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Cookie Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026. This policy explains the cookies and similar browser storage used on Pondview Construction's website.
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 while the banner is showing counts as accepting these tools.
Use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page to switch analytics or advertising cookies off, or back on, at any time. We honor Global Privacy Control signals.
Tools used on this website
The website automatically collects your IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, and time on site. The tools below support hosting, security, spam protection, website features, cookie choices, analytics, and advertising.
| Tool | What it does | Cookies / storage (how long) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 |
| 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. | _cfuvid cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)__cf_bm cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site) | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | — |
| Gauges website statistics Gauges (provided with Pressable hosting) | Counts page views for hosting-level traffic statistics. | 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. | _gid cookie — 24 hours (typical; not measured on this site)_gat_UA-153866851-17 cookie — not verified_ga cookie — 2 years (typical; not measured on this site)_ga_CXT4N7B5GV cookie — not verified | Privacy policy Opt out |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Embedded content
Some pages show embedded Elfsight widgets. Your browser loads this content from Elfsight, which receives your IP address and browser details.
Cookies and storage duration
- The cookie banner remembers your choices in the aq_consent cookie for 180 days.
- If you allow analytics, your browser may send this site a list of cookie and similar storage names at most once a day. It does not send their contents. The list is not stored with anything that identifies you and is used only to keep this policy accurate.
- The banner's aq_consent_report entry uses localStorage. It remains until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent.
- Google Analytics uses _gid for 24 hours and _ga for 2 years. The durations of _gat_UA-153866851-17 and _ga_CXT4N7B5GV have not been verified.
- Cloudflare's _cfuvid and __cf_bm cookies last for a session.
- The duration of Elfsight's elfsight_viewed_recently cookie has not been verified.
Tracking across websites
Yes, third parties may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use this website. Google Ads collects activity across other websites. We share data for targeted advertising.
Do Not Track
This website does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals. We do honor Global Privacy Control signals. You can also use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page to switch analytics or advertising cookies off or back on.
Policy updates
We post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date.
Contact
Pondview Construction51 Carleton Rd, Tewksbury, MA 01876
Email: brian@pondviewconstruction.com
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