Cookies

The California Consumer Privacy Act requires that every website inform you about the use of cookies. Websites must also request your consent for specific uses of cookies. We understand this might seem inconvenient or even user-unfriendly. Please accept our apologies in advance.

At AmericasInside.com, we use helpful and practical technologies to enhance your user experience and make our site as engaging as possible for every visitor. The most well-known examples of these technologies are cookies and scripts (collectively referred to hereafter as “cookies”). Cookies may be placed either by the website owner or by third parties—such as advertisers—who interact with the site you are visiting.

The use of cookies is safe. They do not allow access to personal information such as your phone number or email address. Cookies cannot be used for spam or telemarketing purposes.

We believe it is important for you to understand which cookies are used on our website and for what purposes. Our goal is to respect your privacy, ensure ease of use, and maintain the financial sustainability of our platform. Below, you’ll find more information about the types of cookies used on our site and their specific functions.

This cookie statement applies to AmericasInside.com and was developed in collaboration with industry organizations and regulators. While the general structure of cookie explanations is consistent across platforms, each website tailors the text to its specific use of cookies.

Cookies essential for proper website functionality
Our website uses cookies for:

• Reading your browser settings to display our website optimally on your screen

• Offering the ability to store login information so you don’t need to re-enter it every time

• Enabling features such as commenting on our articles

Cookies for measuring website performance
To understand which parts of our website visitors find most valuable, we continuously measure site traffic using third-party software. This process involves the use of cookies.

The data we collect helps us generate statistics, such as how many times pages are viewed or how long users stay on them. These insights help us improve our site’s structure, navigation, and content to enhance usability. The statistics we generate are not tied to any individual user.

We use these cookies to:

• Track the number of visitors to our pages

• Monitor the amount of time spent on each page

• Determine the order in which pages are visited

• Identify which areas of the site may need improvement

• Optimize the website for overall performance

Cookies for sharing content via social media
You can share articles and videos from our website through social media buttons. These buttons use social media cookies provided by the platforms themselves, enabling them to recognize you when you want to share something.

These cookies allow:

• Logged-in users of selected social media platforms to instantly share content from our site

For the cookies and data used by social media platforms, we refer you to their own privacy policies. Note that these may change frequently, and AmericasInside.com has no control over their content.

Cookies for displaying ads
Our website displays advertisements, which are a vital source of revenue for us. Some of these ads (including video ads) use cookies. These may be placed by us or by third-party advertising partners.

These cookies allow:

• Tracking which ads you’ve already seen, so you don’t see the same ones repeatedly

• Monitoring how many visitors click on an ad for billing purposes

• Tracking purchases made via ads for proper attribution to advertisers

Even without these cookies, you may still see ads on our site. In those cases, the ads may be based on the page content rather than your browsing behavior—similar to ads on traditional TV programming.

Cookies for behavior-based content and advertising
Our aim is to provide you with content that’s as relevant as possible. We customize both content and advertisements based on your likely interests.

To do this, we observe the types of websites you visit to infer your interests—without creating a personally identifiable profile. Based on this, we tailor content and ads for different audience segments. For example, users in the segment “men aged 30–45, married with children, interested in sports cars” will receive different ads than those in the “women aged 20–30, single, interested in travel” group.

Third parties placing cookies on our site may also collect interest-based data and combine it with your visits to other websites.

If you choose not to accept these cookies, you will still see ads—they just won’t be tailored to your interests.

These cookies enable:

• Tracking your visits to estimate your interests

• Knowing whether you clicked on an ad

• Sharing your browsing behavior with other websites

• Using third-party services to display ads

• Showing more relevant ads based on your social media activity

Other / unforeseen cookies
Due to the nature of how websites and the internet function, we may not always be fully aware of third-party cookies embedded on our pages. This includes embedded content such as text, documents, images, or videos hosted by another provider but displayed on our site.

If you encounter any cookies that fall into this category and are not listed above, please let us know. You may also contact the third party directly to ask which cookies they place, their purpose, lifespan, and how they protect your privacy.

Adjusting your browser settings
If you want to completely prevent cookies from being stored on your device, you can configure your browser settings to show a warning or block cookies entirely. You can also delete existing cookies. Keep in mind, you’ll need to adjust these settings separately for each browser and device you use.

Please be aware that disabling cookies may prevent parts of our website from functioning correctly. Some features might become unavailable, and some pages may not display properly. Additionally, refusing cookies doesn’t mean you won’t see any ads; they just won’t be personalized and may repeat more frequently.

Instructions for adjusting your cookie settings can be found in your browser’s help section.

Use of Google technologies and third-party services
When you visit websites like AmericasInside.com that use Google and other third-party technologies, the information sent by your browser may be used in the following ways:

• To personalize content and ads

• To enable social media features and analyze website traffic

• To help site and app owners using Google Analytics understand how visitors interact with their content

• To improve your Google+ experience

• To detect and combat fraud and security threats

• To meet legal obligations

• To share information about your site usage with partners for social media, advertising, and analytics purposes. These partners may combine that data with information you’ve provided or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

Final notes
We may update this policy periodically, for example, if our website or cookie regulations change. We reserve the right to modify the content of this policy and the list of cookies at any time without prior notice. You can always visit this page for the most up-to-date version.