Last updated: February 18, 2025

DISCLOSURE & INFO

About ownership: Milanostyle.com is owned and managed by Celia Abernethy. Contact via email editor[@]milanostyle.com. For advertising read more here. 

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About privacy:  We do not sell your contact information to third parties.  You may request the removal of your data from MilanoStyle.com records at any time. Cookies are used to track statistics and enhance the user experience. All users are displayed the cookie and privacy terms agreement upon first visit and are free to accept or refuse.

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Terms and Conditions of Use

Welcome to MilanoStyle.com! These terms and conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website, including any content, features, and services provided by us (collectively, the “Website”). By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please refrain from using the Website.

  1. User Obligations

1.1 Eligibility: You must be at least 18 years old or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction to use the Website. By using the Website, you represent and warrant that you meet the age requirement.

1.2 Accurate Information: When using the Website, you agree to provide accurate, complete, and up-to-date information about yourself. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information and for all activities that occur under your account.

1.3 Prohibited Content: You agree not to post, upload, or otherwise transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, defamatory, obscene, offensive, or infringing on any intellectual property rights or privacy rights of others. You also agree not to engage in any fraudulent or deceptive activities.

  1. User-Generated Content

2.1 Ownership: By submitting or posting any content on the Website, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display such content worldwide in any media.

2.2 Responsibility: You are solely responsible for the content you submit or post on the Website. We do not endorse or guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of any user-generated content. We reserve the right to remove or refuse to display any content that violates these Terms or is deemed inappropriate at our sole discretion.

2.3. Writer Guidelines: All submission through our online forms or via email to post content must follow these guidelines. 

  • Guest Post Content and Listings: Your team submits an article of 500–1200 words, in English. We review, edit, and publish it on MilanoStyle.com, usually within 12–24 hours (excluding holidays).
  • Duration: The article stays on-site for three years or up to indefinitely, at the editor’s discretion. (Just like in life, nothing is “permanent.”)
  • Links: The article may contain 2 do-follow links. (No affiliate links or short links, only direct domain URLs.) We have a general disclaimer on our website above all page content to comply with the FTC and similar organizations. The post is labeled  #partner or #guestpost on social media, the links are simple do-follow hyperlinks.  
  • Content: We like topics such as Travel, Style, Lifestyle (food, health, beauty), and Design (architecture, home decor). We prefer a focus on (or a nod to) Italian style and culture, but we are not limited to it.
  • Content: We DO NOT link to casino, gaming, crypto, cbd, vape, essay services, sexual, political, or hateful content.
  • Byline: You may request a custom byline. If you do not specify a byline, the byline will be attributed to “MilanoStyle”.
  • Editing & Publishing: A qualified editor reviews each submission. Irrelevant or poorly written articles will be rejected. The editor has the right to correct grammar and flow but will not modify your key phrases or links.
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  1. Intellectual Property

3.1 Ownership: The Website and its contents, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, trademarks, and software, are owned or licensed by us and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You agree not to copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Website or its contents without our prior written consent.

  1. Third-Party Websites and Services

4.1 Links: The Website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. Your interactions with third-party websites or services are solely between you and the third party.

  1. Limitation of Liability

5.1 Disclaimer: The Website is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. We make no warranties or representations, express or implied, regarding the Website’s accuracy, reliability, availability, or fitness for a particular purpose. We shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or relating to your use or inability to use the Website.

  1. Indemnification

6.1 You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold us harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your use of the Website or any violation of these Terms.

  1. Modifications and Termination

7.1 We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Website or these Terms at any time without prior notice. We may also impose limits on certain features or restrict your access to parts or all of the Website without liability.

  1. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

8.1 These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of ITALY. Any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Website shall be brought exclusively in the courts of MILANO, ITALY.

  1. General Provisions

9.1 Entire Agreement: These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Website and supersede any prior or contemporaneous understandings.

9.2 Severability: If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

9.3 Waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.

By using our Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [Contact Information].

10. Cookies

Milanostyle.com uses Google ads platform and third party apps for monetization which asks for your consent to use your personal data to:

  • Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development
  • Store and/or access information on a device
  • Contact us for information, to change your preferences or to unsubscribe to our newsletter. 
Your personal data will be processed and information from your device (cookies, unique identifiers, and other device data) may be stored by, accessed by and shared with 134 TCF vendor(s) and 64 ad partner(s), or used specifically by this site or app.

Some vendors may process your personal data on the basis of legitimate interest, which you can object to by managing your options below. Look for a link at the bottom of this page to manage or withdraw consent in privacy and cookie settings.

Content

The listings images and content excerpts come from their respective owners, which we mentioned on each page.

Some images have been licensed through Deposit Photos by the publisher.
Some images and content has been imported via API through a third-party partner affiliate such as Viator.com or booking.com
Some images and content have been submitted by users as user-generated content as defined in Section 2.

Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes a copyright infringement or if you do not agree to showcase your business on this site, please contact us.

 

DISCLOSURE ABOUT CONTENT

MilanoStyle.com is a personal, lifestyle and travel website with blog entries edited and managed by Celia Abernethy. I and any contributing, guest contributors adhere to this disclosure policy.

