Cookies Policy

Last updated June 20, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Slow Food USA (“Organization,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at www.SlowFoodUSA.org (“Websites“). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

We use cookies at Slow Food USA to improve our service for you. Some cookies we use are essential for some services to work, and others are used to collect information of the use of the website (statistics) so that we can make the site more convenient and useful for you. Some cookies are temporary and will disappear when you close your browser, others are persistent and will stay on your computer for some time. We also use some local cookies that are tied to local campaigns and that will disappear when the campaign ends. We also use marketing cookies that are used to track visitors across websites. We use them with the intention to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user.

Some of the cookies are strictly necessary for the functionality of the site while others are used to enhance the performance and your user experience or to show you advertisements and products that we think will be of interest to you. In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

Essential website cookies:

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

Essential website cookies cannot be deactivated. All other cookies can. If you choose not to use those cookies during your visit, you should be aware that certain functions and pages will not work as expected.

Performance and functionality cookies:

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.

Analytics and customization cookies:

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Websites 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 for advertisers, 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 Websites through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.

Unclassified cookies:

These are cookies that have not yet been categorized. We are in the process of classifying these cookies with the help of their providers.

Examples of use:

The cookies are used to improve services for you through, for example:

  • Enabling the functionality of some specific services like payment which will not work without those cookies.
  • Enabling a service to recognize your device so you do not have to give the same information several times during one task.
  • Recognizing that you may already have given a username and password when logged-in to membership dashboard, so you do not need to do it for every web page requested
  • Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and to ensure that there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
  • Analyzing data to help us understand how you use online services so we can improve them.

How can I control cookies on my browser?

If you want to delete any cookies already on your computer, please refer to your browser vendor’s instructions by visiting your browser’s help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:

  • Chrome
  1. In a Chrome window, do one of the following: In the browser address box, enter chrome://settings/content OR on the Chrome menu, select Settings> Show advanced settings, and then under Privacy, select Content settings.
  2. In the Content settingsdialog box, under Cookies, make sure Allow local data to be set (recommended) is selected.
  3. Select Doneand refresh the browser.
  • Edge
  1. In the Edge window, select More (…) >Settings > View advanced settings.
  2. Scroll down to Cookies, and select Don’t block cookies.
  • Internet Explorer
  1. In Internet Explorer, in the menu bar, select Tools > Internet options > Privacy > Advanced.
  2. Select Acceptor Prompt under First-party Cookies, and Accept or Prompt under Third-party Cookies.
  3. Select OK.
  • Mozilla Firefox
  1. If you’re using Windows, in the Firefox window, select Open menu > Options.

Tip:  If you’re using a Mac, go to Firefox > Preferences.

  1. Select the Privacy
  2. In the Historysection under Firefox will, select Use custom settings for history.
  3. Make sure Accept cookies from sitesis checked and Accept third party cookies is set to Always, and then select OK.
  • Safari
  1. On your Mac, go to Safari> Preferences > Privacy.
  2. Under Cookies and website data, select Always allow.
  3. Select Closeand refresh the browser.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at Comms@SlowFoodUSA.org or by mail to:

Slow Food USA
9322 3rd Ave. #402
Brooklyn, NY 11209
USA