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Cookie Policy
This policy describes how cookies and similar technologies are used on smartdrivehealt.live. It explains what cookies are, the categories used here, and how you can control them.
The page applies to everyone browsing the S.M.A.R.T. attribute database, the drive health calculator, and the diagnostic guides. It is written in the same plain wording used across the rest of the portal, so no technical background is needed to follow it.
Necessary cookies keep the portal working; optional ones only tell you which reference pages get used most.
Nothing on this page asks you to accept tracking. The categories below explain the choices your browser gives you anyway.
Plain definition
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser when you visit a site. They allow a site to remember information between page views or between visits. Some are necessary for the site to work; others are optional.
Think of them as short notes a page leaves in your browser so the next page does not have to ask the same thing twice. A cookie might hold a saved display preference, or a random identifier that only groups visits to the same site. It does not read other files on your device, and it does not open anything by itself.
Two things usually matter when you read a cookie policy: how long the cookie lives, and who sets it. A session cookie disappears when you close the browser, a persistent one stays until its expiry date or until you delete it, and cookies set by someone other than this site are described in the third-party section below.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies support basic functions, such as keeping a session consistent or remembering a preference. The site cannot function correctly without them. They do not track you across other websites.
Because they are required, most browsers show no separate switch for them. That is why the sensible place to control them is your browser settings, described further down the page, rather than a control on this site.
| Category | Typical job | Lifetime | What you can do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Keeps a session consistent while you move between the attribute database, the calculator, and the guides, and stores a preference such as a saved reading view. | Session, or up to about a year for a stored preference | Leave them in place for normal use. Clearing them in the browser may interrupt a page mid-session. |
| Analytics | Counts visits and shows which pages are used most, so time goes into the reference tables and guides readers actually open. | Usually short, from a single visit up to a couple of years for an aggregated count | Block or delete them in the browser. Pages still load and every guide stays readable. |
| Third-party | Set only if the page loads content or a tool from another provider, for example an embedded player or a shared font service. | Set by the provider, and follows the provider's own retention period | Read the provider's own policy. This site has no control over those cookies once they are set. |
Optional measurement
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies may be used to count visits and see which pages are used most. This helps keep the reference data practical. Where analytics are used, they are configured to avoid collecting unnecessary personal data.
In practice, a visit count answers one narrow question: which of the S.M.A.R.T. attribute explanations and which diagnostic guides readers open. That is the signal that decides where more detail is written next.
Aggregate numbers like this do not identify a person. They cannot tell who read the Reallocated Sectors Count page, only that the page was opened a number of times.
What is kept out
- No full name, postal address, or phone number is collected for measurement.
- No record of what you type into the drive health calculator is sent anywhere for counting.
- No profile is built for advertising, and none is sold or shared for that purpose.
- Where a measurement is not needed to improve the pages, it is left switched off.
Third-party cookies
If the site loads content or tools from third parties, those providers may set their own cookies. Their use is governed by their own policies. This site does not control those cookies.
Third-party cookies appear only when a page pulls something in from outside this domain: an embedded video player, a hosted font file, or a shared script that renders a chart or map. The provider that serves that asset can drop a cookie at the same moment.
These cookies are outside our reach once set. The reliable next step is to open the privacy or cookie page of the provider named in your browser's cookie list and read the terms there, because that provider decides the lifetime and the purpose.
Where to check
- Your browser's stored cookie list shows the domain that set each one. That domain is the provider to look up.
- Our own Privacy Policy covers the data this site collects directly; third-party providers are not described there.
- Blocking third-party cookies in the browser usually stops them while leaving the page readable.
Managing cookies
You can set your browser to block or delete cookies. Blocking necessary cookies may affect how the site works. Instructions are provided by each browser vendor.
All of the settings below live in your own browser, not on this site. You can change them at any time and the change applies to every site you visit afterwards.
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Open your browser's privacy settings
Most browsers put cookie controls under a privacy or site-data heading. Each vendor publishes its own step-by-step page, and the wording changes with every major release, so follow that page for your version.
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Choose what to block or clear
You can block all cookies, block only third-party ones, or keep them and delete the stored list when you want. Blocking everything is the strictest setting and the one most likely to break a session.
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Check the effect and adjust
Reload the portal. If a saved preference is gone or a page behaves oddly, allow cookies for this site again. The reference tables and calculator work without analytics; they need the necessary category.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated if cookie use changes. The current version is the one published on this page.
When the categories or the providers change, the wording here changes with them, and the dates at the top of the document move forward. Older versions are not kept on the site, so a link from elsewhere may point to text that no longer matches what is written today.
Common questions
The short answers people ask most often after reading the sections above. Open any row for the detail; nothing is hidden behind a login.
Do I need to accept cookies to read the guides?
No. Every guide, the attribute database, and the drive health calculator stay readable without analytics cookies. Only the necessary category has to be allowed for a session to behave normally.
Will blocking cookies delete anything I saved on the site?
Clearing cookies removes stored preferences such as a saved reading view, and the next visit starts fresh. Nothing in the reference tables depends on a cookie, so the data itself is unchanged.
Does the calculator send my drive figures anywhere?
The calculator runs in your browser. The values you enter to estimate drive health are computed on your device, not collected by analytics cookies, and not tied to any account.
How often is this cookie policy reviewed?
The document is reviewed whenever the cookie categories or the providers serving content to the site change. The date near the top of the page always shows the version currently in force.
Where can I ask a question the page does not answer?
Write to the contact details in the next section, or use the contact page during working hours. Cookie and privacy questions are answered by the same team that maintains the site.
Questions about cookies?
If something in this policy is unclear, or you want to know whether a specific category is active, write to the portal directly. Include the page you were reading and, if it helps, the browser you use.
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Phone: +1-408-555-0192
Email: info@smartdrivehealt.live
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The companion documents on this site are the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service.