Home Fraud Defense™ Cookie Policy
Version: 1.1 Effective Date: May 7, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Home Fraud Defense, LLC ("HFD," "we," "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on the Home Fraud Defense websites and mobile apps (the "Services"). This Policy supplements, and is incorporated into, our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
1. Plain-English Summary
We use only the minimum cookies needed to run the site (sign-in session, security, preferences). We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, advertising networks, or any other cross-site tracking technology. Our website analytics provider, Plausible, is cookieless — it does not set any cookies and does not collect personal data. As a result, we do not display a cookie consent banner, because we are not setting any cookie that legally requires one.
2. What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your device when you visit. Cookies allow the website to recognize your device on subsequent visits, remember your preferences, keep you signed in, and secure your session. We also use similar technologies such as localStorage and sessionStorage; for simplicity, we refer to all of these collectively as "cookies" in this Policy.
3. Categories of Cookies We Use
3.a Strictly Necessary (always on)
These cookies are essential to operate the Services and cannot be turned off. Disabling them will prevent the site from functioning.
| Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|
| Authentication and session management | Sign-in session, CSRF protection, "remember me" |
| Security | Anti-fraud, rate-limit identification, abuse detection |
| Load balancing and routing | CDN edge selection, sticky sessions |
3.b Functional / Preference (always on, no tracking)
These cookies remember your settings and improve your experience. They do not identify you individually beyond your account or device.
| Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|
| Theme, language, and display preferences | Light/dark mode, font size |
| Recently viewed reports and saved searches | Last-viewed Property Visibility Report |
| Form-fill draft state | Suppression-request form draft on refresh |
3.c Analytics — cookieless
Website analytics are provided by Plausible Analytics (Plausible Insights OÜ, Estonia). Plausible is privacy-friendly by design:
- No cookies are set in your browser by Plausible.
- No personal data is collected. No IP addresses are stored, no device fingerprints are generated, no user identifiers are created.
- No cross-site tracking. Plausible cannot link your activity on this site to your activity on any other site.
- Aggregate metrics only. We see total page-view counts, referrer sources, and country-level geographic distribution.
Because Plausible is cookieless and does not process personal data, no consent is required under the EU ePrivacy Directive, GDPR, the CCPA/CPRA, or analogous U.S. state laws.
3.d Advertising / Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising
HFD does not use cookies for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not place advertising pixels (Google Ads, Meta/Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.) and we do not share data with third-party ad networks.
If this changes, we will update this Policy and provide a clear opt-out at /legal/do-not-sell consistent with the California Consumer Privacy Act / California Privacy Rights Act and analogous state laws.
4. Third-Party Cookies
The Services rely on a small number of third-party providers that may set their own cookies on the pages where they are loaded:
| Provider | Cookie purpose | Pages affected |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Fraud prevention, payment session | Checkout, subscription-management pages |
| Google Maps | Map tiles, mapping API | Pages displaying property maps |
| Bunny.net | Image and video CDN | Pages with media |
| LearnWorlds | Course-platform session | HFDCP™ Certification course pages |
These providers are bound by written contracts with HFD restricting use of cookie data to the purpose for which they were retained.
5. How to Control Cookies
- Browser controls. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings. See allaboutcookies.org for instructions for major browsers. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will break the Services.
- Global Privacy Control (GPC). We honor recognized GPC signals where applicable; receipt of a GPC signal is treated as an opt-out of any "sale" or "share" under California and analogous state law. (Note: because we don't sell or share personal information, GPC has no practical effect on our handling of your data.)
- Do Not Track (DNT). We do not honor browser-level DNT headers because there is no industry standard for what to do when one is received.
6. Mobile Apps
Our iOS and Android apps do not use browser cookies, but they do use comparable on-device storage (e.g., secure keychain entries, app preferences) for authentication and preference storage. Mobile-app analytics are provided by Plausible's Events API; the app sends aggregate, cookieless screen-view events with no personal identifiers.
7. Children
We do not knowingly use cookies to collect personal information from children under 13. See the Privacy Policy.
8. Changes
We may update this Cookie Policy. The effective date at the top will reflect the latest version. Material changes will be communicated by in-product notice.
9. Contact
Home Fraud Defense, LLC 9362 W Sands Drive, Peoria, AZ 85383 Email: info@homefrauddefense.org · Telephone: (623) 263-2382