YWAM Louisville Cookie Notice
Last Modified: April 2nd, 2019
Introduction
To facilitate this website's functionality, and to deliver pertinent services to cloud users and website visitors, this site installs tiny files called cookies onto your device when you provide us with consent to do so. Accordingly, this message relays information about these cookies, detailing their functionality, your ability to permit or deny their installation, and how to control them.
What Is A Cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a cloud service or website saves on your computer, phone, tablet or other mobile device when you visit the website. Once these files are installed on your system, the cookies are transmitted back to the originating cloud service or website on each subsequent visit, enabling the service to recognize returning users with their saved preferences and user selections. In some cases, other affiliated websites may recognize the same cookie, enabling cookies to be shared across related services.
Cookies on this site may be delivered in a first-party representation (set by YWAM) or third-party representation (set by another website), and may also be set in association with emails you receive from us. Please be aware that third-party cookies are cookies are set by an entity other than the website owner for purposes such as collecting information on user behavior, demographics, or personalized marketing. An example of a third-party cookie could be youtube.com or doubleclick.net and others, where these third-party tools could be used within the YWAM website; in those cases, the cookie is controlled by the third-party. These cookies enable embedded content to function properly, such as YouTube videos, Facebook advertising, Instagram feeds, PayPal payment processing forms, application forms or other tools. Again, if used, these associated services use their own cookies. We do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites or the lifespan of these cookies, even if you are directed to them from our website.
Cookies help us enhance your experience when using the website. They also help us understand how people use our site, such as which pages are most popular, so that we can better serve our site users.
How does YWAM use cookies?
Our websites may use “cookies,” which are small data files that are stored on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies enable you to donate on our websites and may be used in a variety of ways to enhance or personalize your online browsing experience. For example, we may use cookies to enable you to use certain website features, remember your donation history, store your preferences, recognize you when you return to our website, track your donations, and monitor and maintain information about your use of our websites. You can set your browser not to accept cookies or to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the opportunity to decide whether or not to accept it. If you do not accept cookies, however, you will not be able to make donations on our websites.
Cookies Used On This Site
You may encounter various types of cookies on this website, such as:
- strictly necessary cookies, required for the website to function and cannot be switched off without impacting its functionality;
- performance/analytical cookies, permitting website operators to measure and improve the site’s operation to count visitors, track sources, determine how visitors move around the site;
- functional cookies, permitting enhanced functionality and personalization such as live chats;
- targeting cookies, to build profiles of your interests.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions made by the user which amount to a request for services, such as setting privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. Users can set their browsers to block or alert them about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not function properly.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Expiry | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __cfduid | hsadspixel.net | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
| __cfduid | hs-analytics.net | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
| __cfduid | hsappstatic.net | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
| __cfduid | hscollectedforms.net | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
| __cfduid | hs-scripts.com | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
| __cfduid | hubspot.com | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
| __cfduid | hubspot.net | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
| __cfduid | usemessages.com | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
| __cfduid | ywamlouisville.org | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
| JSESSIONID | nr-data.net | Session | HTTP | Preserves users states across page requests. |
Functional Cookies
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like
your preferred language or the region that you are in.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Expiry | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| messagesUtk | ywamlouisville.org | 1 Year | HTTP | Stores a unique ID string for each chat-box session. This allows the website-support to see previous issues and reconnect with the previous supporter. |
Performance/Analytical Cookies
Performance and analytical cookies are similar with slight differences; they provide information to the server or cloud service to track information that’s useful to the operator. Performance cookies provide reliability metrics, which can include but are not limited to network latency, packet loss, jitter, server-side delay and other helpful metrics. Analytical cookies provide information such as the number of unique web users, demographics, browser types encountered, length of stay on a webpage, length of stay on a website, and other analytics useful to a website operator.
