Cookies Settings

This Cookie Policy explains how Steel Shire Design, LLC ("Steel Shire Design," "we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website (the "Site"). This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more generally how we collect and use personal information.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit it. Cookies allow a site to recognize your device, remember your preferences, and understand how the site is being used. Similar technologies, such as local storage, serve comparable purposes and are addressed by this policy as well.

Cookies are generally classified by how long they last and who sets them:

• Session cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a set period, or until you delete them.
• First-party cookies: Set directly by the Site you are visiting.
• Third-party cookies: Set by a domain other than the one you are visiting (for example, a service we use to manage cookie consent).

2. How We Use Cookies

Steel Shire Design uses cookies to operate our Site reliably, understand how visitors use it, and remember your preferences. We use cookies for the following purposes:

• To enable core Site functionality, such as page navigation and form submission
• To remember your cookie consent choices so we don't ask you again on every visit
• To understand, in aggregate, how visitors interact with the Site so we can improve it

We do not use cookies for advertising, marketing, or cross-site retargeting, and we do not sell or share information collected through cookies.

3. Cookie Consent Management

We use CookieYes, a third-party consent management platform, to manage cookie consent on the Site. When you first visit the Site, a consent banner allows you to accept, reject, or customize which categories of non-essential cookies are placed on your device. Strictly necessary cookies are not subject to this choice, as the Site cannot function properly without them.

Once you make a choice, CookieYes stores your preference (using its own first-party cookie, described in the table below) so it persists across future visits. You can change your preferences at any time using the cookie settings link available in the Site footer, which reopens the consent banner.

For more information about how CookieYes itself processes data, see the CookieYes privacy policy at www.cookieyes.com.

4. Categories of Cookies We Use

The table below summarizes the categories of cookies used on the Site:

Category

Purpose

Consent Required?

Strictly Necessary

Required for the Site to function properly - for example, loading pages correctly and submitting forms. These cannot be switched off.

No

Functional

Remember choices you've made, such as your cookie consent preferences, so we don't have to ask again on each visit.

Yes

Analytics

Help us understand how visitors use the Site in aggregate - such as which pages are visited and how long visitors stay - so we can improve it.

Yes

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We do not use advertising, marketing, or social media cookies on the Site.

4.1 Specific Cookies

Below is a list of the individual cookies currently set on the Site. This list reflects our most recent cookie audit and is reviewed periodically; the authoritative, continuously updated list is available through the cookie settings link in the Site footer.

Category

Purpose

Consent Required?

cookieyes-consent

Stores your cookie consent preferences (CookieYes, first-party).

No

[Internal note: run a current cookie scan in the CookieYes dashboard and add any additional cookies detected - e.g., analytics cookies - with their name, provider, purpose, and expiry, before publishing this page.]

5. How to Manage or Disable Cookies

You have several ways to control cookies:

• Cookie consent banner: Use the cookie settings link in the Site footer to reopen the banner and update your preferences at any time.
• Browser settings: Most browsers let you view, delete, or block cookies through their settings menu. Refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions, as steps vary by browser and device.
• Do Not Track / Global Privacy Control: Some browsers support privacy signals such as Global Privacy Control. We honor valid opt-out preference signals where required by applicable law.

Please note that blocking or deleting strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the Site from working correctly.

6. Third-Party Cookies

Our consent management provider, CookieYes, places a first-party cookie on your device to remember your consent choices. Beyond this, we do not currently use third-party advertising, marketing, or retargeting cookies. If that changes, we will update this policy and our cookie consent banner accordingly.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us:

Steel Shire Design, LLC

Indiana

Email: legal@steelshire.com