Cookie and Tracking Policy
Effective Date: August 14, 2026
Last Updated: August 14, 2026
1. Purpose
This Cookie & Tracking Policy explains how PH Mechanic uses cookies and similar technologies on phmechanic.com.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information stored or accessed through your browser or device.
PH Mechanic and authorized service providers may also use comparable technologies such as:
- local storage;
- pixels;
- tags;
- SDKs;
- device identifiers; and
- similar browser technologies.
3. Categories We May Use
Necessary Technologies
These support essential functions such as:
- authentication;
- account security;
- fraud prevention;
- maintaining sessions;
- load balancing;
- remembering privacy choices; and
- essential Platform operation.
These technologies may be necessary for PH Mechanic to function correctly.
Functional and Preference Technologies
These may remember:
- interface preferences;
- selected filters;
- location preferences;
- display settings; and
- other optional choices.
Analytics Technologies
Analytics technologies help us understand:
- website traffic;
- popular pages;
- feature usage;
- performance;
- visitor interactions;
- errors; and
- general Platform trends.
Analytics data helps improve PH Mechanic.
Marketing Technologies
With an appropriate lawful basis and, where required, user consent, marketing technologies may be used to:
- measure campaigns;
- understand advertising effectiveness;
- personalize promotional activity;
- build audiences; or
- support remarketing.
4. Your Consent Choices
Where required, PH Mechanic will provide controls allowing users to manage non-essential technologies.
You may be presented with options such as:
Necessary
Analytics
Marketing
Necessary technologies may remain active where they are required for essential Platform functions.
Analytics and marketing technologies should not be treated as mandatory where consent is legally required for their use.
5. Changing Your Preferences
You may adjust available cookie choices through PH Mechanic's cookie or privacy controls.
You may also manage cookies through your browser.
Blocking some technologies may affect certain Platform features.
6. Location Permission Is Separate
Device GPS permission is not the same thing as cookie consent.
If PH Mechanic requests precise device location for a nearby-shop or map feature, your browser or device may separately request location permission.
You can deny or revoke that permission through your device or browser settings.
7. Third-Party Technologies
Authorized providers may support areas such as:
- analytics;
- advertising;
- security;
- authentication;
- infrastructure; and
- Platform functionality.
PH Mechanic may change service providers as technology and business requirements evolve.
8. Duration
Some technologies are deleted when your browser session ends.
Others may remain for a defined period so that preferences, security information, analytics, or consent choices can be remembered.
Actual duration depends on the specific technology and purpose.
PH Mechanic should periodically review cookie and tracking configurations and remove technologies that are no longer necessary.
9. Personal Information
Information collected through tracking technologies may constitute personal information where it identifies or can reasonably be linked to an individual.
Such information will be handled according to the PH Mechanic Privacy Policy and applicable privacy requirements.
10. Updates
This Policy may be updated when PH Mechanic changes its technologies or tracking practices.
11. Contact
Questions about cookies or tracking may be sent to: