Cookie Policy

Effective Date: July 13, 2026
Last Updated: July 13, 2026

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Peterson Investigations uses a minimal number of cookies on petersoninvestigations.com to ensure website functionality and security. Given the sensitive nature of the matters our visitors research, we deliberately avoid advertising and tracking cookies on this website.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies on petersoninvestigations.com for the following purposes: to ensure the website functions properly and securely, to remember your privacy preferences, and to support embedded content such as our testimonial video.

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

3.1 Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are set in response to actions you take such as submitting our consultation form or setting privacy preferences. These cookies do not store personally identifiable information.

3.2 Functional and Embedded-Content Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality such as our consultation form, the embedded Vimeo testimonial video, and proper display of website fonts. Embedded videos may be blocked until you accept these cookies through our consent banner.

4. Third-Party Services That Set Cookies

Vimeo — Embedded testimonial video — Functional
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Google Fonts — Font rendering — Functional
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Complianz — Cookie consent management — Necessary
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5. No Advertising or Tracking Cookies

Peterson Investigations does not use advertising, retargeting, analytics, or behavioral tracking cookies on this website. Your visits to this website — including which services you research — are not used to serve you targeted advertisements and are not shared with advertising platforms. We consider this discretion an essential part of our practice.

6. Your Cookie Choices

When you first visit our website a consent banner will appear. You can choose to accept or decline non-essential cookies at any time. Declining may prevent the embedded video from loading. You can change or withdraw your consent by visiting our Opt-out Preferences page at https://petersoninvestigations.com/opt-out-preferences/

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect website functionality including our consultation form. If you are concerned about others viewing your device, remember that your browser also keeps its own history, which you can clear or avoid using private browsing.

7. Global Privacy Control

We honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. If your browser sends a GPC signal we will treat it as a valid opt-out request under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

8. California Residents

If you are a California resident you have additional rights regarding data collected through cookies. Please review our Privacy Policy at https://petersoninvestigations.com/privacy-policy/ and our CA Privacy Act page at https://petersoninvestigations.com/ca-privacy-act/ for full details.

9. Retention

Consent-preference cookies are retained for up to 12 months. Necessary session cookies expire at the end of your browser session. Retention periods for third-party cookies are governed by the respective providers.

10. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

11. Contact Us

Peterson Investigations
1439 W. Chapman Ave, Orange, CA 92868
Phone: (714) 406-3506
Email: eric@petersoninvestigations.com
Website: petersoninvestigations.com