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Cookie Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026. This policy describes cookies, browser storage, and related tools used on the Boston Portfolio Advisers website.
What our website uses
Our website uses tools to host and deliver pages, protect forms, display embedded content, answer chat questions, remember cookie choices, measure visits, and track advertising results. Information collected automatically includes your IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, and time on the site. The provider table below explains each tool's purpose and lists its cookies and storage where identified.
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 is showing counts as accepting these tools. Embedded content operates separately, as explained below.
Use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page to switch analytics or advertising cookies off, or back on, at any time. We honor Global Privacy Control signals. We do not respond to browser Do Not Track signals.
Embedded content and provider requests
Some pages include content embedded from other services. Loading embedded content sends request information, such as your IP address and browser information, to its provider. The provider may use cookies or browser storage. These embeds operate separately from the optional analytics and advertising controls. Google Maps receives your IP address and may set its own cookies when a map loads. Elfsight receives your IP address and browser details when its widgets load. Google Fonts receives your IP address when your browser requests the website's typefaces.
Tracking across websites
Yes. Other parties may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our website. Google Ads collects activity across other websites. We share data for targeted advertising. Google Ads measures which ads lead to calls, form requests, or visits and lets Google show our ads to people who visited this site.
Providers and tools
| Tool | What it does | Cookies / storage (how long) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| AQ website chat assistant AQ Marketing; replies are generated using Anthropic's AI service | Answers visitor questions in a chat window and, if the visitor chooses, collects contact and project details so the business can follow up. Chat messages and any details provided are kept by the business and its marketing agency, AQ Marketing, and sent to the business's team. | None found by our scan | — |
| 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_Y8ET5SZE8L cookie — not verified | Privacy policy Opt out |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jetpack Stats Automattic Inc. | Counts visits and page views so we can see how the website is used. | 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)__cf_bm 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 | — |
Storage and duration
- Google Analytics: the _ga cookie lasts 2 years. The duration of _ga_Y8ET5SZE8L has not been verified.
- Cloudflare: _cfuvid and __cf_bm are session cookies.
- Cookie choices: aq_consent lasts 180 days.
- Cookie reporting: aq_consent_report uses localStorage and remains until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent.
- Elfsight: elfsight_viewed_recently is identified as a cookie, but its storage details have not been verified.
If you allow analytics, your browser may also 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 through this reporting tool. The list is not stored with anything that identifies you. It is used only to keep this Cookie Policy accurate.
Changes and questions
We post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date. If you have questions, call us at (617) 227-7807.
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