Legal
Cookie Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026. This policy explains cookies and similar browser storage used on Howe Legal's website.
Your cookie choices
Optional 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 those tools. Use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page to switch analytics or advertising cookies off, or back on, at any time.
Embedded content operates separately from the optional analytics and advertising controls. Some pages include content from other services, such as maps or widgets. Loading this content sends request information, such as your IP address and browser information, to its provider. The provider may use cookies or browser storage. Google Maps may set its own cookies when the map loads.
Tools and providers
| Tool | What it does | Cookies / storage (how long) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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_<id> cookie — 2 years (typical; not measured on this site) | Privacy policy Opt out |
| 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 |
| 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. | None found by our scan Elfsight sets its own cookie on its servers (elfsight_viewed_recently) to load and count widget views. | Privacy policy |
| Font Awesome icons Fonticons, Inc. | Delivers the icons used on the website; your browser requests them from Font Awesome's servers, which receive your IP address. | None found by our scan | 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 |
| 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 | — |
Our cookie banner remembers your choices. If you allow analytics, your browser may also send this website 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 report. The list is not stored with anything that identifies you. It is used only to keep this Cookie Policy accurate.
How long storage lasts
- Google Analytics: the _ga cookie and cookies whose names begin with _ga_ last 2 years.
- Cloudflare: _cfuvid and __cf_bm are session cookies.
- Cookie banner: the aq_consent cookie lasts 180 days.
- Cookie banner: aq_consent_report uses localStorage. It lasts until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent through Cookie settings.
Cross-site tracking and browser signals
Other parties may collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our website.
Our website does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals. We honor Global Privacy Control signals. You can also use Cookie settings at the bottom of any page to switch analytics or advertising cookies off or back on.
Policy updates and questions
We post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date. For privacy questions, email ahowe@howelegal.com or call (978) 454-9167.
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