We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website. Google Analytics and Pinterest employs performance and analytical cookies. These cookies collect information in the aggregate to give us insight into how our website is being used and how it’s performing. We anonymize IP addresses in Google Analytics, and the anonymized data is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The following table has more information about these cookies.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Expiry | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | ywamlouisville.org | 2 Year | HTTP | This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years. |
| _gat | ywamlouisville.org | 1 day | HTTP | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
| _gid | ywamlouisville.org | 1 Day | HTTP | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie is used to distinguish users |
| _pinterest_cm | pinterest.com | 1 Year | HTTP | Used by Pinterest to track the usage of services. |
| p.gif | typekit.net | Session | HTTP | Keeps track of special fonts used on the website for inter al analysis. The cookie does not register any visitor data. |
To view an overview of the privacy of your Google Analytics cookies please go here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
You may install a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on by going here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
To see how to prevent Pinterest cookies, please go here: https://help.pinterest.com/en/article/do-not-track
Targeting Cookies
Targeting cookies are set through a site by advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of users’ interests and show relevant ads on other sites. They work by uniquely identifying a user’s browser and device. If a user does not allow these cookies, he/she will not experience targeted advertising across different websites.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Expiry | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __hluid | hubspot.com | 1 Year | HTTP | Used to identify the visitor across visits and devices. This allows the website to present the visitor with relevant advertisement - The service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. |
| __hmpl | hubspot.com | Persistent | HTML | Used to manage HubSpot functionalities |
| __ptq.gif | hubspot.com | Session | Pixel | Sends data to the marketing platform HubSpot about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels |
| _fbp | ywamlouisville.org | 3 months | HTTP | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| fr | facebook.com | 3 months | HTTP | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| r/collect | doubleclick.net | Session | Pixel | This cookie is used to send data to Google Analytics abot the visitor's device and behaviour. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| tr | facebook.com | Session | Pixel | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
Third Party Websites’ Cookies
Third party cookies are cookies set by someone other than the website owner for purposes such as collecting information on user behavior, demographics, or personalized marketing. When using our website, you may encounter embedded content, such as YouTube videos, Adobe Spark media, PayPal payment processing forms, or our customer relation management software which is powered by HubSpot. These websites and embedded content may use their own cookies. We do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites or the lifespan of these cookies, even if you are directed to them from our website.
How To Control And Delete Cookies
You have the capability to control and delete cookies with most browsers. This section provides guidance regarding how to do that.
Using Your Browser
Many of the cookies used on our website and through emails can be disabled through your browser. To disable cookies through your browser, follow the instructions usually located within the “Help,” “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser. Please note that disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser unless manually completed through your browser function.
Cookies That Have Been Set In The Past
Collection of your data from our analytics cookies can be deleted. If cookies are deleted, the information collected prior to the preference change may still be used, however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information from your user experience. For our marketing cookie, when a user opts out of tracking, a new cookie is placed to prevent users from being tracked.
How does YWAM use pixel tags?
We may use “pixel tags” (also called “web beacons” or “clear gifs”), which are tiny graphic images, on our websites and in our emails. Pixel tags help us analyze our donors’ online behavior and measure the effectiveness of our websites and our advertising. We may work with service providers that help us track, collect, and analyze this information.
Pixel tags on our sites may be used to collect information about your visit, including the pages you view, the features you use, the links you click, and other actions you take in connection with the sites. This information may include your computer’s Internet protocol (IP) address, your browser type, your operating system, date and time information, and other technical information about your computer. We may also track certain information about the identity of the website you visited immediately before coming to our site. We do not otherwise track any information about your use of other websites.
Pixel tags and cookies in our emails may be used to track your interactions with those messages, such as when you receive, open, or click a link in an email message from us.
We also may work with third-party companies that use tracking technologies to serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet. These companies may collect information about your visits to our websites and your interaction with our advertising and other communications. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having your information used by these companies, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
We may combine the information we collect through cookies and pixel tags with other information we have collected from you. This information may be used to improve our websites, to personalize your online experience, to tailor our communications with you, to determine the effectiveness of our advertising, and for other internal business purposes.
How do I contact you?
For questions about our privacy policy, to make choices about receiving promotional communications, to update your personal information, or to place a donation, you can contact our accounting office by email, telephone, or postal mail:
Youth With A Mission
PO Box 22185
Louisville, KY 40252
502-423-0339