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Cookie Policy

Last updated: March 21, 2025

Contents

  1. What Are Cookies?
  2. Cookies We Use
  3. Third-Party Cookies
  4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
  5. Browser-Level Controls
  6. Changes to This Policy
  7. Contact

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, phone, tablet) by a website when you visit it. They're widely used to make websites work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide basic analytical information to the site operator.

Cookies are not programs — they cannot run code or carry viruses. They're simply data files stored in a specific location by your browser.

2. Cookies We Use

Pipeline Repair uses a minimal set of cookies. We have no interest in tracking you across the web or building advertising profiles. Here's exactly what we use:

Cookie Name Type Purpose Duration
fr_cookie_consent Essential Stores whether you've accepted or declined our cookie banner, so we don't ask again on every visit. 1 year
fr_session Essential Temporary session identifier used to maintain your session state during a single visit. Not used for tracking. Session (deleted when browser closes)
Analytics cookies (if accepted) Analytics Aggregate, anonymized data about how pages are visited (e.g., most popular pages, approximate location at city level). No personal profiles are built from this data. Up to 90 days

Essential Cookies

These are required for the website to function. Without them, certain features (like our contact form or the cookie consent banner) wouldn't work properly. Essential cookies are placed regardless of your consent preference, as they are technically necessary.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies are only placed if you accept cookies via our banner. They help us understand how visitors use our website in aggregate — for example, which pages are visited most often and how long people spend on them. This data is never linked to individual identities.

If you decline, no analytics cookies are set and your browsing won't be tracked.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Our website embeds a Google Maps iframe on our contact page to show our location. Google may set cookies through this embed. We don't control these cookies — they're subject to Google's own privacy and cookie policies.

We do not use any advertising networks, social media tracking pixels, or other third-party data collection tools.

4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner appears at the bottom of the screen. You can:

  • Accept — enables all cookies including analytics.
  • Decline — only essential cookies are placed.

Your preference is stored locally in your browser. If you want to change your choice, clearing your browser's local storage (or cookies) for our website will reset the banner.

5. Browser-Level Controls

You can also control cookies directly through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

  • View and delete individual cookies
  • Block cookies from specific websites
  • Block all third-party cookies
  • Enable "Do Not Track" headers

Here's how to access cookie settings in the most common browsers:

  • Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
  • Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
  • Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data

Note: Blocking essential cookies may affect some website functions, such as our contact form.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy if our use of cookies changes. The "Last updated" date above reflects the most recent revision. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

7. Contact

If you have questions about how we use cookies, contact us:

Pipeline Repair
20 Larkin Ave, Toronto, ON M6S 1L8, Canada
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 780-879-5944