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Cookie Policy for NYC In Focus
This Cookie Policy explains how NYC In Focus uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, understand site performance, improve the visitor experience, protect forms, and support privacy-conscious publishing.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They may help remember basic preferences, measure traffic, protect the site from spam or abuse, support embedded media, or understand how readers interact with pages.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
How We Use Cookies
NYC In Focus may use cookies for essential website functions, analytics, performance, security, embedded content, consent management, contact forms, and related publishing features.
Some cookies are set directly by this website. Others may be set by third-party services used for analytics, media, forms, spam protection, embedded content, privacy tools, or external links.
Types of Cookies
- Essential cookies: Required for basic website operation, security, consent preferences, spam protection, and core functionality.
- Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors find and use NYC In Focus so the site can be improved.
- Performance cookies: Help improve load times, caching, image delivery, and general website performance.
- Embedded content cookies: May be used when pages include or link to content from third-party platforms, including social media, video, maps, stock photography platforms, or other external services.
- Communication and form cookies: May support contact forms, anti-spam checks, reader messages, consent records, or other site communication tools if enabled.
Managing Your Cookie Choices
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. You may also use the consent tools available on this website, when shown, to review or update your cookie preferences.
Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the website function, including forms, embedded media, analytics, search, performance features, or preference settings.
Detailed Cookie List
The table below provides additional information about cookies detected or managed by this website, including their purpose and duration where available.
Essential
Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wpconsent_preferences | This cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent preferences. | 30 days |
Comments
These cookies are needed for adding comments on this website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| comment_author | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_email | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_url | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
Statistics
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a powerful tool that tracks and analyzes website traffic for informed marketing decisions.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _gac_ | Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together. | 90 days |
| __utma | ID used to identify users and sessions | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmt | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 30 minutes after last activity |
| __utmc | Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. | End of session (browser) |
| __utmz | Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server | 6 months after last activity |
| __utmv | Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmx | Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test. | 18 months |
| _ga | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
| _gali | Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked | 30 seconds |
| _ga_ | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
| _gid | ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager | 1 minute |
Questions About Cookies or Site Data?
For questions about this Cookie Policy or how NYC In Focus handles website data, contact howard@nycinfocus.com.
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