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This page con­tains our cook­ie pol­i­cy and lets you man­age your cook­ie con­sent at any time.

This page was last changed on April 30, 2026, last checked on April 30, 2026 and applies to cit­i­zens and legal per­ma­nent res­i­dents of the Unit­ed States. 

1. Introduction

Our web­site, https://clintonaustin.com (here­inafter: “the web­site”) uses cook­ies and oth­er relat­ed tech­nolo­gies (for con­ve­nience all tech­nolo­gies are referred to as “cook­ies”). Cook­ies are also placed by third par­ties we have engaged. In the doc­u­ment below we inform you about the use of cook­ies on our website.

2. Cookies

When you vis­it our web­site it can be nec­es­sary to store and/or read cer­tain data from your device by using tech­nolo­gies such as cookies.

2.1 Tech­ni­cal or func­tion­al cookies

Some cook­ies ensure that cer­tain parts of the web­site work prop­er­ly and that your user pref­er­ences remain known. By plac­ing func­tion­al cook­ies, we make it eas­i­er for you to vis­it our web­site. This way, you do not need to repeat­ed­ly enter the same infor­ma­tion when vis­it­ing our web­site and, for exam­ple, the items remain in your shop­ping cart until you have paid. We may place these cook­ies with­out your consent.

3. Placed cookies

Most of these tech­nolo­gies have a func­tion, a pur­pose, and an expi­ra­tion period.

  1. A func­tion is a par­tic­u­lar task a tech­nol­o­gy has. So a func­tion can be to “store cer­tain data.”
  2. Pur­pose is “the Why” behind the func­tion. Maybe the data is stored because it is need­ed for statistics.
  3. The expi­ra­tion peri­od shows the length of the peri­od the used tech­nol­o­gy can “store or read cer­tain data.”

WordPress

Func­tion­al

Usage

We use Word­Press for web­site devel­op­ment. Read more about WordPress

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Functional

Name
wordpress_test_cookie
Expiration
ses­sion
Function
Read if cook­ies can be placed
Name
wp-set­tings-*
Expiration
per­sis­tent
Function
Store user preferences
Name
wp-set­tings-time-*
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store user preferences
Name
wordpress_logged_in_*
Expiration
per­sis­tent
Function
Store logged in users
Name
wp_lang
Expiration
ses­sion
Function
Store lan­guage settings
Name
WP_PREFERENCES_USER_*
Expiration
per­sis­tent
Function
Store user preferences

Google Analytics

Sta­tis­tics

Usage

We use Google Ana­lyt­ics for web­site sta­tis­tics. Read more about Google Analytics

Sharing data

For more infor­ma­tion, please read the Google Ana­lyt­ics Pri­va­cy State­ment.

Statistics

Name
_ga
Expiration
2 years
Function
Store and count pageviews
Name
_gid
Expiration
1 day
Function
Store and count pageviews
Name
_gat
Expiration
1 minute
Function
Read and fil­ter requests from bots
Name
_gat_gtag_UA_*
Expiration
1 minute
Function
Store a unique user ID

Jetpack

Func­tion­al

Usage

We use Jet­pack for adver­tis­ing. Read more about Jetpack

Sharing data

For more infor­ma­tion, please read the Jet­pack Pri­va­cy State­ment.

Functional

Name
jet­pack­State
Expiration
ses­sion
Function
Pro­vide func­tions across pages

OptinMonster

Sta­tis­tics, Marketing

Usage

We use Opt­in­Mon­ster for mail­ing list sub­scrip­tions. Read more about OptinMonster

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Statistics

Name
omVis­its­First
Expiration
per­sis­tent
Function
Store a unique user ID
Name
_omappvp
Expiration
11 years
Function
Store last visit
Name
omVis­its
Expiration
per­sis­tent
Function
Store num­ber of visits

Marketing

Name
omW­pA­pi
Expiration
Function

Wistia

Sta­tis­tics

Usage

We use Wis­tia for video dis­play. Read more about Wistia

Sharing data

For more infor­ma­tion, please read the Wis­tia Pri­va­cy State­ment.

Statistics

Name
wis­tia-video-progress-*
Expiration
per­sis­tent
Function
Store if the user has seen embed­ded content

Purpose pending investigation

Name
wis­tia
Expiration
Function

Automattic

Sta­tis­tics

Usage

We use Automat­tic for web­site devel­op­ment. Read more about Automattic

Sharing data

For more infor­ma­tion, please read the Automat­tic Pri­va­cy State­ment.

Statistics

Name
tk_qs
Expiration
30 min­utes
Function
Pro­vide func­tions across pages

Complianz

Func­tion­al

Usage

We use Com­pli­anz for cook­ie con­sent man­age­ment. Read more about Complianz

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third par­ties. For more infor­ma­tion, please read the Com­pli­anz Pri­va­cy State­ment.

Functional

Name
cmplz_consented_services
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cook­ie con­sent preferences
Name
cmplz_policy_id
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store accept­ed cook­ie pol­i­cy ID
Name
cmplz_marketing
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cook­ie con­sent preferences
Name
cmplz_statistics
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cook­ie con­sent preferences
Name
cmplz_preferences
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cook­ie con­sent preferences
Name
cmplz_functional
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cook­ie con­sent preferences
Name
cmplz_ban­ner-sta­tus
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store if the cook­ie ban­ner has been dismissed

Mixpanel

Pur­pose pend­ing investigation

Usage

We use Mix­pan­el for web­site sta­tis­tics. Read more about Mixpanel

Sharing data

For more infor­ma­tion, please read the Mix­pan­el Pri­va­cy State­ment.

