Cookie Policy
Last Updated: March 10, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Neighborhood Connect ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website and platform (collectively, the "Platform"). This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we use personal information.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit websites. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies cannot harm your device or access other information on your device.
In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies like web beacons, pixels, local storage, and device identifiers to collect information about how you use our Platform.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our Platform:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the Platform to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, account login, and remembering your preferences. You cannot disable these cookies in our systems.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Platform, such as which pages they visit most often and if they get error messages. We use this information to improve our Platform and understand how users interact with it.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your language preferences or location. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies may be set on our Platform by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.
Social Media Cookies
These cookies are set by social media services that we have added to the Platform. They enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. These cookies can track your browser across other sites and build a profile of your interests.
Specific Cookies We Use
Below is a list of the main cookies we use on our Platform:
| Cookie Name | Type | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| nc_session | Essential | Session | Maintains your login session |
| nc_csrf | Essential | Session | Protects against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks |
| nc_preferences | Functionality | 1 year | Stores your platform preferences |
| nc_location | Functionality | 30 days | Stores your neighborhood location |
| _ga | Analytics | 2 years | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users |
| _gid | Analytics | 24 hours | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users |
| fbp | Advertising | 3 months | Facebook Pixel - Used for advertising measurement |
How to Control Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your device and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
You can control your cookie preferences in the following ways:
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version.
You can generally find these settings in the 'Options' or 'Preferences' menu of your browser. The following links provide information on how to modify cookie settings in the most popular browsers:
Platform Settings
You can also manage your cookie preferences directly on our Platform by clicking the "Cookie Settings" button at the top of this page.
Third-Party Opt-Out
For cookies served by third parties, you can also opt out of some of these cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative's opt-out website at http://optout.networkadvertising.org or the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out website at http://optout.aboutads.info.
Data Protection and Privacy
For more information about how we protect your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at privacy@neighborhoodconnect.com.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.