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Cookie Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains the cookies and similar browser storage used on Ostiguy Landscape's website.
What the website uses and why
The website uses tools to remember your cookie choices, deliver pages and embedded content, protect forms, measure website use, and measure and show advertising. Some tools use cookies or localStorage in your browser. Others receive information when your browser loads their content or when you submit a form.
Companies, tools and storage
| Tool | What it does | Cookies / storage (how long) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Meta Pixel Meta Platforms, Inc. | Measures whether our Facebook and Instagram ads lead to visits or requests, and lets Meta show our ads to people who visited this site. | _fbp cookie — 4 months (typical; not measured on this site) | 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 |
| 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 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_4YQYE05H28 cookie — not verified | Privacy policy Opt out |
| 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. | _cfuvid cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)__cf_bm cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site) | 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 | — |
| 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 storage lasts
- The cookie banner's aq_consent cookie lasts 180 days. Its aq_consent_report localStorage entry lasts until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent.
- Google Analytics' _ga cookie lasts 2 years. The lifetime of _ga_4YQYE05H28 has not been verified.
- Meta Pixel's _fbp cookie lasts 4 months.
- Cloudflare's _cfuvid and __cf_bm cookies are session cookies.
- The lifetime of Elfsight's elfsight_viewed_recently cookie has not been verified.
Tracking across other websites
When you use this site, third parties may collect information that identifies you and tracks your online activity over time and across different websites. Meta Pixel and Google Ads collect activity across other websites. These tools also let Meta and Google show our ads to people who visited this site.
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.
If you allow analytics, your browser may send this site a list of the names of cookies and similar storage it holds for this site, at most once a day. This report never includes their contents. The list is not stored with anything that identifies you. It is used only to keep this Cookie Policy accurate. The related aq_consent_report entry lasts until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent.
Browser privacy signals
This website does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals. It honors Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. You can also change your analytics and advertising cookie choices through the Cookie settings link described above.
Updates and questions
We post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date.
For questions about this policy, email alex@ostiguylandscape.com, call (617) 923-4884, or write to 235 South Rd, Bedford, MA 01730.
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