What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and give website owners information about how visitors use their site.

This Cookie Policy explains the types of cookies we use on the SC Forensic Services, LLC website, why we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, secure access to areas of the website, and remembering your cookie preferences. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Examples of essential cookies we use:

  • Cookie consent preferences - remembers your cookie choices
  • Session management - maintains your session state
  • Security cookies - help protect against malicious activity

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting anonymous information. This data helps us improve our website and services.

Information collected may include:

  • Pages visited and time spent on each page
  • How you arrived at our website (referral source)
  • Pages you navigate to from our site
  • Device and browser type
  • Approximate geographic location (country/city level)

This information is aggregated and anonymous. It cannot be used to identify you personally.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Marketing cookies may:

  • Remember that you visited our website
  • Limit the number of times you see an advertisement
  • Help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns
  • Personalize content based on your interests

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are set by third-party service providers. We use the following third-party services that may set cookies:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics cookies collect information about your use of our website, including your IP address (which may be anonymized). Google uses this information to analyze website activity and prepare reports.

For more information about Google Analytics cookies, visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy

FormSubmit

We use FormSubmit to process our contact forms. FormSubmit may use cookies for spam prevention and form submission tracking.

For more information, visit: https://formsubmit.co/privacy

Google Maps

Our contact page includes a Google Maps embed. Google may set cookies when you interact with the map.

For more information, visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy

How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to:

  • Accept All: Accept all categories of cookies (essential, analytics, and marketing)
  • Reject All: Accept only essential cookies and reject analytics and marketing cookies
  • Customize: Choose which cookie categories you want to accept or reject

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings button in our cookie banner or by clearing your browser cookies.

How to Disable Cookies in Your Browser

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

Google Chrome

  1. Click the three dots in the top-right corner
  2. Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies
  3. Choose your preferred cookie settings

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Click the menu button (three horizontal lines)
  2. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security
  3. Under "Cookies and Site Data," choose your preferences

Safari

  1. Go to Safari > Preferences
  2. Click the Privacy tab
  3. Choose your cookie preferences under "Cookies and website data"

Microsoft Edge

  1. Click the three dots in the top-right corner
  2. Go to Settings > Cookies and site permissions
  3. Choose your cookie preferences

Impact of Disabling Cookies

Disabling certain cookies may affect your experience on our website:

  • Essential cookies cannot be disabled - they are required for the website to function
  • Disabling analytics cookies will not affect website functionality, but we will not be able to improve our website based on visitor behavior
  • Disabling marketing cookies may result in seeing less relevant advertisements

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that signals websites not to track your online activity. Our website responds to Do Not Track signals by not setting analytics or marketing cookies if the signal is enabled in your browser.

Cookies and Mobile Devices

Our website is also accessible on mobile devices. Cookies on mobile browsers function similarly to desktop browsers. You can manage cookie preferences in your mobile browser settings.

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices. We will post any changes on this page and update the "Last updated" date.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

  • Company: SC Forensic Services, LLC
  • Address: 24200 SOUTHWEST FWY, Rosenberg, TX 77471
  • Phone: +1 (945) 408-5590
  • Email: admin@nelsonforensic.org