What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow websites to recognize your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferences and settings. This can enhance your browsing experience by making the site more personalized and user-friendly.

At AutoFix Garage, we use cookies to improve your experience on our website and to understand how you interact with our content. This policy explains what cookies are, the types of cookies we use, how we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use several types of cookies on the AutoFix Garage website, each serving a specific purpose:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions such as page navigation, security, and access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the website cannot operate as intended. For example, essential cookies help us remember what services you have inquired about so that we can provide you with accurate information.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages from web pages. Performance cookies help us to improve the way our website works and to understand what content is most relevant to our users. This data is aggregated and anonymized.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They can also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
• Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission.

How We Use Cookies

AutoFix Garage uses cookies for the following purposes:

• To Improve Website Functionality: Cookies help us to understand how our website is used so we can improve its functionality and performance. For example, we may use cookies to optimize page loading times and to ensure that our website is compatible with different browsers and devices.
• To Personalize Your Experience: Cookies allow us to remember your preferences and settings, such as your language preference and region, so we can provide you with a more personalized browsing experience.
• To Analyze Website Traffic: We use cookies to analyze website traffic and to understand how visitors interact with our content. This information helps us to identify popular pages, to diagnose technical issues, and to improve the overall user experience.
• To Provide Targeted Advertising: With your consent, we may use cookies to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. This helps us to promote our services to potential customers who are likely to be interested in them.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to control your cookie preferences and to choose whether or not to allow cookies to be placed on your device. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to block all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being set. However, please note that if you block all cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly.

Here are some links to instructions on how to manage cookies in popular web browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

You can also use third-party tools to manage your cookie preferences, such as browser extensions and privacy settings. These tools can help you to block tracking cookies and to protect your privacy online.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies on the AutoFix Garage website. These cookies are placed by third-party service providers, such as advertising networks, analytics providers, and social media platforms. We use these cookies to deliver targeted advertising, to analyze website traffic, and to enable social sharing features.

We have carefully selected our third-party service providers and have taken steps to ensure that they comply with our privacy standards. However, we do not have direct control over these cookies. For more information about third-party cookies, please refer to the privacy policies of the relevant service providers.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies or to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. We will post any changes to this Cookie Policy on our website and will indicate the date of the last update. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.

Your continued use of the AutoFix Garage website after any changes to this Cookie Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact Information for Cookie Policy Inquiries

If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us:

AutoFix Garage
Attn: Data Protection Officer
456 Pine Street
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 555-2323
Email: [email protected]

Our Data Protection Officer, Eleanor Vance, is responsible for overseeing our compliance with data protection laws and regulations. She will be happy to assist you with any questions you may have.