COMPLIANCE, MANAGED BY PXLPOD

PodShield Privacy

Privacy compliance isn't a plugin.
It's a subscription to the law.

Attorney-maintained policies, a consent system that actually honors the visitor's "no," and quarterly audits that catch drift before a demand letter does. Installed, verified, and kept current — by us, not by you.
No checkout button. We look at your actual site first — then you get a price you can trust.
PodShield Privacy — Consent Verification (Hero Graphic v2)
PodShield Privacy
Consent verification · on the wire
First visit · no history Live
What the visitor chooses
We value your privacy
Choose which cookies this site may use. Essential cookies stay on so everything keeps working.
Accept Decline
Visitor declines tracking
Browser opt-out signal (GPC)
Flip the switches — watch the wire respond.
What the site actually does
session_id
essential · keeps the site working
Allowed
ga4 · page_view
analytics · tracking
Blocked
ad_pixel · fbevents
advertising · tracking
Blocked
fonts.gstatic.com
essential · typography
Allowed
Policy claims: opt-outs honored
Banner enforces: verified on the wire
Opt-out honored — enforced, not painted on
WHY "SET IT AND FORGET IT" FAILS

Your site drifts out of compliance on two clocks.


Nobody breaks their website's compliance on purpose. It happens quietly, on two schedules that never stop running — and neither one asks your permission.

Clock one: the law changes.

The laws shift but your website (and policies) haven't. New state privacy laws pass nearly every year. Each one can add required disclosures your policies don't have yet. Your site didn't change. It's still out of date. When this site was built, today's consent requirements didn't exist — that's not a defect, it's a moving target.

Clock two: your site changes.

Your website gets updated but your static policies don't reflect the updates. A new booking widget. A chat tool. A different analytics setup. Every tool you add can drop new cookies — and every new cookie is something your policy now fails to disclose and your banner may fail to control. The site moved; the paperwork didn't.

This is really hard to DIY.

PodShield Privacy exists because both clocks keep ticking whether anyone is watching or not. We're the ones watching.
Your policies must keep up or be kept up.

WHAT PODSHIELD PRIVACY COVERS

The whole system. Not pieces of it.


Policies, generated and installed.

Privacy policy, cookie policy, terms — built on an attorney-maintained platform that updates the legal text when the law moves.

Consent management (CMP), configured and maintained.

The banner, the enforcement behind it, and the opt-out signals (like Global Privacy Control) it's legally required to honor.

Quarterly audits and remediation.

Four times a year we scan the site, compare what it actually does against what its policies say, and fix the drift on both clocks.

Law-change response.

When a new privacy law lands, your policies are updated as part of the plan — not quoted as a new project.

Verification, not vibes.

We test the deployment the way a regulator would: accept, decline, and opt-out signals — and confirm on the wire that the site obeys.
PodShield Privacy — Quarterly Audit (Graphic v1)
Quarterly Compliance Audit
PodShield Privacy · drift check & remediation
Cycle 3 of 4 Complete
What we checked
Cookie inventory
24 observed on the wire · 24 disclosed in policy
Match
Policy currency
2 law updates applied since last audit
Current
Consent enforcement
Accept · decline · GPC signal — all tested
Pass
Drift check
1 new tool found · policy updated to match
Remediated
Audit result
96 /100 ↑ 4
Compliance score · vs. last cycle
Drift found
1
Remediated
1
Time to fix
36h
Open items
0
Annual audit cadence
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Next audit: scheduled
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"Most compliance products sell you a tool and wish you luck. This isn't a tool. It's me owning the problem."
CHRIS FOLEY · FOUNDER, PXLPOD
STRAIGHT PRICING

Two ways in. Same system underneath.


Every price includes the full year of management — the audits, the law-change updates, the remediation. There is no license-only option, because a policy nobody verifies is just a promise your site might be breaking.
Annual • Prepaid
PodShield Privacy
$299/yr
+ $100 one-time setup (first year: $399)
Policies generated & installed
Consent banner configured & enforced
4 quarterly audits + remediation
Law-change updates included
For sites running standard analytics (GA4)
Annual • Prepaid
PodShield Privacy GTM
$299/yr
+ $175 one-time setup (first year: $474)
Everything in PodShield Privacy
Consent wired through your Google Tag Manager container — tag-by-tag
The hardest setup to get right, done right
Same $299/yr from year two
Monthly • Most Popular
PodShield Privacy Managed WordPress Hosting +
$99/mo
+ one-time setup ($100 GA4 · $175 GTM)
PodShield Privacy, included
Everything in Essentials Boost:
Managed WordPress hosting
NitroPack speed optimization
PSI + GA4 monitoring in the SecurePod Observatory
One monthly bill, no annual prepay
The Fix

Start with a 15-minute call.

There's no one-size cookie fix — the right setup depends on your site, your traffic, and how it's built. So we don't hand you a buy button and a guess. We start with a short call, figure out exactly what your site needs, and put it in place for you.

You talk to us. We handle the rest.

  1. Book a 15-minute call. We look at your actual site together.
  2. We tell you exactly what it needs — and which solution fits (some sites are simple; some need more).
  3. We set it up and keep it working — most clients fold this into SecurePod Care so it just stays handled as the laws keep moving.
Book a 15-minuteCompliance Check

Why a call and not a buy button?

