Website Privacy

Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how TradeProList uses cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies when homeowners, contractors, and other visitors use our website, forms, accounts, and contractor portal.

Effective Date: [July 27, 2026] Last Updated: [July 27, 2026] Applies to tradeprolist.com

Policy Contents

1. Overview 2. What Cookies Are 3. Similar Technologies 4. How We Use Them 5. Cookie Categories 6. First and Third Parties 7. Cookie Inventory 8. Cookie Duration 9. Your Choices 10. Browser Controls 11. Privacy Signals 12. Advertising 13. Embedded Services 14. Children 15. Policy Updates 16. Contact Us

You can change optional cookie preferences at any time through the site’s cookie settings tool.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Privacy Policy. By using TradeProList, you acknowledge that certain technologies may be required for website security, project submissions, account access, and other essential Platform functions. Optional technologies will be managed according to the choices presented through our cookie-consent tools.

1. Overview

TradeProList may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, protect forms and accounts, remember preferences, understand website usage, measure marketing performance, and improve the homeowner and contractor experience.

Some technologies are placed directly by TradeProList. Others may be placed by vendors that provide hosting, security, analytics, advertising, communications, payments, embedded content, or other website services.

The technologies used may change as TradeProList adds, removes, or modifies website features and service providers.

2. What Cookies Are

A cookie is a small text file or data record stored on a browser or device when a person visits a website.

Cookies can help a website recognize a browser or device during the current visit or during later visits.

Depending on their purpose, cookies may remember:

Whether a user is signed in.
Security and authentication information.
Form or session progress.
Language, location, or display preferences.
Pages visited and links selected.
Advertising or referral information.
Whether a cookie-consent choice has been made.

3. Similar Technologies

In addition to browser cookies, TradeProList and its providers may use similar technologies, including:

Local storage

Local storage allows information to be stored within a browser or device and may be used for preferences, form progress, portal functionality, or consent choices.

Pixels and tags

Pixels and tags are small pieces of code that may help measure page visits, email engagement, conversions, advertising performance, or other interactions.

Software development tools and scripts

Website scripts may collect technical and interaction information needed for forms, security, analytics, customer support, and site functionality.

Device and browser identifiers

Service providers may assign identifiers to browsers, devices, sessions, accounts, or interactions to support security, measurement, or personalization.

4. How We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies

TradeProList may use these technologies to:

Display and operate the website.
Process homeowner project submissions.
Operate contractor applications and contractor accounts.
Maintain secure login sessions.
Protect forms from spam, bots, fraud, and abuse.
Remember privacy and cookie preferences.
Maintain project-status and account functionality.
Understand which pages and features are used.
Diagnose errors and improve website performance.
Measure traffic sources and project-form conversions.
Evaluate advertising effectiveness when advertising tools are enabled.
Personalize website content or regional information.
Support customer service, chat, maps, videos, or embedded features.

5. Categories of Cookies

Strictly Necessary

These technologies support essential functions such as security, authentication, account access, form submission, fraud prevention, and cookie-preference storage.

Required

Functional

Functional cookies remember selections and provide enhanced features such as location preferences, saved form information, interface settings, chat, or embedded content.

Optional

Analytics and Performance

These technologies help us understand traffic, visitor interactions, page performance, form completion, errors, and how people use the website.

Optional

Advertising and Measurement

Advertising technologies may measure campaigns, attribute project submissions to advertisements, limit repeated ads, or support personalized advertising where permitted.

Optional

Security and Fraud Prevention

These tools help identify suspicious traffic, unauthorized account activity, automated submissions, malicious requests, and other security threats.

Usually Required

Communication Services

Communication tools may support live chat, email-form delivery, customer support, call attribution, or contractor and homeowner communications.

Depends on Service

6. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

First-party cookies

First-party cookies are placed by or for TradeProList and generally relate to website operation, contractor portal sessions, form security, preferences, and direct website measurement.

Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies are placed by outside service providers whose technology appears on or supports the website.

Depending on the tools enabled, third parties may provide:

Website hosting and content delivery.
Security, spam prevention, and bot detection.
Analytics and performance measurement.
Advertising and conversion measurement.
Maps, videos, fonts, or embedded content.
Payment processing.
Email, text, chat, or customer-support services.
Contractor verification or account services.

Third-party providers may process information under their own privacy notices and contractual obligations.

7. Cookie and Technology Inventory

Complete this table before publishing. The table must reflect the actual cookies, pixels, scripts, and providers running on the live TradeProList website. Remove services that are not installed and add any services that are missing.

