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Cookie Policy

Last updated May 9, 2026

Plain-English version: The site uses two kinds of cookies — basic ones that make pages work, and Google Analytics ones that count anonymous traffic. You can turn analytics off in your browser. Nothing here tracks you across other sites.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files a website saves on your device when you visit. They help a site remember things like your form input, whether you're logged in (this site doesn't have logins), or how many people are reading a particular page. They don't run programs and they don't read other files on your device.

What this site uses

defelicehomes.com sets a small number of cookies. Here's the full list:

  • Google Analytics 4 (_ga, _ga_*) — anonymous usage measurement. Counts page views, how long visitors stay, what they click. Configured to not send personally identifying data and to anonymize IPs at the country level. Set by Google. Expires after up to 24 months.
  • Vercel functional cookies — used by the platform that hosts the site to route traffic to the right server and verify the connection is healthy. No personal data.

That's it. There are no advertising cookies, no retargeting pixels, no third-party social-media trackers (Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn) on this site.

Embedded content

If a page on this site embeds an external player (a Calendly scheduler, a YouTube video, a map), that embedded service may set its own cookies according to its own policy. Those services are operated by third parties and their cookies are not under my control. Their policies:

If a page on the site uses one of these, it will be visible — there's no hidden tracking.

How to turn cookies off

Three options:

  • Browser settings. Every modern browser lets you block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or delete existing cookies. Search your browser's settings for "Cookies." Blocking all cookies will not break this site, but may break other sites you use.
  • Google Analytics opt-out. Install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This is the cleanest way to be invisible to GA4 across every site that uses it, not just this one.
  • Private/Incognito browsing. Cookies set in a private window are deleted when the window closes.

Do Not Track

Some browsers send a Do Not Track header. There is no industry-wide standard yet for what sites should do with it. This site's analytics are already configured to respect anonymization defaults; I do not currently take additional action on the DNT header beyond that.

If something changes

If I add a new cookie (for example, a chat widget that needs one), I will update this page and bump the "Last updated" date. The Privacy Policy gets updated at the same time so the two are always in sync.

Contact

Cookie questions: ian@defelicehomes.com

Last updated 2026-05-09.