Last Updated: November 15, 2025 | Effective Date: January 1, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Milestone AI Ventures, LLC ("Milestone AI Ventures," "we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at mstone-ai.com (the "Site"). This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides additional context about how we handle personal information.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function efficiently, provide functionality features, and allow website operators to gather analytical information about how the site is used. We use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, which are described in detail below.
By continuing to use our Site after being notified about our use of cookies (either through this policy or through a consent banner), you agree to our use of cookies as described here. You can withdraw consent or manage cookie preferences at any time using the methods described in Section 8 (Managing Your Cookie Preferences) of this policy.
Cookies are small text files containing a string of characters that are stored on your browser or device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your browser or device across visits and typically contain the following information: the name of the domain that set the cookie, the lifetime of the cookie, and a value (usually a randomly generated unique number). Cookies cannot read other information on your device or be used to spread viruses.
Cookies can be categorized in two main ways:
In addition to cookies, we may use similar tracking technologies including:
We use the following categories of cookies on our Site. The table below provides detailed information about each category:
| Category | Purpose | Duration | Required? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential / Strictly Necessary | Required for the Site to function. Enable basic functions like page navigation, security, and form submission. The Site cannot function properly without these cookies. | Session to 1 year | Yes - cannot be disabled |
| Functional / Preference | Remember your preferences and settings, such as language preferences, cookie consent choices, and display preferences. Provide enhanced functionality and personalization. | 1 year | Optional |
| Analytics / Performance | Collect information about how visitors use our Site, including which pages are most popular, traffic sources, user flow, and error messages. All information is aggregated and anonymized. Help us improve Site performance and user experience. | Up to 2 years | Optional |
| Marketing / Advertising | Track your visit to our Site and may be used to show you relevant advertising on other sites. Also used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and limit the number of times you see an advertisement. | Up to 2 years | Optional |
These cookies are necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, filling in forms, or navigating between pages.
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you disable these cookies, some features of our Site may not function properly.
We use analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our Site. The analytics data collected is aggregated and does not identify individual visitors.
We use limited marketing cookies to understand the effectiveness of our presence on professional networks and to provide relevant information to interested investors and founders on other platforms.
Some cookies on our Site are set by third parties whose services we use. We do not control these third-party cookies and they are subject to the privacy policies of the respective third parties. The main third parties that may set cookies through our Site include:
We review the third-party cookies on our Site periodically and update this list accordingly. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties to understand their data practices.
Some of our analytics and marketing cookies may be used to track your behavior across multiple devices or browsers. For example, if you visit our Site on your mobile device and later visit on your desktop computer while logged into the same account (such as a Google account), analytics services may associate these visits. This helps us understand the complete user journey across devices. You can limit cross-device tracking by logging out of accounts before visiting our Site or by adjusting privacy settings in your Google, LinkedIn, or other accounts.
Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activities tracked. Because there is currently no common industry standard for interpreting DNT signals, our Site does not respond to DNT signals. If you want to limit tracking, please use the cookie management options described in Section 8.
You have several options for controlling cookies and managing your tracking preferences. Please note that disabling or blocking certain cookies may impact your experience on our Site and limit some functionality.
When you first visit our Site (or when our cookie policy is updated in a material way), you will be shown a cookie consent banner that allows you to:
Your preferences are stored in a cookie on your browser. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Preferences" link in our website footer (when available) or by clearing your browser cookies and refreshing the page to see the consent banner again.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
For information on how to manage cookies in specific browsers:
You can opt out of tracking by specific third parties using their dedicated opt-out tools:
To prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your Site visits specifically, you can install the free Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This add-on instructs Google Analytics JavaScript not to transmit visit information to Google.
If you have accounts on platforms like Google, LinkedIn, or Facebook, you can adjust your privacy settings within those platforms to limit the data they collect about your behavior on third-party websites:
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom, we comply with requirements of the EU Cookie Directive (ePrivacy Directive) and GDPR regarding consent for non-essential cookies.
Under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive:
Our cookie consent banner is designed to comply with these requirements. If you have questions about our GDPR cookie compliance, contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@mstone-ai.com.
Some cookies set by our Site may process personal data, as defined under GDPR and other applicable privacy laws. Where cookies collect personal data, our processing is governed by our Privacy Policy. In particular:
For cookies that process personal data, the applicable legal basis depends on the cookie type: legitimate interests for essential and functional cookies; consent for analytics and marketing cookies (where required by applicable law).
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as we add new cookies, change how we use existing cookies, or in response to changes in applicable law. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy and, where appropriate, display a notice on our Site or notify you by email.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically. If we add new non-essential cookies, we will seek your consent for those cookies where required by applicable law.
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
For EEA users who are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection supervisory authority. A list of EU data protection authorities is available at edpb.europa.eu. For UK users, the relevant authority is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our other privacy and legal documents: