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Cookie Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026
This policy explains the cookies, browser storage and related tools used on Steve’s Services’s website.
What the website uses
The website uses tools for hosting, security, spam protection, shopping, chat, embedded content, traffic measurement and advertising. Some tools use cookies, localStorage or sessionStorage in your browser. Others receive information when your browser loads their content. The table below identifies the providers, their purposes and the available storage details.
| Tool | What it does | Cookies / storage (how long) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| AQ website chat assistant AQ Marketing; replies are generated using Anthropic's AI service | Answers visitor questions in a chat window and, if the visitor chooses, collects contact and project details so the business can follow up. Chat messages and any details provided are kept by the business and its marketing agency, AQ Marketing, and sent to the business's CRM. | agency-chatbot:session:<site> local storage — Until you clear your browser storageagency-chatbot:attention-dismissed:<site> session storage — Until you close the browser tabagencyChatbot.muted local storage — Until you clear your browser storage | — |
| 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 |
| Google Tag Manager Google LLC | Loads the website's other measurement and advertising tags from one place. It runs only after a visitor accepts, because the tags it loads can track activity for advertising. | 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 |
| WooCommerce shop this website (WooCommerce) | Keeps your shopping cart and order details while you shop. | None found by our scan | — |
| SEO and site tools LinkStorm, NytroSEO, Google Translate / GTranslate, PrintFriendly, Better Business Bureau seals, Adobe Fonts | Internal-link, translation, trust-seal and font services some pages load; each receives your IP address and the page address. | None found by our scan | — |
| Anthropic API Anthropic, PBC | Generates the chat assistant's replies from the messages you type. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| LeadConnector (HighLevel) CRM HighLevel, Inc. (LeadConnector) | Our customer relationship management (CRM) system. Contact form and chat details are stored here so we can respond. Any HighLevel widget on the site (for example a booking or audit form) also runs on it. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Image, file and code hosting outside image, storage and code-library services (for example Unsplash, Pexels, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, jsDelivr) | Some images, files and code libraries on the website are loaded from outside services, which receive your IP address and browser details. | None found by our scan | — |
| 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)_gid cookie — 24 hours (typical; not measured on this site)_ga_G5LSXGPVPQ cookie — not verified | Privacy policy Opt out |
| Search Atlas SEO tools Search Atlas (used by AQ Marketing) | Applies search-engine improvements to the website's pages (titles, descriptions, structured data); your browser loads it from Search Atlas, which receives the page address and your IP address. | 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 |
How long browser storage lasts
- For Google Analytics, the recorded cookie durations are two years for _ga and 24 hours for _gid. The duration of _ga_G5LSXGPVPQ has not been verified.
- Cloudflare’s __cf_bm and _cfuvid are session cookies.
- The chat assistant’s session and mute settings remain in localStorage until you clear your browser storage. Its attention-dismissed setting remains in sessionStorage until you close the browser tab.
- The duration of Elfsight’s elfsight_viewed_recently cookie has not been verified.
Tracking across other websites
When you use this website, third parties may collect information that identifies you and relates to your online activity over time and across different websites. Google Ads collects activity across other websites. It measures ad results and lets Google show our ads to people who visited this site.
Your choices and browser signals
Optional tools require your acceptance. Use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page to accept, reject or change your choices at any time.
The website does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals. It does honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals.
To remove the chat assistant’s localStorage entries from your browser, clear your browser storage. Closing the browser tab ends its sessionStorage entry. This browser storage is separate from chat messages and details kept by the business and its marketing agency and sent to its CRM.
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