This Cookie Policy explains how Refundstatusguide (refundstatusguide.bond) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our site to read checklist-style guides about federal tax filing requirements, deadlines, forms, transcripts, payment options, and IRS notices. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit it. They allow the site to recognize your device on return visits, remember choices you have made, and collect information about how the site is used. Similar technologies, such as local storage and pixel tags, can serve comparable purposes. Cookies do not typically contain information that directly identifies you by name, but they can be linked to a device or browser and, in some cases, treated as personal information under applicable privacy law.
2. How This Site Uses Them
Refundstatusguide uses cookies for three general purposes: to make the site function correctly, to remember your preferences between visits, and to understand, in aggregate, how visitors use our checklist guides so we can improve them. We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles for third-party marketing, and the site does not sell anything, so you will never encounter cookies related to shopping carts, checkout, or payment processing here. Non-essential cookies are only set after you provide consent through our cookie banner.
3. Categories of Cookies We Use
The table below describes the general categories of cookies used on this site, illustrative naming patterns, their purpose, and typical retention periods. Exact cookie names may vary as our tools are updated.
| Category | Example name | Purpose | Retention period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | rsg_session | Maintains basic site functionality, security, and load balancing across pages such as our checklist guides | Session, deleted when browser closes |
| Essential | rsg_cookie_consent | Records your cookie preference choices so the banner does not reappear unnecessarily | 6 months |
| Preference | rsg_pref_display | Remembers display settings, such as text size or previously viewed topic pages | 12 months |
| Analytics | _rsg_ga (or similar analytics identifier) | Collects aggregated, anonymized statistics on page views, time on page, and navigation paths across our IRS-related guides | Up to 24 months |
| Analytics | _rsg_gid (or similar analytics identifier) | Distinguishes unique visitors for daily traffic reporting purposes | 24 hours |
4. Managing Cookies
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Below are general instructions for common browsers, though menus may change over time.
Chrome: Open Settings, select Privacy and security, then Cookies and other site data. From there you can view, block, or delete cookies, and set exceptions for specific sites.
Firefox: Open Settings, select Privacy and Security, and scroll to Cookies and Site Data. You can choose to block cookies, clear existing data, or manage exceptions for individual sites.
Safari: Open Preferences, select the Privacy tab, and adjust the Cookies and website tracking settings. Safari also allows you to manage stored data on a per-site basis.
Edge: Open Settings, select Cookies and site permissions, then Manage and delete cookies and site data. You can block cookies entirely, allow only specific sites, or delete existing cookies.
Please note that blocking essential cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites. Blocking preference or analytics cookies will not affect your ability to read our checklist guides, but it may limit our ability to remember your settings or understand aggregate usage patterns.
5. Your Ongoing Choices
Beyond browser settings, you can change your cookie preferences for this site specifically at any time using the Cookie settings link located in the footer of every page. This lets you review and update your consent for preference and analytics cookies without needing to clear all cookies from your browser or adjust browser-wide settings.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our site may be set by third-party service providers we use for analytics or embedded content, such as an analytics platform used to measure aggregate traffic to our filing deadline, transcript, and notice-related guides. These third parties may collect information about your browsing activity across different websites, subject to their own privacy and cookie policies. We do not control these third-party cookies directly and encourage you to review the relevant third party's policy for further detail. We do not knowingly permit third parties to set advertising or retargeting cookies on this site.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may revise this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies and technologies we use, legal requirements, or improvements to our site. Any changes will be posted here with an updated "Last updated" date. We recommend checking this page periodically, particularly before relying on it as part of your own checklist for evaluating how a site handles your information.
8. Contact
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies on refundstatusguide.bond, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: +1 (512) 555-0108
- Address: 136 Bridgeport Road, Miami, FL 33120, United States
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–17:00, Saturday 10:00–15:00, Sunday closed (America/New_York)
For more on how we handle personal information generally, see our Privacy Policy, and for details on our site's purpose and scope, visit About Us or browse What We Cover.