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Cookie Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026. This policy explains the cookies, browser storage and related tools used on Dermatology Associates of Winchester'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 shows 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.
Our website does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals. It honors Global Privacy Control signals.
Embedded content and outside services
Some pages include embedded content, such as videos, maps, social media posts or reviews. Loading this content sends request information, such as your IP address and browser information, to its provider. The provider may use cookies or browser storage. Embedded content operates separately from the optional analytics and advertising controls. Google Maps receives your IP address and may set its own cookies when the map loads.
Yes, third parties may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our website. Google Ads conversion tracking collects activity across other websites. It measures which Google ads lead to calls, form requests or visits and lets Google show our ads to people who visited this site.
Tools, purposes and storage
The table below lists the tools used on our website, their providers, their purposes and the available cookie and storage details. Some services receive information through your browser's 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 |
| Google Maps embed Google LLC | Shows an interactive map on some pages; your browser loads it from Google, which receives your IP address and may set its own cookies. | None found by our scan Google may set its own cookies when the map loads. | 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. | elfsight_viewed_recently cookie — not verifiedElfsight sets its own cookie on its servers (elfsight_viewed_recently) to load and count widget views. | 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 |
| Image, file and code hosting outside image, storage and code-library services (for example Unsplash, Pexels, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, jsDelivr) | Some images, files and code libraries on the website are loaded from outside services, which receive your IP address and browser details. | None found by our scan | — |
| Google Ads conversion tracking Google LLC | Measures which Google ads lead to calls, form requests or visits, and lets Google show our ads to people who visited this site. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| 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. | _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 | — |
- Google Analytics uses the _ga cookie and a property-specific cookie. Each lasts 2 years.
- Cloudflare uses the _cfuvid cookie for the session.
- Our cookie banner uses the aq_consent cookie to remember your choices for 180 days.
- The banner also uses aq_consent_report in localStorage. It lasts until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent.
- Elfsight uses the elfsight_viewed_recently cookie. Its duration has not been verified.
If you allow analytics, your browser may send this site a list of the names of cookies and similar storage it holds for this site, at most once a day. It never sends their contents for this purpose. The list is not stored with anything that identifies you. We use it only to keep this Cookie Policy accurate.
Updates and questions
We post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date. For questions, email info@dermatology-assoc.com or call (781) 729-4878.
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