When you visit, access or use mikesinibaldi.com, our mobile site, applications, newsletters or widgets that link to this Cookie Policy (collectively the “Site”, “we” or “us”), we use technology to collect information that helps us improve your online experience. In this Cookie Policy, we refer to these technologies, which include cookies, pixels, web beacons and gifs, collectively as cookies.

This policy explains the different types of cookies used on the Site and how you can control them. We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. Please take a look at the last effective date at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised.

Any changes in this Cookie Policy will become effective when we make the revised Cookie Policy available on or through the Site. Any personal information that we collect through the use of cookies is obtained through transparent notice to you and through your consent. Where applicable, we provide you with the opportunity to opt out. We hope that this Cookie Policy helps you understand our use of cookies. For more information, see our Privacy Policy to understand the other ways in which we use the information we collect about you. If you have any further queries, please contact us at Privacy@mikesinibaldi.com.

1. What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work in a better, more efficient way. They can do this because websites can read and write these files, enabling them to recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of a website more convenient (e.g. by remembering your user preferences).

2. What cookies do we use?

We may use the following cookies on the Site.

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential to the Site in order to facilitate our log-in process and enable you to move around it and use its features. Without these cookies, we may not be able to provide certain services or features and the Site will not perform as smoothly as you would like. 

Performance Cookies: Performance cookies, which are sometimes called analytics cookies, collect information about your use of this Site and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, performance cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Site, allow us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Site, help us record any difficulties you have with the Site and show us whether our advertising is effective or not.

Functionality Cookies: In some circumstances, we may use functionality cookies. Functionality cookies allow us to remember the choices you make on our Site and to provide enhanced and more personalized features, such as customizing a certain webpage, remembering if we have asked you to participate in a promotion and for other services you request, like watching a video or commenting on a blog. All of these features help us to improve your visit to the Site.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies: We and our service providers may use targeting or advertising cookies to deliver ads that we believe are more relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use targeting or advertising cookies to limit the number of times you see the same ad on our Site and to help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. These cookies remember what you have looked at on the Site and we may share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers. For more information about third-party advertising networks and similar entities that use these technologies, see www.aboutads.info/consumers, and to opt-out of such ad network’s and service’s advertising practices, go to www.aboutads.info/choices.

Opting out of third party targeting or advertising cookies does not necessarily mean that you will not see our advertising on third-party websites, only that this advertising will not be targeted to you through the use of third-party cookies.

3. How do third parties use cookies on the site?

In some circumstances, we may work with third parties to provide services on our Site. Third-party advertisers and other organizations may use their own cookies to collect information about your activities on our Site and/or the advertisements you have clicked on. This information may be used by them to serve advertisements that they believe are most likely to be of interest to you based on the content you have viewed. Third-party advertisers may also use this information to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements. We do not control these cookies and to disable or reject third-party cookies, please refer to the relevant third party’s website. You can also learn more about controlling cookies in section 4 below.

4. How do I control cookies?

You may refuse to accept cookies from this Site at any time by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse cookies. Further information about the procedure to follow in order to disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen. You may wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for information on commonly used browsers.

For more information about third party cookies and how to opt-out, please visit the third party’s website privacy policy.

For more information about targeting and advertising cookies and how you can opt out, you can also visit http://optout.aboutads.info

As a reminder, if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Site may operate as intended.