Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains, in plain language, what mike-a.info (this website and its private portfolio area) stores in your browser, why, and for how long. It is part of the Privacy Policy of Miguel Makes, LLC dba Michael Makes, LLC.

The short version

• By default, the site only uses what it needs to work.
• Analytics and Marketing stay off until you turn them on. Nothing optional runs before you choose.
• If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, both stay off automatically and you won't see the banner.
• You can change or withdraw your choice at any time with Manage Preferences in the footer. Your choice is saved for 12 months, then you are asked again.

Necessary (always on)

These keep the site working and can't be switched off. None of them track you.

Name	Why it's stored	Where	How long
cookie_consent_analytics, cookie_consent_advertising	Remember your choices, with the date and policy version	Browser storage	12 months
showcase_session	Keeps the private portfolio unlocked after you enter the password	Secure cookie that page scripts can't read	1 day
mike-spotlight-threads-v1, mike-spotlight-active-v1, mike-spotlight-dock-v1	Save your AI chat conversations and whether the chat window is open, on your device only	Browser storage	Until you clear your browser storage
showcase_viewed_ followed by the date	Remembers which case studies you opened today in the private portfolio	Browser storage	Replaced the next day
from-showcase	Remembers that you came from the private portfolio during this visit	Session storage	Until you close the tab

Analytics (off unless you allow it)

Name	Why it's stored	Where	How long
ma_visitor_id	A random ID that lets the site tell new visits from repeat visits without knowing who you are	Browser storage	Until you withdraw consent or clear your browser storage

When you allow Analytics, each page you visit sends the page address, the site that referred you, a general device type (desktop, tablet, or mobile), and that random ID to this site's own database. No name, email address, or IP address is recorded, and the data is never sold. If you withdraw consent, counting stops immediately and the ID is deleted from your browser. You can ask for visits already recorded to be deleted by emailing michaelaco@proton.me.

Marketing (off unless you allow it)

Some pages include videos hosted by YouTube (Google) and Vimeo. Until you allow Marketing, these videos are replaced by a placeholder and nothing is loaded from those providers. Once you allow it, the providers may set their own cookies, which can be used to track you across other sites and to personalize ads. How long those cookies last is set by each provider: see Google's cookie policy and Vimeo's cookie policy. YouTube videos load from Google's reduced-cookie domain (youtube-nocookie.com).

If you withdraw consent, the videos are unloaded right away. Cookies those providers already set belong to their own websites, so this site can't delete them for you. You can remove them in your browser settings.

Services that load without cookies

Fonts from Google Fonts and a page-animation library from Webflow's content network load on every page. They don't set cookies, but like any web request they receive your IP address and basic browser details so the files can be delivered.

How to change your choice

• Use Manage Preferences in the footer of any page to turn each purpose on or off, or to withdraw consent.
• Clearing your browser storage also removes your choices, and the banner will ask again.

Global Privacy Control

If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, this site treats it as a refusal of every optional purpose, even if you accepted before, and won't show the banner.

Changes

This policy may be updated when what the site stores changes. If the changes affect your choices, you'll be asked again.

Contact

Questions about cookies can be sent to michaelaco@proton.me.