1. Purpose of This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains the current use of cookies and similar browser-storage technologies on the HG IT Solutions main corporate website. It should be read together with the Privacy Policy. It describes the main website application and should be reviewed whenever website technology or production services change.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data that a website or related service can place in a visitor's browser for purposes such as maintaining sessions, remembering preferences, measuring usage, supporting security, or delivering advertising. Similar technologies can include browser storage and other mechanisms used to retain or recognize information between interactions.
3. Current Main-Website Cookie Use
The main website uses optional Google Analytics 4 cookies only after you explicitly accept analytics. Contact and documentation-access forms do not require analytics consent. No Google Analytics script, request or cookieless analytics ping is initiated before acceptance.
4. Analytics and Advertising Cookies
Google Analytics 4 is provided by Google to help HG IT Solutions understand website usage. After consent, _ga identifies a browser and _ga_TVCQ0Z8KYG maintains analytics session information. The website configures these first-party cookies for a maximum of 180 days without automatic expiry renewal; browser restrictions may shorten their lifetime. Advertising storage, advertising personalization and Google signals are disabled in the website integration. Google Tag Manager is not used.
5. Persistent Browser Storage
The localStorage key hgit-analytics-consent-v1 stores your accepted or rejected analytics choice, a version and an expiry timestamp for 180 days. It is used to remember your privacy preference, not as an analytics identifier. Expired choices are no longer honored and are replaced when you choose again. If your browser prevents saving a choice, analytics remains off. Other form and interface state remains transient.
6. Hosting and Infrastructure
Hosting, content-delivery, security, network or infrastructure services may process technical connection information or introduce behavior outside the website application. Browser storage and production responses should be rechecked whenever those services change.
7. External Websites and Services
The website may link to external destinations such as the separate HG IT Solutions WordPress blog, WhatsApp, email or telephone services, and other third-party websites. A visitor who follows an external link interacts with that destination under its own technology, cookie practices, privacy terms, and settings. Cookies used by an external destination after navigation are not treated as cookies created by the main HG IT Solutions application merely because a link was provided.
8. Browser Functions
Browsers may independently retain ordinary cache, history, autofill information, or other user-controlled data. Browser extensions and locally installed software may also affect storage or network behavior. These functions are distinct from an application-defined cookie or persistent browser-storage mechanism.
9. Cookie Consent Mechanism
The privacy dialog offers equally accessible Accept analytics and Reject analytics buttons. Closing it without choosing does not grant consent. Use Cookie settings at the bottom-left of any page to change your decision or withdraw consent by selecting Reject analytics. Withdrawal stops subsequent analytics collection, removes this integration's accessible analytics cookies and reloads the page to remove the loaded Google runtime. It does not erase information already received by Google.
10. Future Changes That Require Review
This Cookie Policy should be reviewed when introducing or changing analytics, advertising, remarketing, embedded third-party media, authentication, customer accounts, personalization, marketing automation, CAPTCHA or a public Customer Portal.
11. Future Customer Portal
The planned Customer Project Portal is a separate future application and is not described as a current main-website service under this Cookie Policy. If the portal later uses authentication sessions, security cookies, preferences, analytics, or other browser technologies, its cookie and privacy requirements should be assessed separately before public launch.
12. Managing Cookies
You can reject analytics or withdraw consent through Cookie settings without losing access to the website. You may also delete cookies and localStorage through your browser. Deleting the saved preference means you will be asked again, with analytics off by default. Privacy choices apply to this browser and website origin, not automatically to other devices or the separate WordPress blog.
13. Changes to This Cookie Policy
This policy may be updated if the website, hosting environment, integrations, or applicable requirements change.
14. Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy may be submitted through the HG IT Solutions Contact Us page or the published business contact channels.