(Updated and effective as of March 2026)
This Cookies Policy explains how BrightSideOfNews.com uses cookies and similar technologies. Whenever you open BrightSideOfNews.com in your browser, information may be collected through the use of cookies and similar technologies. We are committed to protect the personal information collected when you use BrightSideOfNews.com.
Types of Cookies We Use
BrightSideOfNews.com, together with our trusted partners, uses cookies in combination with other information we maintain for a number of purposes, including the following:
1. Essential Cookies
We use these cookies to enable certain online functionality including:
– commenting on our sites;
– operating affiliate services;
– to support security measures and to assist in identifying possible fraudulent or abusive activities.
2. Performance and Analytics Cookies
We use these cookies to measure users’ behaviour to better develop BrightSideOfNews.com. By using analytics services provided by third parties such as Google Analytics, we can analyse and measure which pages are viewed and how long for and which links are followed, and we can use this information to provide more content which is of interest. We also use this analysis to report on our performance and to sell advertising.
3. Advertising and Affiliate Cookies
We use these cookies to:
– manage online advertising and revenue share arrangements. Our approved advertising partners, primarily Google (Doubleclick, AdSense), and Amazon (Amazon Affiliate Program) use cookies together with web beacons to provide advertising to you and to enable us to manage our relationship with those advertisers by, for example, tracking how many unique users have seen a particular advertisement or followed a link in an advertisement;
– keep track of the number of users who saw a particular ad or visited a particular page of one of our websites, analyse the effectiveness of our ads, and provide auditing, research and reporting for advertisers. We cannot control nor do we have access to any cookies placed on your computer by third party advertisers and sponsors.
4. Functional Cookies
These cookies remember settings and preferences to improve your browsing experience.
Third-Party Cookies
You may notice on some pages of our websites that cookies have been set that are not related to BrightSideOfNews.com. When you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube or Facebook, these third party service providers may set their own cookies on your device. BrightSideOfNews.com does not control the use of these third party cookies and cannot access them due to the way that cookies work, as cookies can only be accessed by the party who originally set them. Please check the third party websites for more information about these cookies.
We also include web beacons in our emails to track the success of our marketing campaigns. This means that if you open an email from us we can see which of the pages of our Website you have visited. Our web beacons do not store additional information on your device but, by communicating with our cookies on your device, they can tell us when you have opened our email.
Managing Cookies
Some people find the idea of a website storing information on their device a little intrusive, in particular when the information is stored and used by a third party. For example, you may object to being served advertising which is targeted to your interests based on your browsing history. If you would prefer to opt out of cookies, it is possible to control cookies by following the steps below, however you should be aware that you might lose some features and functionality of the website if you do so.
Cookies, including those which have already been set, can be deleted from your hard drive. You can also change the preferences/settings in your web browser to control cookies. Some internet browsers have a ‘Do Not Track or ‘DNT’ setting; this sends a signal to websites asking them not to track your browsing. The following links may be helpful:
Cookie setting in Firefox
Cookie setting in Safari
Cookie setting in Internet Explorer
Cookie setting in Chrome
In some cases, you can choose to accept cookies from the primary site, but block them from third parties. In others, you can block cookies from specific advertisers, or clear out all cookies. Deleting or blocking cookies may reduce functionality of the site. To learn more about how to reject cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or go to the help menu within your internet browser. If you experience any problems having deleted cookies, you should contact the supplier of your web browser.
For more information about third party cookies generated by advertisers please visit www.youronlinechoices.com.
Please be aware that these are third party websites and BrightSideOfNews.com does not accept any liability for the instructions given on these sites.
Opting out of Targeting and Behavioural Advertising Cookies:
If you would like to disable third party cookies generated by advertisers or providers of targeted advertising services, you can turn them off by going to the third party’s website.
You can find out how to decline targeting and behavioural advertising cookies by visiting:
http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
http://www.aboutads.info
http://www.youronlinechoices.eu
Web Beacons
You can normally render web beacons and other tracking technologies ineffective by switching off cookies in your browser. There are also browser add-ons and extensions that specifically block web beacons. If you object to web beacons in emails, we recommend that you follow the instructions for deleting existing cookies and disabling future cookies above. We will still know how many of our emails are opened and we will automatically receive your IP address, a unique identifier of your device or other access device; but we will not identify you as an individual.
Consent
By continuing to use our website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
Where required by law, we may display a cookie notice or request your consent before placing certain cookies.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected by updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
Contact Us
If you would like to contact the team at BrightSideOfNews.com, you can find all the info here: Contact Bright Side of News