About Content: Milanostyle.com content is made up of independent blog articles. Some content is supported by ads, advertorials and affiliate links.  This means that I have received payment to write and publish the article or I may earn a commission if you click on a link.  I  only promote and endorse products or services that I  believe may be useful to my readers. Tags that indicate sponsored content: #ad (advertisement), #adv (advertorial), #advertorial  #promo (promotional), #guestpost (guest post), #sponsored #partner.

Articles written by our team or our contributing authors and not paid for by third parties are tagged with #contributor or #editorial or may not be tagged at all.

If you have doubts about content on milanostyle.com, you may contact me at any time.

Real reviews

I want to give true, honest reviews and only the things I think will enhance my readers’ experience on the site. The majority of my posts are independent reviews and comments.  Occasionally, I am asked to attend events or to review products, restaurants, hotels or other, but this does not guarantee coverage on the website. If I do review a venue in exchange of payment or gifts I will make it clear that I was invited.

The views and opinions expressed on this blog are personal opinions and experiences of my own (or of contributing authors).   Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

If you have doubts about content on milanostyle.com, you may contact me at any time.

Sponsorship & Promotion

As owner of MilanoStyle.com I sometimes accept forms of monetized advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation or commissions from affiliate programs. I abide by word of mouth marketing standards. I believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. Such content is presented as banners, advertising space, external links, guest posts, or content, which will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content with the tag #ad (advertisement), #adv, #advertorial. If you have doubts about content on milanostyle.com, you may contact me at any time.

Organizations that may have an impact on the content of this site:

    • Hotels booked via Bookings.com
    • Banner ads managed via Google.com
    • Tours booked via Viator.com
    • Skimlinks affiliate program
    • Viglink affiliate program (discontinued 09/09/2019 but may be present on archived pages)
    • Other partner sites; Milanostyle.com, LakeComoStyle.com, ItalytravelStyle.com, SeoTravelContent.com.

If I personally endorse a product or service, it’s because I believe it will be of use to my readership.

Why disclose?

I believe the reader should get real, honest information. As a user myself, I don’t like wasting time and I don’t think my readers do either. If I promote a product or service, it’s because I believe it will be of use.

I appreciate you taking time to read MilanoStyle.com disclosure agreement.

 This disclosure policy was created with the help of  https://www.disclosurepolicy.org.

• FTC disclosure: MilanoStyle sometimes receives free products and press trips, this in no way compromises the integrity of the author or personal and honest opinion about any products or services reviewed. Any posts resulting from a sponsorship, blog trip or free gift are explicitly indicated as such in the text.

• Italian newspaper disclaimer: Questo sito non rappresenta una testata giornalistica poichè viene aggiornato occasionalmente e senza alcuna periodicità. Pertanto, non può essere considerato in alcun modo un prodotto editoriale ai sensi della Legge n. 62 del 07.03.2001.

Translation: Milanostyle.com does not represent a journalistic news publication. Updates are occasional and do not have periodic publishing date and therefore according to Italian law Legge n. 62 del 07.03.2001 cannot be considered a editorial publication.

PRIVACY

This website is owned by Celia Abernethy, you may contact me at email editor @ milanostyle.com.

We do not share your personal information without your permission nor do we store information we collect about your visit to this blog for use other than to analyze content performance through the use of cookies, which you can turn off at anytime by modifying your Internet browser’s settings. I am not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other platforms or media without my permission. This privacy policy is subject to change without notice.

In order to comply with the GDPR,  the General Data Protection Regulations that come into force 25 May 2018, update to the Data Protection Act 1998, anyone processing personal information must register with the Information Commissioners Office and comply by law. I have registered and I am complying (ICO: 00011975836). The following is a declaration of how information is processed.

In brief: If you sign up for a newsletter or contact me via the website, I keep your email on file until you ask me to remove it from my list. You may remove your email by emailing me or following the instructions in the footer of the newsletter.  I DO NOT sell your information.

Details about the information processed

Nature of work – Travel Blog

Description of processing

    • The following is a broad description of the way this organisation/data controller processes personal information. To understand how your own personal information is processed you may need to refer to any personal communications you have received, check any privacy notices the organization has provided or contact the organization to ask about your personal circumstances.

Reasons/purposes for processing information

We process personal information to enable us to provide a travel blog information service, to maintain our own accounts and records and also to support and manage our collaborators.

Type/classes of information processed

We process information relevant to the above reasons/purposes. This may include:

    • personal  details; name and email address
    • goods and services you have inquired about by contacting us by email or via the website

We DO NOT process information relevant to the above reasons/purposes. This may include:

    • family details
    • lifestyle and social circumstances
    • financial details
    • employment and education details

We DO NOT process sensitive classes of information that may include:

    • racial or ethnic origin
    • physical or mental health details
    • religious or other beliefs
    • trade union membership
    • sexual life
    • offenses and alleged offenses

Who the information is processed about

We process personal information about:

    • website users, customers, and clients
    • suppliers
    • advisers, consultants
    • complainants, enquirers

Who the information may be shared with

We sometimes need to share the personal information we process with the individual themselves and also with other organizations. Where this is necessary we are required to comply with all aspects of the Data Protection Act (DPA). What follows is a description of the types of organizations we may need to share some of the personal information we process with for one or more reasons.

Where necessary or required we share information with:

    • service providers (our web service provider logs IP addresses for security purposes, they do not record your name)
    • service providers (tour operators or establishments regarding services or products you inquire about)

More information about the GDPR,  the General Data Protection Regulations:  https://ico.org.uk/

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