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Cookie Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026. This policy explains cookies, browser storage, and related tools used on Audio – Video Alternatives, LLC'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.
Embedded content has separate controls
Some pages show content embedded from other services, such as videos, maps, social media posts, or reviews. Your browser requests this content from its provider. The provider receives request information and may use its own cookies or browser storage. The site cookie banner does not control the provider's embedded frame.
Tools, providers, and storage
The website automatically collects your IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, and time on site. The table below identifies providers, what they do, and their cookies or storage where identified. Some tools receive information through browser requests or form submissions rather than through a listed cookie.
| Tool | What it does | Cookies / storage (how long) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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_<id> cookie — 2 years (typical; not measured on this site) | Privacy policy Opt out |
| 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 |
| 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. | None found by our scan Elfsight sets its own cookie on its servers (elfsight_viewed_recently) to load and count widget views. | Privacy policy |
| Font Awesome icons Fonticons, Inc. | Delivers the icons used on the website; your browser requests them from Font Awesome's servers, which receive your IP address. | None found by our scan | 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 |
| AQ website chat assistant AQ Marketing; replies are generated using Anthropic's AI service | Answers visitor questions in a chat window and, if the visitor chooses, collects contact and project details so the business can follow up. Chat messages and any details provided are kept by the business and its marketing agency, AQ Marketing, and sent to the business's CRM. | None found by our scan | — |
| Customer review widgets the review service shown on the page (for example ReviewWave, Reviewability, HighLevel Reputation or Yelp) | Shows customer reviews on some pages; your browser loads them from the review service, which receives your IP address. Some review widgets run their own page statistics inside their frame (for example Cloudflare Web Analytics, which uses no cookies). | None found by our scan | — |
| 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. | __cf_bm cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)_cfuvid cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site) | 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 | — |
Our cookie banner remembers your choices. If you allow analytics, your browser may also send this site a list of the names of cookies and similar storage it holds for this site, at most once a day. It does not send their contents. This list is not stored with anything that identifies you. It is used only to keep this Cookie Policy accurate.
How long storage lasts
- Google Analytics cookies named _ga and cookies whose names begin with _ga_ last for 2 years.
- Cloudflare cookies __cf_bm and _cfuvid are session cookies.
- The cookie banner's aq_consent cookie lasts for 180 days.
- The cookie banner's aq_consent_report localStorage entry remains until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent.
Cross-site tracking and Do Not Track
Third parties may collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use this website.
This website does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals. It does honor Global Privacy Control signals.
Clearing browser storage
To remove the cookie banner's aq_consent_report entry, clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent through "Cookie settings" at the bottom of any page.
Policy updates and questions
We post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date.
For questions, call (603) 765-2647 or write to Video Alternatives, LLC at 131 Daniel Webster Hwy #442, Nashua, New Hampshire 03060.
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