Purpose pending investigation

Name
*_mixpanel
Expiration
Function

Miscellaneous

Pur­pose pend­ing investigation

Usage

Sharing data

Shar­ing of data is pend­ing investigation

Purpose pending investigation

Name
_dd_s
Expiration
Function
Name
loglev­el
Expiration
Function
Name
activated_addons
Expiration
Function
Name
_gali
Expiration
Function
Name
__mpq_a36067b00a263cce0299cfd960e26ecf_ev
Expiration
Function
Name
wp-autosave‑1
Expiration
Function
Name
jp-stats-last-tab
Expiration
Function
Name
humans_21909
Expiration
Function
Name
burst_uid
Expiration
Function
Name
wptouch-device-ori­en­ta­tion
Expiration
Function
Name
wptouch-device-type
Expiration
Function
Name
wptouch-pro-view
Expiration
Function
Name
long_tasks_event_log
Expiration
Function
Name
events_data
Expiration
Function
Name
long_tasks_span_log
Expiration
Function
Name
cur­rent­TabId
Expiration
Function
Name
injec­tion­TimeS­tart
Expiration
Function
Name
sprig.sessionId
Expiration
Function
Name
mp_tab_id_mixpanel_a36067b00a263cce0299cfd960e26ecf
Expiration
Function
Name
mp_gen_new_tab_id_mixpanel_a36067b00a263cce0299cfd960e26ecf
Expiration
Function
Name
extCache­Func
Expiration
Function
Name
adobe­Clean­FontAdded
Expiration
Function
Name
burst_selectedRangeKey
Expiration
Function
Name
burst-insights-stor­age
Expiration
Function
Name
burst-tasks-stor­age
Expiration
Function
Name
jetpack_stats_date_range_is_drilling_down_date_history
Expiration
Function
Name
jp-stats-nav­i­ga­tion
Expiration
Function
Name
PHPSESSID
Expiration
Function
Name
__mpq_517e881edc2636e99a2ecf013d8134d3_pp
Expiration
Function
Name
__mpq_517e881edc2636e99a2ecf013d8134d3_ev
Expiration
Function
Name
mp_tab_id_mixpanel_517e881edc2636e99a2ecf013d8134d3
Expiration
Function
Name
jetpack_stats_stored_date_range_shortcut_id_202399018
Expiration
Function
Name
burst-fil­ters-stor­age
Expiration
Function
Name
burst-date-stor­age
Expiration
Function
Name
cus­tomiz­erVis­it­Count
Expiration
Function
Name
_cltk
Expiration
Function
Name
_clck
Expiration
Function
Name
_clsk
Expiration
Function

4. Browser and Device based Consent

When you vis­it our web­site for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an expla­na­tion about cook­ies. You do have the right to opt-out and to object against the fur­ther use of non-func­tion­al cookies.

4.1 Man­age your opt-out preferences

You have loaded the Cook­ie Pol­i­cy with­out javascript sup­port. On AMP, you can use the man­age con­sent but­ton on the bot­tom of the page.

5. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your inter­net brows­er to auto­mat­i­cal­ly or man­u­al­ly delete cook­ies. You can also spec­i­fy that cer­tain cook­ies may not be placed. Anoth­er option is to change the set­tings of your inter­net brows­er so that you receive a mes­sage each time a cook­ie is placed. For more infor­ma­tion about these options, please refer to the instruc­tions in the Help sec­tion of your browser.

Please note that our web­site may not work prop­er­ly if all cook­ies are dis­abled. If you do delete the cook­ies in your brows­er, they will be placed again after your con­sent when you vis­it our web­site again.

6. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the fol­low­ing rights with respect to your per­son­al data:

  • you may sub­mit a request for access to the data we process about you;
  • you may object to the processing;
  • you may request an overview, in a com­mon­ly used for­mat, of the data we process about you;
  • you may request cor­rec­tion or dele­tion of the data if it is incor­rect or not or no longer rel­e­vant, or to ask to restrict the pro­cess­ing of the data.

To exer­cise these rights, please con­tact us. Please refer to the con­tact details at the bot­tom of this Cook­ie Pol­i­cy. If you have a com­plaint about how we han­dle your data, we would like to hear from you.

For more infor­ma­tion about your rights with respect to per­son­al data, please refer to our Pri­va­cy Statement

7. Contact details

For ques­tions and/or com­ments about our Cook­ie Pol­i­cy and this state­ment, please con­tact us by using the fol­low­ing con­tact details:



Unit­ed States
Web­site: https://clintonaustin.com
Email: austin@ex.comaustinitconsulting.com

This Cook­ie Pol­i­cy was syn­chro­nized with cookiedatabase.org on Sep­tem­ber 9, 2024.

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To revoke or change your cook­ie con­sent, click the but­ton below:

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Contact

To request removal of your infor­ma­tion or for any cook­ie-relat­ed ques­tions, email austin@austinitconsulting.com.

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