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Cookie Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026. This Cookie Policy explains how Independent Mechanical Contractors Inc. uses cookies and similar browser storage on this website.
What the website uses
The website uses tools to remember your cookie choices, measure visits, track advertising results, display fonts, icons and widgets, and protect pages and forms. Some tools store cookies or localStorage in your browser. Others receive information when your browser requests content or you submit a form.
Your cookie choices
Analytics and advertising tools stay off until you click "Accept all" on the cookie banner or scroll the page while the banner is showing; scrolling counts as accepting them.
Use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page to switch analytics or advertising cookies off, or back on, at any time.
Tools and companies
The table lists the tools used on this website, who provides them, their purposes, and available cookie and storage details.
| Tool | What it does | Cookies / storage (how long) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics 4 Google LLC | Measures how visitors find and use the website (pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser type) so we can improve it. | _ga cookie — 2 years (typical; not measured on this site)_ga_<id> cookie — 2 years (typical; not measured on this site) | Privacy policy Opt out |
| Google Fonts Google LLC | Delivers the website's typefaces; your browser requests them from Google's servers, which receive your IP address. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Pressable website hosting Automattic Inc. (Pressable) | Hosts the website; its servers process standard request data such as IP addresses in server logs. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Gauges website statistics Gauges (provided with Pressable hosting) | Counts page views for hosting-level traffic statistics. | None found by our scan | — |
| Elfsight widgets Elfsight LLC | Shows embedded content widgets from Elfsight on some pages; your browser loads them from Elfsight, which receives your IP address and browser details. | elfsight_viewed_recently cookie — not verifiedElfsight sets its own cookie on its servers (elfsight_viewed_recently) to load and count widget views. | Privacy policy |
| Font Awesome icons Fonticons, Inc. | Delivers the icons used on the website; your browser requests them from Font Awesome's servers, which receive your IP address. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Akismet spam filtering Automattic Inc. | Checks form submissions for spam. What you submit in a form, with your IP address and browser details, is sent to Akismet to decide whether it is spam. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| hCaptcha spam protection Intuition Machines, Inc. | Checks that form submissions come from a person rather than an automated bot; hCaptcha receives your IP address and browser details. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Google Ads conversion tracking Google LLC | Measures which Google ads lead to calls, form requests or visits, and lets Google show our ads to people who visited this site. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Cloudflare security and delivery Cloudflare, Inc. | Protects the website and its forms from attacks and automated bots and helps deliver pages quickly. Cloudflare receives your IP address and browser details. | __cf_bm cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)_cfuvid cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site) | Privacy policy |
| Cookie consent banner (part of this website) AQ Marketing (first party; no outside company involved) | Remembers the cookie choices you make on this site. If you allow analytics, your browser may also send this site, at most once a day, a list of the names of the cookies and similar storage it holds for this site — never their contents. The list is not stored with anything that identifies you, and it is used only to keep this Cookie Policy accurate. | aq_consent cookie — 180 daysaq_consent_report local storage — Until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent | — |
How long browser storage lasts
If you allow analytics, your browser may send this website a list of the names of cookies and similar storage it holds for this site, at most once a day. It does not send their contents. The list is not stored with anything that identifies you. It is used only to keep this Cookie Policy accurate.
Tracking across other websites
Third parties may collect information that identifies you and tracks your online activity over time and across different websites when you use this website. We share data for targeted advertising. Google Ads collects activity across other websites and lets Google show our ads to people who visited this site.
Browser privacy signals and cookie settings
This website does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals. It honors Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. For control over analytics and advertising cookies, use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page. You can use it to switch those cookies off, or back on, at any time.
Updates and questions
We post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date. If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, email syuan@independentmechanical.com or call (781) 287-0415.
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