Cookie Policy

Effective Date: July 30, 2026

Last Updated: July 30, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Emerald & Oak Design, LLC uses cookies, local storage, and similar technologies on emeraldoakdesign.com (the “Site”), and how you can review, change, or withdraw your choices at any time.

This page is maintained by Emerald & Oak Design as editable content describing the Site’s current cookie practices. It is not an independent certification, audit, or legal opinion. It supplements our Privacy Policy.

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files placed on your browser or device when you visit a website. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, scripts, and device or session identifiers. These technologies store or read small amounts of information so a site can function correctly, remember your preferences, and — where permitted — measure how the site is used.

Cookies set by the site you are visiting are described as first-party. Cookies set by another organization whose service is loaded on the site are described as third-party.

Our Consent Approach

When you first visit the Site, a cookie-consent banner asks whether you wish to allow analytics. Analytics scripts are not loaded and no analytics identifiers are created until you select “Accept.” If you select “Decline,” analytics remain switched off and only the technologies strictly necessary to operate the Site are used.

Your choice is recorded locally in your browser so the banner does not reappear on every page. That record is stored in your browser’s local storage rather than transmitted to us as an advertising identifier.

Categories of Technologies We Use

We do not use cookies for cross-site behavioral advertising, and we do not sell personal information collected through cookies.

• Strictly necessary. Required to serve pages, maintain security, route requests, prevent abuse, and remember your cookie choice. These cannot be switched off through the banner because the Site cannot operate without them.
• Preferences. Remember choices you make on the Site, such as saved portfolio items or interface state, so your experience is consistent between visits.
• Analytics. Help us understand aggregated, pseudonymous Site usage — pages viewed, referring sources, navigation paths, and technical errors. These load only after you grant consent.

Specific Technologies Currently in Use

Names and durations set by third-party providers are controlled by those providers and may change. Embedded third-party content, such as maps, video, or social media, may also set its own cookies when you interact with it.

Managing Your Preferences

You can review or change your cookie choices at any time:

Current setting: No choice recorded yet

• Reset your choice on this Site. Use the button below to clear your stored preference. The consent banner will reappear so you can accept or decline again.
• Browser controls. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies and clear local storage through their privacy or site-data settings. Blocking all cookies may affect Site functionality.
• Google Analytics opt-out. Google offers a browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout that prevents Google Analytics measurement across sites.
• Device-level settings. Preferences apply to the specific browser and device where they are set, so you may need to repeat them elsewhere.

Do Not Track

Browsers may offer a “Do Not Track” signal. Because no common industry standard for responding to those signals has been adopted, the Site does not respond to them differently. Our consent banner and the controls above remain the reliable way to manage analytics on this Site.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as the Site, our providers, or applicable law change. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date above.

Contact Us

Questions about cookies or your privacy choices may be directed to:

Emerald & Oak Design, LLC

4401 Barclay Downs Drive, Suite 132

Charlotte, North Carolina 28209