Cookies Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide a better user experience. Cookies help us remember your preferences, understand how you use our site, and improve our services to better meet your needs.

These files contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive, allowing our website to recognize your browser and capture certain information. Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device until deleted or expired) or "session" (deleted when you close your browser).

2. How We Use Cookies

At ModernSpotCore, we use cookies for several important purposes to enhance your experience on our seasonal home maintenance checklist platform:

• Essential Functionality: We use necessary cookies to enable core website functionality, such as accessing secure areas, remembering your login credentials, and maintaining your session as you navigate through our home maintenance resources.
• Performance and Analytics: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting anonymous information about page visits, time spent on pages, and which home maintenance checklists are most popular.
• Personalization: We use cookies to remember your preferences, such as language settings, seasonal reminder preferences, and customized checklist views, ensuring a tailored experience each time you visit.
• Security: Cookies help us detect and prevent security risks, protecting both your information and our website from fraudulent activity.
• Marketing and Advertising: With your consent, we may use cookies to deliver relevant content and advertisements about home maintenance tips and seasonal services that match your interests.

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3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for our website to function properly. They enable you to navigate our seasonal home maintenance checklist platform and use its features. Without these cookies, services you've requested cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you for marketing purposes.

3.2 Performance Cookies

Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and whether users receive error messages. These cookies help us improve the way our website works by understanding user behavior patterns. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous.

3.3 Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language preference, or the region you're in) and provide enhanced, personalized features. These cookies can also remember changes you've made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of our home maintenance checklist pages.

3.4 Targeting/Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests in home maintenance and seasonal care. They also help limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies remember that you've visited our website and share this information with other organizations such as advertisers.

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4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of our website, deliver advertisements on and through our site, and provide social media features. These third parties may include:

• Analytics Providers: Such as Google Analytics, which help us understand how users interact with our seasonal maintenance content
• Advertising Networks: That deliver targeted advertisements based on your browsing behavior
• Social Media Platforms: Including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, which enable sharing functionality and social integration
• Content Delivery Networks: That help us deliver website content efficiently and securely

Please note that we do not control these third-party cookies, and their use is governed by the privacy policies of the third parties using such cookies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party services.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Here's how you can manage your cookie preferences:

• Browser Settings: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
• Cookie Consent Tool: When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or customize your cookie preferences.
• Opt-Out Links: For certain third-party cookies, you can opt out directly through the third-party provider's website.
• Do Not Track: Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" feature. While we respect your privacy choices, our website does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals.

6. Cookies Duration

The cookies we use have varying durations:

• Session Cookies: These are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them, ranging from a few days to several years

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7. Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make changes, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and protect your information.

If we make material changes to this policy, we will provide notice through our website or by other means, giving you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookies Policy or our use of cookies, please don't hesitate to contact us. We're committed to addressing your inquiries and ensuring your privacy is protected.

9. Your Rights and Choices

Under applicable data protection laws, you have certain rights regarding cookies and your personal data:

• Right to Access: You can request information about the cookies we use and the data they collect
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to use cookies, you can withdraw that consent at any time
• Right to Object: You can object to our use of certain types of cookies, particularly those used for marketing purposes
• Right to Deletion: You can delete cookies from your device at any time through your browser settings

10. Additional Resources

For more information about cookies and how to manage them, you may find the following resources helpful:

• All About Cookies - Comprehensive information about cookies and privacy
• Your Online Choices - European interactive advertising opt-out platform
• Network Advertising Initiative - Opt-out tools for targeted advertising

Last updated: January 2025 | ModernSpotCore - Your Partner in Home Maintenance