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Hispanics250.com
America 250: Hispanic Vision

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites recognize your browser and remember certain information to improve your experience.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies we use on Hispanics250.com, why we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.

2. Cookies We Use

We keep our use of cookies to the absolute minimum required to operate our analytics. We use only two types of analytics tools:

2.1 Google Analytics 4 (GA4) — Analytics Cookies

Google Analytics 4 sets the following cookies on our website:

_ga — Registers a unique ID to generate statistical data on how visitors use the website. Duration: 2 years.
_ga_[ID] — Used by GA4 to persist session state. Duration: 2 years.
_gid — Registers a unique ID to generate statistical data. Duration: 24 hours.

Purpose: To understand how visitors interact with our website so we can improve it. All data collected is aggregated and anonymized. IP addresses are anonymized before storage.

Managed by: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

2.2 Google Search Console — No Cookies

Google Search Console does NOT set cookies on your browser. It operates through Google’s own infrastructure and provides us with aggregated data about how our website appears in Google Search results. No personal data from your visit is collected through Search Console.

3. What We Do NOT Use

We want to be fully transparent. Hispanics250.com does NOT use:

Advertising or targeting cookies
Social media tracking pixels (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)
Retargeting or behavioral profiling tools
Third-party marketing analytics
Any cookies beyond those listed in Section 2.1

4. Your Cookie Choices

4.1 Cookie Banner

When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie consent notice. You can choose to accept or decline analytics cookies. If you decline, Google Analytics cookies will not be set and your visit will not be tracked.

4.2 Browser Settings

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Here is how to do it in the most common browsers:

Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions

Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some websites.

4.3 Google Analytics Opt-Out

You can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

5. Legal Framework

Our use of analytics cookies is compliant with:

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) — We do not sell the data collected through analytics.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — We obtain consent before setting analytics cookies for visitors from the EU/EEA.
The ePrivacy Directive (EU Cookie Directive) — We provide clear notice and an opt-out mechanism.

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by updating the Effective Date at the top of this page.