This Cookies Policy explains how New York Urban uses cookies and similar technologies on NewYorkUrban.com and related services. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
New York Urban is an independent city information and community resource and is not operated by the City of New York or NYC.gov.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website can place on or read from your browser or device. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, software development kits, and other identifiers used to operate, secure, remember, or measure website activity.
Some technologies are essential for a website to function, while others may be optional and used for analytics, personalization, or advertising.
2. How New York Urban Uses Cookies and Similar Technologies
Depending on which features are enabled, New York Urban may use cookies or similar technologies to:
- Keep the website and security features functioning.
- Remember language, display, cookie, or other user preferences.
- Maintain temporary session information for interactive features.
- Support the New York AI Guide or Smart Day Planner during a session.
- Measure site performance and understand aggregate usage.
- Prevent spam, abuse, fraud, or excessive automated requests.
- Support advertising or sponsorship features in the future, if enabled.
3. Categories of Cookies
Strictly Necessary
These technologies are used for functions such as security, network management, session handling, form submission, load balancing, preference storage required to honor privacy choices, or other core site operations. Because they are necessary to provide the requested service, they may not require consent in jurisdictions where applicable law permits this treatment.
Preferences and Functionality
These technologies may remember choices such as interface preferences, saved filters, planner settings, or other optional conveniences. If disabled, some personalized features may reset between visits.
Analytics and Performance
If enabled, analytics technologies help us understand general usage patterns, page performance, popular content, event clicks, searches, AI usage, and similar aggregate engagement. We aim to configure analytics in a privacy-conscious way and obtain consent where required.
Advertising and Targeting
New York Urban is designed to support advertising in the future, but advertising technologies may be disabled at launch. If advertising or targeted-advertising technologies are introduced, we will update this Policy and provide any notices, consent tools, or opt-out controls required by applicable law.
4. AI and Interactive Features
The New York AI Guide, Smart Day Planner, maps, search, or other interactive features may use temporary session identifiers, local storage, or similar technologies to maintain context, remember selections, prevent abuse, and provide a coherent experience.
These features should not be used to submit highly sensitive information such as passwords, payment card numbers, Social Security numbers, or government account credentials.
5. Third-Party Services
Some features may rely on third-party services such as hosting, database infrastructure, mapping, AI providers, analytics, email delivery, or embedded external content. Those providers may use cookies or similar technologies when necessary to provide their services or when you interact with their content.
Third-party websites opened from New York Urban — including official government sites, event providers, restaurants, venues, and transportation sites — operate under their own cookie and privacy policies.
6. Your Cookie Choices
Where required, New York Urban will provide a consent or preference interface that lets you accept, reject, or configure non-essential cookie categories. Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent access to core city information.
If the site is operating only with strictly necessary technologies, we may avoid showing an unnecessary consent banner. If non-essential analytics or advertising technologies are later enabled, the consent experience will be adjusted accordingly.
7. Browser and Device Controls
Most browsers allow you to view, block, or delete cookies and manage site permissions. Blocking all cookies may affect features that rely on session management or saved preferences. Instructions vary by browser and device.
You can also manage location permission, notifications, and similar permissions through your browser or device settings when those features are offered.
8. Global Privacy Control
Where legally required and technically supported, New York Urban will recognize applicable opt-out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control for covered sale, sharing, or targeted-advertising activities. If no covered activity is enabled, the signal may not change site behavior.
9. Cookie Retention
Some cookies or similar identifiers last only for the current browser session. Others may remain longer to remember preferences, security settings, or consent choices. Retention varies by purpose and provider, and we aim to avoid retaining identifiers longer than reasonably necessary.
10. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy when technologies, providers, legal requirements, analytics, or advertising practices change. The "Last Updated" date will be revised when changes are made.
11. Contact
Questions about cookies or privacy choices may be submitted through our contact page.
