Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy | James Garrigan | IT Infrastructure Engineer | New York City
COOKIE POLICY
Last updated October 25, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how the website uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit the website at https://www.jamesgarrigan.info ("website"). It explains what these technologies are and why the website uses them, as well as your rights to control the website’s use of them.
A website may use cookies to collect personal information or information that becomes personal information if combined with other information.
Summary
- The website does not use cookies to collect personal information, or information that becomes personal information if combined with other information.
- The website neither displays ads nor collects analytical/tracking data via embedded code.
- The contact page uses Google Captcha to distinguish humans from bots or automated software.
- The cookie notification banner keeps a record during the session after a user clicks the “OK” button. The notification banner does not reappear after the user clicks “OK”.
- The videos are hosted by YouTube and thus this website does not manage the related cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by websites to make websites function, or to function more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner, in this case, are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through a website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and when it visits certain other websites.
Why does the website use cookies?
The website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for the owner’s website to operate, and the owner refers to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable the owner to track and target the interests of the owner’s users, enhancing their experience with the owner’s online properties. Third parties serve cookies through the owner’s website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in a Cookie Consent Manager. A Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected, as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
A Cookie Consent Manager is usually found in a notification banner on a website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use the website; however, your access to some functionality and areas of the website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through the owner’s website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through the owner’s website and to use some of the website’s features, such as access to secure areas.
| Name: | rc::a |
| Purpose: | Used on the contact page to track and analyze user behavior to distinguish humans from bots or automated software. |
| Provider: | www.google.com |
| Service: | reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expiration Period: | persistent |
| Name: | wp_gdpr_cookie_preferences |
| Purpose: | The cookie notification banner keeps a record during the session after a user clicks the “OK” button. The notification banner does not reappear after the user clicks “OK”. |
| Provider: | Unsupported WordPress plugin |
| Service: | Cookie Notification Banner |
| Type: | html_local_storage |
| Expiration Period: | session |
| Name: | AMP-CONSENT |
| Purpose: | The cookie notification banner keeps a record during the session after a user clicks the “OK” button. The notification banner does not reappear after the user clicks “OK”. |
| Provider: | Unsupported WordPress plugin / Google AMP Code |
| Service: | Cookie Notification Banner |
| Type: | http_cookie |
| Expiration Period: | 11 months 30 days |
Third party performance and functionality cookies:
These cookies enhance the performance and functionality of the website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
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Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help the owner understand how the owner’s website is being used or how effective the owner’s marketing campaigns are, or to help the owner customize the owner’s website for you.
| Name: | s7 [False positive] |
| Purpose: | Gathers data regarding site usage and user behavior on the website. [False positive] |
| Provider: | This is a false positive that only occurs when the cookie notification banner is enabled. |
| Service: | Adobe Analytics [False positive] |
| Type: | html_local_storage [False positive] |
| Expiration Period: | Persistent [False positive] |
Unclassified cookies:
These are cookies that have not yet been categorized. The owner is in the process of classifying these cookies with the help of their providers.
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How can I control cookies on my browser?
The method to refuse cookies through your web browser controls varies from browser to browser; you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
- Digital Advertising Alliance
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. The owner may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables the owner to recognize when someone has visited the owner’s website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Do you use Flash cookies or “Local Shared Objects”?
Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of the owner’s services, fraud prevention, and other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block “Flash Cookies” storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to as "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with the owner’s services or online content.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through the owner’s website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable the owner to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
How often will you update the Cookie Policy?
The owner may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies the owner uses or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about the owner’s use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about the owner’s use of cookies or other technologies, please contact the owner of the site via the contact page .