Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how 5 Minute How To ("us", "we", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at 5minutehowto.com (the "Site"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work or to improve the performance of their website, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, 5 Minute How To) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content, and analytics).

The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Site to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us and the third parties we work with to track and target the interests of visitors to our Site, and we refer to these as "performance" or "functionality" cookies.

For example, we use cookies to:

Ensure that our Site is functioning properly;
Remember your preferences;
Allow interactions between our Site and third-party social media platforms;
Measure the traffic to our Site and how users interact with our Site; and
Display advertisements that are relevant to your interests.

What types of cookies do we use cookies?

The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Site and the purposes they perform are described below:

Essential cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Site and to use some of its features.
Analytics cookies: These cookies help us understand how our Site is being used, how effective our marketing campaigns are, and help us customize and improve our Site for you.
Advertising cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
Social networking cookies: These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Site through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.

How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in the cookie table below.

In addition, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Please note that if you choose to disable or reject cookies, some parts of our Site may become inaccessible or not function properly.

Changes to the Cookie Policy

5 Minute How To reserves the right to update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us via our contact form on our website.

The date at the bottom of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

This Cookie Policy was last modified on June 25, 2023.