Cookie Policy
This site does not set tracking cookies.
Effective September 25, 2026.
Because we don’t run analytics or advertising here, this site does not need a cookie consent banner. This page exists so you can verify that yourself. Upstate Web Works is a d/b/a of Bagelcat LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company.
What cookies this site sets
As of the effective date above, upstatewebworks.com sets no first-party or third-party cookies on regular visits. There are no HTTP Set-Cookie headers on any page in the /public/ tree, and no client-side document.cookie writes in the site’s JavaScript.
What could set a cookie
- Stripe checkout. If you click through to Stripe to pay, Stripe sets cookies necessary for their fraud-prevention and payment flow. Those cookies are set on
checkout.stripe.com, not on our domain. See Stripe’s cookie policy. - Cloudflare edge. Cloudflare may occasionally set a strictly-necessary
__cf_bmbot-management cookie on high-risk traffic. This cookie stores no personal information and is used only for fraud/bot prevention. Under EU rules, strictly-necessary cookies do not require consent. - Preview / booking form. The contact form on our homepage does not set cookies for tracking. It uses a stateless POST.
What we deliberately do not use
- Google Analytics.
- Meta Pixel / Facebook Conversions API.
- TikTok Pixel.
- Google Ads / Bing Ads conversion tags.
- Segment, Mixpanel, PostHog, Amplitude, Heap, or any other product-analytics SDK.
- Session replay tools (Hotjar, FullStory, LogRocket).
- Any advertising retargeting cookie.
What about the demo restaurant sites you build?
Each site we build for a restaurant client is transferred to their control on handoff. What cookies that site sets depends on what plugins and integrations the owner installs after handoff. Our default builds ship without analytics; if the owner adds Google Analytics or a booking widget later, that’s their choice and their cookie disclosure to make. We encourage clients to keep a cookie banner if they add non-essential cookies.
If we ever add privacy-friendly analytics
If we ever add a privacy-focused analytics tool (like Umami or Plausible — both are cookieless), we will update this page at least 30 days before it goes live and add an appropriate consent banner if any non-essential cookies are involved.
How to control cookies in general
Every modern browser lets you view, block, and delete cookies. See the built-in guidance for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.