized universal opt-out mechanism should not be treated as interchangeable with every older or unrelated browser preference signal.
Cookie choices and the information you intentionally submit are different.
Blocking or limiting cookies does not automatically erase information that you intentionally enter into a homeowner project form, contractor application, contact request, or other website submission.
Information you actively provide is handled according to the purpose of the submission and our applicable privacy disclosures.
Technology and website services can change over time.
We may update this policy when website technologies, service providers, advertising practices, privacy controls, or applicable requirements change.
Where appropriate, an updated revision or effective date may be shown on this page.
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