Cookie or Service	Provider	Category	Purpose	Typical Duration
`wordpress_logged_in_*`	TradeProList / WordPress	Strictly Necessary	Helps maintain authenticated contractor or administrator sessions.	Session or limited persistent period.
`wordpress_sec_*`	TradeProList / WordPress	Security	Supports secure authentication and protected account functions.	Session or account-session duration.
`tpl_cookie_preferences`	TradeProList	Strictly Necessary	Stores the visitor’s cookie-consent and preference selections.	Replace with actual duration.
`tpl_session`	TradeProList	Strictly Necessary	May support project forms, security, navigation, or session continuity.	Session.
[ANALYTICS COOKIE NAME]	[ANALYTICS PROVIDER]	Analytics	Measures website traffic, page usage, events, and project-form activity.	[INSERT DURATION]
[ADVERTISING COOKIE OR PIXEL]	[ADVERTISING PROVIDER]	Advertising	Measures advertisements, referrals, conversions, or remarketing activity.	[INSERT DURATION]
[SECURITY COOKIE]	[SECURITY PROVIDER]	Security	Helps detect malicious requests, bots, spam, and suspicious traffic.	[INSERT DURATION]
[CHAT OR SUPPORT COOKIE]	[SUPPORT PROVIDER]	Functional	Supports customer-service chat or remembers a support session.	[INSERT DURATION]
[PAYMENT COOKIE]	[PAYMENT PROCESSOR]	Strictly Necessary / Security	Supports secure payment, billing, and fraud prevention when paid features are enabled.	[INSERT DURATION]
[EMBEDDED MEDIA COOKIE]	[VIDEO, MAP, OR MEDIA PROVIDER]	Functional	Enables embedded maps, videos, fonts, or other third-party content.	[INSERT DURATION]

Cookie names and expiration periods may change when providers update their services. The cookie-consent tool or current website scan may provide additional details.

8. Session and Persistent Cookies

Session cookies

Session cookies generally remain active only during the current browser session and are commonly removed after the browser is closed.

Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies remain on the device until they expire, are replaced, or are deleted by the user.

The duration of a persistent cookie depends on its purpose, the provider’s configuration, legal requirements, and TradeProList’s settings.

9. Your Cookie Choices

Depending on your location and the technologies enabled, you may be able to:

Accept All Permit essential and optional cookie categories presented through the consent tool.

Reject Optional Cookies Continue using essential website functions while declining optional analytics, functional, or advertising technologies.

Choose by Category Enable or disable available cookie categories individually.

Change Preferences Later Reopen the cookie-settings tool and update previous choices.

Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they support security, authentication, consent storage, and core website functions.

10. Browser and Device Controls

Most browsers allow users to view, delete, block, or limit cookies through browser settings.

Browser controls may include options to:

Delete stored cookies.
Block all cookies.
Block third-party cookies.
Receive a warning before a cookie is stored.
Clear website data when the browser closes.
Restrict cross-site tracking.

Website functionality may be affected. Blocking required cookies may prevent contractor login, project-form submission, security validation, saved preferences, payment functions, or other Platform features from working properly.

Browser and device settings operate separately from the TradeProList cookie-preference tool. Clearing browser data may also remove a previously saved consent choice.

11. Global Privacy Control and Similar Signals

Some browsers or extensions can send privacy preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, indicating that a user wishes to opt out of certain sale, sharing, or targeted-advertising practices.

Where TradeProList is legally required to recognize a supported signal, we will process it according to applicable law and our technical capabilities.

A browser signal may not disable technologies that are strictly necessary to operate or secure the website.

12. Advertising and Conversion Measurement

TradeProList may use advertising or conversion tools to understand whether advertisements, search results, social media, referral websites, or other campaigns lead to project submissions or contractor applications.

Depending on the service and consent choices, these tools may process:

Cookie or device identifiers.
IP address and approximate location.
Browser and device information.
Pages viewed and links selected.
Referral and campaign information.
Project-form or application conversion events.

TradeProList will identify advertising providers in the cookie inventory once those services are selected and enabled.

Advertising tools are not required for core services. Where required, advertising cookies and pixels should remain inactive until the visitor makes the applicable consent choice.

13. Embedded Content and External Services

TradeProList pages may contain content or tools supplied by third parties, including:

Maps and location tools.
Videos or media players.
Social-media content.
Live-chat or support widgets.
Payment forms.
Scheduling tools.
License-verification or business-information tools.

An embedded provider may place cookies or collect information when its content loads or when a user interacts with it.

Optional embedded content may be blocked until the user accepts the corresponding cookie category.

14. Children’s Privacy

TradeProList is intended for adults, homeowners, property representatives, and contractor businesses. It is not directed to children under 13.

We do not intend to use cookies to knowingly profile or advertise to children under 13.

Please contact TradeProList if you believe a child has provided information through the website without appropriate authorization.

15. Changes to This Cookie Policy

TradeProList may update this Cookie Policy when we:

Add or remove website features.
Change analytics or advertising providers.
Add payment, chat, maps, video, or support services.
Change cookie durations or purposes.
Expand into new service areas.
Respond to legal, security, or operational developments.

The updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

When appropriate, TradeProList may also provide notice through the cookie banner, website, contractor portal, email, or another reasonable method.

16. Contact TradeProList

Privacy and Cookie Contact

Include the browser or device used, the nature of your question, and any relevant screenshots or details that may help us review the issue.

Business: TradeProList

Legal Entity: [INSERT LEGAL BUSINESS NAME]

Privacy Email: [email protected]

Support Page: Contact TradeProList

Mailing Address: [INSERT BUSINESS MAILING ADDRESS]

Website: tradeprolist.com

This Cookie Policy supplements the TradeProList Privacy Policy and describes website tracking technologies rather than the complete handling of homeowner, contractor, and project information.