LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY’S Cookie Policy
Effective Date: 30 November, 2023
Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website. By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or device when visiting a website. They are widely used to enhance the user experience by remembering your preferences and providing personalised content. Cookies also enable us to analyse website traffic and gather information about how our website is used.
Types of Cookies We Use on Our Website
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website and enable you to navigate and use its features. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms. Without these cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors interact with our website, such as the pages they visit, the time spent on each page, and any errors encountered. This information helps us improve the performance and usability of our website.
- Functionality Cookies: Functionality cookies enable a website to remember user choices and preferences, such as language selection, font size, and personalised content settings. This ensures that the website delivers a consistent and tailored experience to each user.
- Advertising Cookies: We may partner with third-party advertising networks or social media platforms that may use cookies to deliver personalised advertisements to you based on your browsing activities and interests.
- Non–essential cookies: Non-essential cookies have a range of functions, from allowing the website owner to understand how users are moving around and using their website (Statistical) to third-party cookies which look to build a profile of individuals that can inform their online marketing decisions (Marketing). Non-essential cookies require a user to ‘opt-in’ to accept the cookie onto their device.
- _ga and _gid: Google Analytics (Statistical) These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. They store and count page views. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information, including IP address, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
- _gat, –gat and _gtag_UA: Google Analytics (Marketing / Tracking) These cookies are used to store and track conversions.
- _gcl_au: Google Adsense (Marketing / Tracking) These cookies are used to store and track conversions from Google Ads.
- APISDI, SAPISID, SSID, HSID, NID: Google Ads Optimization (Marketing / Tracking) These cookies are used to optimise Google Ads, to provide fraud prevention, to provide ad delivery or retargeting, to store user preferences.
- 1P_JAR: Google Maps (Functional) These cookies are used to store user preferences relating to maps, where a website uses Google Maps.
- pl: Type: Third-party cookie (Instagram)This cookie is used by Instagram to deliver and measure the performance of advertisements on the platform.
- fr : Third-party cookie (Facebook) This cookie is used by Facebook to deliver and measure the performance of advertisements and to provide personalized content.
- c_user: Facebook This cookie stores the user’s Facebook user ID and is used for user authentication and to maintain a user’s session on the platform.
- datr: Facebook The datr cookie is used for security purposes and helps identify suspicious login activity.
- fr: Third-party cookie (Facebook) This cookie is used by Facebook to deliver and measure advertisements’ performance and provide personalized content.
- sb: First-party cookie Facebook The sb cookie is used for browser identification and to maintain a user’s session.
- presence: First-party cookie Facebook This cookie is used to track a user’s status on Facebook, indicating whether they are online or not.
- xs: First-party cookie Facebook The xs cookie is used for security and authentication purposes. It helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.
- pl: Third-party cookie (Instagram) This cookie is used by Instagram to deliver and measure the performance of advertisements on the platform.
- rur: First-party cookie (Instagram) The rur cookie is used for internal metrics and analytics on Instagram.
- ig_did: First-party cookie (Instagram) This cookie is used to identify a user’s device when they access Instagram.
Third-Party Cookies
We may allow third-party service providers to set cookies on our website. These providers may include analytics tools, advertising networks, and social media platforms. We do not have control over these cookies, and their use is subject to the respective third party’s privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties.
Cookie Consent
By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy. You can manage your cookie preferences by adjusting your browser settings. Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy yearly to reflect changes in our practices or for legal or regulatory reasons whichever is earlier. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for any updates. The revised policy will be effective immediately upon posting on our website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at: comms@lewa.org.
Please note that this Cookie Policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, which provides further information on how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.