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Cookie Policy

Last Updated: June 8, 2026

Effective Date: June 8, 2026

Plain-Language Summary

A cookie is a small file your browser stores on your device when you visit a website. Cookies help websites remember things — like that you're logged in, that you accepted a notice, or that you visited before.

Able Years uses cookies for four things:

  1. Make the website work (session, security).
  2. Understand how visitors use the site (analytics).
  3. Remember your preferences (e.g., that you accepted a notice).
  4. Measure our advertising — but only if you allow “marketing” cookies in the banner. If you decline marketing, no advertising pixels load.

You can change your choice anytime using the “Manage cookies” link in the footer, or use your browser settings and the opt-out links below to limit cookies. The website will still work without analytics or marketing cookies; some functional cookies are necessary.

1. About This Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Able Years LLC (“Able Years,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies on our website at https://ableyears.com.

This Cookie Policy is part of, and incorporated by reference into, our Privacy Policy. For information about how we handle personal information generally, see the Privacy Policy. For information about how we handle “consumer health data” under Washington's My Health My Data Act (RCW 19.373), see the Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy.

2. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are categorized by who sets them. First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting (in our case, ableyears.com). Third-party cookies are set by a service we have integrated (e.g., Google for Analytics, or Meta for advertising measurement when you allow marketing cookies).

They are also categorized by how long they last:

  • Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
  • Persistent cookies stay on your device for a defined period.

We also use:

  • Local storage and session storage — browser-side storage similar to cookies. We use this for transient state (e.g., progress through the Independence Assessment).
  • Server logs — records kept by our hosting provider (Vercel) of HTTP requests, including IP address, user agent, and referrer.

For brevity, “cookies” in this Policy means cookies and these similar technologies.

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly necessary

These cookies are required for the website to function (session identification, security anti-CSRF tokens). You cannot disable them without breaking core functionality. They are first-party and session-scoped.

3.2 Functional

These remember your preferences (e.g., a record that you previously dismissed a notice). They are first-party and persist for up to 12 months.

3.3 Analytics

We use website analytics to understand traffic patterns and improve the site. Analytics runs under Google Consent Mode v2 and is controlled by the “analytics” choice you make in the cookie banner.

  • Google Analytics 4 (GA4)— helps us see which pages people read, how long they stay, and where the site is confusing. GA4 runs under Google Consent Mode. Until you allow analytics cookies — and if you choose “Reject Non-Essential” — GA4 loads in cookieless mode: it sets no _ga cookies on your device and sends only aggregated, non-identifying measurement signals. If you allow analytics cookies, GA4 sets first-party _ga and related _ga_* cookies to measure usage. We do not receive your name, email, or phone number through GA4.

3.4 Advertising and measurement pixels

The Meta Pixel and the Meta Conversions API (its server-side counterpart) are active on this website. They load and send data only after you grant “marketing” consentin the cookie banner. Until you choose — and if you select “Reject Non-Essential” — the Meta Pixel never loads, no _fbp or _fbc cookie is set, and nothing is sent to Meta.

When you have allowed marketing cookies, these tools:

  • Measure advertising-driven actions on the site — for example page views, content views (“ViewContent”), and form submissions (“Lead”) — and report that activity to Meta so we can measure and improve our Facebook and Instagram advertising.
  • Set two first-party cookies, _fbp and _fbc, which Meta uses to attribute those actions to an ad click. These are set only with marketing consent.
  • On a form submission, may include a one-way hashed (irreversible) version of the contact details you typed, so Meta can match the conversion. We do not send Meta your readable name, email, or phone number.

Your health information is kept away from Meta.The Independence Assessment — where you enter information about your health — is deliberately excluded from the Meta Pixel and Conversions API. No Meta Pixel event fires on the assessment, and your answers and Independence Score are never sent to Meta or any other advertising platform. See our Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy.

3.5 Browser storage (localStorage / sessionStorage)

We use first-party browser storage to keep transient state, including partial progress through the Independence Assessment so you don't lose progress if the page reloads. The values never leave your device through this mechanism.

4. How to Opt Out of Cookies

4.1 Through your browser settings

All major browsers let you control cookies through their settings:

  • Chrome: chrome://settings/cookies
  • Firefox: about:preferences#privacy
  • Safari: Preferences → Privacy
  • Edge: edge://settings/privacy

You can block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or delete cookies after each session.

4.2 Through third-party opt-out tools

4.3 Browser-level signals: Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Where technically feasible, we honor:

  • Global Privacy Control (GPC).If your browser sends a GPC signal, we treat it as a request to opt out of “sale” and “sharing” of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising under CCPA/CPRA. (See our Privacy Policy.)
  • Do Not Track (DNT). If your browser sends a DNT header, we limit non-essential cookies on a best-effort basis.

5. Children

Our website is not directed to children under 18, and we do not knowingly set cookies for users we know to be under 18.

6. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Material changes (adding a new tracking technology, changing the consent mechanism, or adding a new third-party processor) will be communicated by:

  • Updating the “Last Updated” date at the top.
  • For registered members, sending an email notice at least 30 days before the change takes effect.

7. Contact

For questions about this Cookie Policy:

  • Email: nick@ableyears.com
  • Phone: (509) 309-0946
  • Mail: Spokane, Washington (specific address available upon request — studio location to be confirmed)

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