Last updated: October 22, 2025
Website: Louie Gayao MD (https://louiegayao.ph)
Contact: [email protected]
1. Introduction
This Cookies & Scripts Policy explains how Louie Gayao MD uses cookies and scripts to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site usage, and maintain essential functionality. Consent management is handled through Complianz, which ensures compliance with privacy regulations and integrates with the WordPress Consent API.
2. What are cookies and scripts?
• Cookies are small text files stored by your browser to remember your preferences or log-in status.
• Scripts are pieces of code that add interactive or analytical functions to our pages.
3. Categories of cookies
| Category | Purpose |
| Functional | Essential for core operation, navigation, and form submissions. |
| Preferences | Remember your cookie choices or other settings. |
| Statistics / Analytics | Help us understand how visitors use our site to improve content and usability. |
| Marketing | Enable third-party media (e.g. videos, maps) which may set their own cookies once consent is given. |
4. Cookies and scripts used on this site
| Service / Plugin | Category | Purpose | Retention |
| Complianz | Functional / Preferences | Stores your consent selections. | Up to 12 months |
| Matomo Analytics | Statistics | Collects anonymized usage data such as page views, duration and referrer. IP addresses are anonymized. | _pk_id.* (13 mo), _pk_ses.* (30 min) |
| EmbedPress (YouTube / Vimeo / Maps) | Marketing | Loads embedded media only after you grant consent; these providers may set their own cookies such as VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC, PREF. | Varies by provider |
| Fluent Forms | Functional | Enables secure form submissions and spam protection. | Session only |
| WPS Hide Login | Functional | Protects login URLs — no cookies for visitors. | — |
All other components (GeneratePress Theme, GP Premium, GenerateBlocks, FileBird Pro, LiteSpeed Cache, Fluent SMTP, Pods, etc.) do not set or use visitor-facing cookies.
5. Managing your consent
When you first visit, a banner allows you to Accept all, Deny non-essential, or Customize your choices. You can update them anytime through the Cookie Settings link in the footer, or clear cookies in your browser.
6. Third-party cookies
If you enable Marketing cookies, services such as YouTube or Vimeo may place cookies governed by their own privacy policies. We use privacy-enhanced embed modes whenever possible (e.g. youtube-nocookie.com).
7. Policy updates
We may revise this policy to reflect new legal requirements or site changes. The “Last updated” date above shows the current version.
8. Contact
Questions about cookies or privacy?
Email: [email protected]