Cookie Policy

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your browser when you visit. They are widely used to make sites work, to understand how visitors use them, and to deliver advertising. Some cookies are set by the site you are visiting ("first-party") and others are set by services embedded on that site ("third-party").

This policy describes the cookies and similar technologies set when you use HardwareAssetManagement.com, why they are set, and how to control them. It supplements our Privacy Policy.

Categories of Cookies We Use

1. Strictly Necessary

These cookies (or local storage entries) are required for the basic operation of the site, such as remembering whether your browser has loaded the latest stylesheet or has completed a security check at our hosting layer. They cannot be disabled without breaking the site.

2. Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-YRB74MV17L) to understand which articles are being read, where readers come from, and how the site is performing technically. The cookies and identifiers Google Analytics sets typically include:

• _ga — distinguishes unique visitors. Default lifetime: up to 2 years.
• _ga_<container-id> — used by GA4 to maintain session state. Default lifetime: up to 2 years.

Analytics data is reported in aggregate and does not identify you personally to us.

3. Advertising

This site participates in Google AdSense. When ads are served, Google and its advertising partners may set cookies on your browser to deliver, frequency-cap, measure, and (where allowed) personalize advertising. Cookie names and lifetimes are controlled by Google and its partners and may change; commonly used identifiers include cookies set on the doubleclick.net and google.com domains.

You can read about Google's cookie usage on advertising-supported sites at policies.google.com/technologies/cookies and review how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Managing or Opting Out

Opt Out of Personalized Advertising

• Google Ad Settings: turn off personalized advertising for your Google account at google.com/settings/ads.
• Industry opt-outs:
  • YourAdChoices (DAA, US)
  • Your Online Choices (EDAA, EU)
  • Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)

Opt Out of Google Analytics

Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or use a privacy extension that blocks the analytics tag.

Browser Controls

Every modern browser lets you view, block, and delete cookies. The location varies by browser, but typically lives under settings labeled "Privacy", "Security", or "Site Data". Helpful starting points:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

Blocking strictly necessary cookies may break the site. Blocking analytics or advertising cookies will not break it.

Global Privacy Control (GPC)

Where required by applicable law, we treat a Global Privacy Control signal as a request to opt out of "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Do Cookies Identify You Personally?

The cookies we set for analytics do not, by themselves, identify you personally to us. Advertising cookies set by Google and its partners may be combined with other information held by those companies to deliver personalized advertising; that processing is governed by their own privacy policies.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our use of cookies changes or as legal requirements evolve. The "Last reviewed on" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.

Questions

For privacy or cookie questions, email [email protected]. See also our Privacy Policy.