A buy button can't tell whether your site needs a simple banner or a full consent setup inside a complex tag manager — and paying for the wrong fix is worse than waiting. Fifteen minutes gets you the right answer the first time.

Already on Essentials Core Hosting?

Just want the compliance handled? The annual PodShield Privacy add-on works on any plan we host.

Already on SecurePod Care?

You're covered — we've already rolled this across your sites at no extra charge. Nothing to book, nothing to do. (That's the point of SecurePod: the fire drills are our problem.)
ONE RULE, NO EXCEPTIONS

We only do this for websites we host.


Compliance isn't a drive-by service. There's no "one and done" here. If we're signing our name to your quarterly audits, we need to be the ones holding the infrastructure — watching the site, seeing the changes, able to fix what we find without filing a ticket with somebody else's host.

The good news: migration is free. Not "free-ish." Free. WPEngine's migration tooling moves sites cleanly, we've done it a few hundred times, and your site doesn't go down. If your website isn't with us yet, the 15-minute call covers that too.

PodShield — Free Migration (Graphic v1)
Site Migration
To PXLPOD hosting · zero-downtime protocol
WPEngine In progress
Migration protocol
Full site backup
Files · database · media — all captured
Complete
Transfer to WPEngine
Site cloned & verified on new infrastructure
Complete
DNS cutover
Traffic moves — visitors never notice
Running
Verify & hand off
Every page, form & email tested
Queued
What it costs you
Downtime
0:00:00
and staying that way
Your cost
$0.00
migration is always free
Pages moved
214/214
nothing left behind
Broken links
0
checked post-transfer
Migration progress
82% Visitor experience: uninterrupted
Did you know

The things almost everyone gets wrong.

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myth
"I have a Privacy Policy page, so I’m compliant."
the reality

A policy is disclosure. Consent is a separate system. Having one without the other is like having a receipt for a purchase you never made — the paperwork exists, the transaction doesn’t.

myth
"My cookie banner is up, so I’m covered."
the reality

A banner only counts if it honors the visitor’s opt-out signals — Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track — and actually blocks tracking. Many banners never have that turned on. They collect a click and keep firing everything anyway.

myth
"My policy says we respect Do Not Track and GPC, so we’re fine."
the reality

A policy claim isn’t a control. If the banner doesn’t enforce what the policy promises, you’ve published a promise your own site breaks daily — which is worse than saying nothing.

myth
"I only sell in the US, so this EU cookie stuff doesn’t apply."
the reality

US law already applies. California’s CCPA requires honoring opt-out signals today, and more states join every year.

myth
"My business is too small to get sued over something as stupid as cookies."
the reality

The current wave of privacy lawsuits targets small and mid-size businesses, because the firms behind them run automated scans that flag unconsented trackers regardless of company size. Small makes you a faster target, not a safer one.

myth
"A cookie banner will break my site or tank conversions."
the reality

A correctly configured banner keeps essential cookies running — logins, carts, booking widgets all keep working. Breakage comes from bad configuration, not from compliance.

myth
"Under CCPA I can leave all cookies on and ignore opt-outs."
the reality

California requires you to honor opt-out preference signals like Global Privacy Control. “Implied consent” is not a free pass — ignoring a browser opt-out is exactly what cost Sephora $1.2M.

myth
"This is a future problem I can deal with later."
the reality

The lawsuits are live now, and California’s Opt Me Out Act (AB 566) takes effect January 1, 2027 — after which every browser ships with the opt-out built in.

myth
"Compliance is a one-time setup."
the reality

We wish. The laws keep moving and so does your website. Compliance is a state you maintain, not a box you check. That’s why PodShield Privacy includes the year of management, not just the install.

myth
"If I just turn all cookies off, at least I’m safe."
the reality

Turning everything off breaks core functionality — analytics, bookings, logins, even your fonts — and still isn’t what the law asks for. The requirement is informed choice and honored opt-outs, not a dead site.

    Your QUESTIONS, ANSWERED

    PodShield Privacy FAQ

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    Not fun. But not complicated once someone owns it.

    Questions? Book a quick call. On a SecurePod plan? Don't even bother — we've got it.

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    Teacher, Author

    Safari Retreat Organizer

    “Mastery and superb customer service are two ways I describe Chris’ approach to web design and creation. The process was straightforward, the milestones were meticulously kept, and the end product exceeded my expectations.”

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    Founder

    Intuitive Finance

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    Senior Director of Marketing

    Amprius Technologies

    “Christopher wants the best for your brand. No matter the project or idea, he’s right there with you, bringing industry-leading ideas to the table – all to help make you and your brand shine!”

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    TEDx Speaker, Author, Trainer, Chief of Staff

    Rooftop Leadership

    “A week doesn’t go by where I don’t unconditionally recommend Chris for a project. He is extremely creative, a consummate professional and a great listener. PXLPOD consistently delivers top-tier results.”

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    Owner

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    “Chris’ technical capabilities are deep and I can fully rely on him and his team to do great things. His emotional intelligence, ability to really “get” me and the folks I want to reach have made working with him over the last decade a great experience for me.”

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    Psychologist • Neuropsychologist

    Psychotherapy, Washington D.C.

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    CEO

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    TEDx Santa Barbara

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    Founder

    Fizz Wine Marketing

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