Cookies Policy
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enable the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
Think of cookies as a website's memory. They allow a website to recognize a user's device and store some information about the user's past actions or preferences.
How We Use Cookies
At AutoFix Garage, we use cookies to improve your browsing experience, personalize content, and analyze our website traffic. Specifically, we use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, some services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for example, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
- Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to collect information about how users interact with our website. This helps us understand user behavior and improve our website's performance. Google Analytics uses cookies to track visitor interactions and collect data such as the number of visits, the pages visited, and the time spent on the site.
Types of Cookies We Use
The following table describes the types of cookies we use on our website and their purpose:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Maintains user session | Essential | Session |
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | Analytics | 2 years |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | Analytics | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | Analytics | 1 minute |
| cookieConsent | Remembers user's cookie consent preference | Functionality | 1 year |
Managing Cookies
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities may not work.
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. You can configure your browser to block all cookies, block third-party cookies, or clear cookies when you close your browser.
- Cookie Consent Tool: We may provide a cookie consent tool on our website that allows you to manage your cookie preferences. This tool will enable you to choose which categories of cookies you want to accept or reject.
- Opt-out Tools: You can opt-out of certain types of cookies, such as advertising cookies, by using opt-out tools provided by advertising networks and data analytics providers. For example, you can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Please note that disabling cookies may affect your experience on our website and may prevent you from using certain features.
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to the cookies we set ourselves, our website may also use cookies set by third-party providers, such as advertising networks and social media platforms. These cookies are subject to the privacy policies of the respective third-party providers.
We may use third-party cookies for the following purposes:
- Advertising: To deliver targeted advertisements based on your interests and browsing behavior.
- Social Media: To enable you to share content on social media platforms and to track your interactions with social media widgets.
- Analytics: To analyze website traffic and user behavior using third-party analytics tools.
Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies or changes in applicable laws and regulations. We will post any changes to this policy on our website and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a prominent notice on our homepage.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
AutoFix Garage
280 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (415) 555-2222
This Cookies Policy was last updated on October 26, 2023.