Cookies Policy
How AlturasCalifornia.com uses basic cookies and similar technologies.
Cookie Policy
Effective Date: 05/01/2026
Last Updated: 05/01/2026
This Cookie Policy explains how AlturasCalifornia.com uses cookies, local storage, pixels, server logs, analytics tools, and similar technologies when you visit or use our website.
This policy applies to AlturasCalifornia.com, including our business directory, visitor guide, event pages, reviews, advertising placements, account dashboard, paid listing features, analytics, and related website services.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your browser or device when you visit a website. Cookies can help websites remember your preferences, keep you signed in, improve performance, understand how visitors use the site, and support security features.
Other similar technologies may include local storage, session storage, pixels, tracking tags, embedded scripts, server logs, and device or browser identifiers.
2. Why We Use Cookies
AlturasCalifornia.com may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Operate the website;
- Keep users signed in;
- Remember account and website preferences;
- Support business owner dashboards;
- Track business listing views and clicks;
- Track ad impressions and ad clicks;
- Track event views and event link clicks;
- Improve website performance;
- Measure popular pages, categories, and listings;
- Prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and unauthorized access;
- Support payment and subscription features through Stripe;
- Improve the website experience for visitors, locals, travelers, and business owners.
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
A. Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for the website to work correctly. These may support login sessions, account security, form submissions, CSRF protection, Stripe checkout redirects, and basic website functions.
These cookies are usually required and cannot be disabled through our website without affecting core functionality.
B. Preference Cookies
Preference cookies help remember choices you make, such as cookie banner choices, form preferences, account settings, or display preferences.
C. Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies and similar technologies help us understand how visitors use the website. This may include pages viewed, searches performed, business profile views, phone clicks, website clicks, map clicks, social clicks, ad impressions, ad clicks, event views, browser type, device type, referral source, and general usage activity.
Analytics help us improve the website, business listings, search results, local guide pages, and business owner dashboards.
D. Advertising and Featured Placement Cookies
We may use cookies or similar technologies to measure advertising performance, including ad impressions, ad clicks, featured business views, sponsored placement activity, and campaign performance.
At this time, AlturasCalifornia.com is intended to use internal advertising for local business visibility, featured listings, and directory placements. If we later use third-party advertising networks or cross-context behavioral advertising, we will update this policy and provide required choices where applicable.
E. Security and Anti-Spam Cookies
Security cookies and related tools may help detect suspicious activity, prevent repeated spam submissions, protect forms, prevent abuse, rate-limit submissions, and secure accounts.
F. Payment and Billing Cookies
Stripe or related payment features may use cookies or similar technologies to support checkout, billing, fraud prevention, subscription management, and payment security. Stripe processes payment information according to its own policies and technology practices.
4. Cookies We May Set
The exact cookies may change over time as we improve the website. Common categories may include:
| Cookie Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Session cookie | Keeps users logged in and supports secure website sessions. | Usually expires when the browser closes or after a set session period. |
| CSRF/security cookie | Helps protect forms from unauthorized submissions. | Session or short-term. |
| Cookie preference cookie | Remembers cookie banner or privacy choices. | Usually several months to one year. |
| Analytics identifier | Helps measure visits, clicks, listing views, event views, and ad performance. | Varies depending on configuration. |
| Stripe/payment cookies | Supports checkout, fraud prevention, billing, and subscription management. | Controlled by Stripe and may vary. |
5. Local Business Analytics
AlturasCalifornia.com may track certain interactions with business listings, including:
- Business profile views;
- Phone number clicks;
- Website link clicks;
- Map clicks;
- Social media clicks;
- Ad impressions;
- Ad clicks;
- Event views;
- Event link clicks.
This information may be shown to business owners in their dashboards in order to help them understand how their listing, event, or ad is performing.
Where practical, we may hash IP addresses instead of storing raw IP addresses.
6. Third-Party Cookies and Services
Some cookies or similar technologies may be placed or controlled by third-party service providers. These may include:
- Stripe: Used for payment processing, checkout, billing, subscription management, and fraud prevention.
- Map providers: If maps are embedded or linked, map providers may collect information under their own policies.
- Analytics providers: If enabled, analytics tools may collect website usage information.
- Security or anti-spam tools: If enabled, these tools may help protect forms and accounts.
- Embedded content: Third-party videos, social media widgets, booking links, or external content may use cookies.
We do not control third-party cookies once they are set by outside services. Their use is governed by the third party’s own policies.
7. California Privacy and Cookie Choices
California privacy laws may treat certain cookies, pixels, analytics tools, advertising identifiers, or tracking technologies as personal information if they identify, relate to, describe, or could reasonably be linked to a person or household.
California residents may have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. The California Attorney General explains that consumers may request that businesses stop selling or sharing personal information, including through a user-enabled Global Privacy Control where applicable. [oai_citation:0‡California DOJ](https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
If AlturasCalifornia.com uses cookies or tracking technologies in a way that qualifies as a sale or sharing of personal information under California law, we will provide required opt-out options, such as a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link.
8. Global Privacy Control
Global Privacy Control, also called GPC, is a browser or extension-based privacy signal that can communicate a user’s opt-out preference. California guidance recognizes GPC as an acceptable method for consumers to submit opt-out requests for sale or sharing where applicable. [oai_citation:1‡California DOJ](https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa/gpc?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
If required by applicable California law and technically feasible for the tools used on this website, we will honor legally recognized opt-out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control.
9. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
At this time, AlturasCalifornia.com is intended to operate as a local directory, visitor guide, business listing platform, and local advertising system. We do not intend to sell personal information in the traditional sense of exchanging it for money.
Some privacy laws define “sell” or “share” broadly. If we use third-party advertising, analytics, retargeting, or cross-context behavioral advertising tools that qualify as selling or sharing personal information, California residents may have the right to opt out.
You may submit a privacy or cookie opt-out request by contacting us at:
Email: support@alturascalifornia.com
10. How to Manage Cookies
You can manage cookies in several ways:
- Use the cookie banner or cookie settings tool if available on this website;
- Change your browser settings to block or delete cookies;
- Use privacy-focused browser settings or browser extensions;
- Enable Global Privacy Control if your browser or extension supports it;
- Contact us with a privacy request.
Blocking cookies may affect website features. For example, login, account dashboard, billing redirects, forms, analytics preferences, or other functions may not work correctly.
11. Browser Cookie Controls
Most browsers allow you to delete cookies, block cookies, or receive a warning before cookies are stored. Browser controls vary by browser and device.
If you use multiple browsers or devices, you may need to update cookie settings separately on each browser and device.
12. Cookie Consent Banner
If a cookie banner is used, it may allow you to accept, reject, or manage certain categories of cookies.
Essential cookies may remain active because they are needed for security, login, checkout, form protection, and core website operations.
Non-essential analytics or advertising cookies, if used, may be disabled where required or where the website provides that choice.
13. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as our website, cookies, analytics, advertising tools, payment features, or legal requirements change.
The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last Updated” date.
14. Related Policies
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our:
- Privacy Policy
- California Privacy Policy
- Terms of Service
15. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or want to submit a privacy request, contact us at:
Email: support@alturascalifornia.com
Website: https://alturascalifornia.com