What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file downloaded on to your device when you access certain websites. Cookies allow sites to recognize your device when you make a return visit.
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings or preferences. If you do not want Cookies on your device, you can adjust the setting of your Internet browser to reject the setting of all or some cookies. For further information, see Cookie Insites. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access or use all parts or functionalities of our website and application.
Types of cookies we use
What cookies are and how we use them, a list of all the cookies used on the Citizens’ Climate Lobby site and how to opt out of or block non-essential cookies.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Some cookies we place on your browser ensure that the website delivers you information and services securely and optimally. You must accept these essential cookies to be able to make use of our website.
| Name | Origin | Data Stored | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pixel_ratio | This website | Numerical value representing a standard or retina display. | Detects the user’s device display as Standard or Retina. | A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser. |
| PHPSESSID | WordPress | A random unique number or string of letters and numbers. | As you browse through the pages on this site, the session cookie tells the website that you are the same person requesting the web pages and not a new visitor to each page. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. | A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | WordPress | The text ‘WP Cookie check’ | WordPress sets this cookie if you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies. | A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser. |
| FORMASSEMBLY | Form Assembly | A random unique number or string of letters and numbers. | Allows a user to submit information required to join and throttles request rate. | This cookie expires after 25 years. |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed, OptanonConsent | MailChimp/OneTrust | These cookie store date, time and URLs visited. | These cookies are set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. | This cookie expires after 1 year |
Functionality Cookies
Some cookies enable websites to remember choices their users make, for example, user name, language or text size. These cookies are known as ‘functionality cookies’ and help to improve your experience of a website by providing a more personalized service.
| Name | Origin | Data Stored | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _icl_current_language | WordPress Mulitlingual | Stores the user’s preferred language as a number. | Sets user language. | This cookie expires 1 day after its set. |
Performance Cookies
We use a number of tools that monitor visitor behavior on our website to help us improve our information and how we design the site.
| Name | Origin | Data Stored | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga, _gid, _gat_single, _gat_newTracker, __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmv, __utmz, ajs_group_id, ajs_anonymous_id, ajs_user_id, OTZ, DV, UULE, 1P_JAR | Google Analytics | A random unique number or string of letters and numbers to identify your browser, the times and dates that you interacted with the site recently and the marketing materials or referring pages that led you to the site. | Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to help us see how our website is used. In doing so information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States. The data collected by Google Analytics is used to analyze how frequently the same people revisit the website, how the website is discovered, and which pages are most frequently viewed. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall picture of website use, and is never identified individually or personally. | _gid expires after 4 days, _gat_single and _gat_newTracker expire after 1 minute, _gid expires after 24hours, __utma 2 years from set/update, __utmb 30 mins from set/update, __utmc expries at the end of browser session, __utmz 6 months from set/update, __utmv 2 years from set/update, and ajs_group_id, ajs_anonymous_id, ajs_user_id expire 365 days after set, UULE expires after 1 day, OTZ expires after 1 week, 1P_JAR expires after one month. |
| optimizelyBuckets, optimizelySegments, optimizelyEndUserId | Optimizely | These cookies create and store random strings of numbers or letters. | Optimizely is split testing software that can serve different pages to audiences for testing purposes. | Optimizely is split testing software that can serve different pages to audiences for testing purposes. The cookies expire at the end of campaigns which can vary. |
| _vis_opt_exp_#, _vis_opt_test_cookie, _vis_opt_exp_#_combi, _vwo_uuid | Visual Website Optimizer | These cookies create and store random strings of numbers or letters for a subset of website visitors. | These cookies are created by Visual Website Optimizer to conduct A/B testing in order to optimize website design. | The cookies expire at the end of campaigns which can vary. |
| _hjIncludedInSample, hubspotutk, _hstc, mp_hj_mixpanel | HotJar | These cookies create and store random strings of numbers or letters. | These cookies are associated with web analytics functionality and services from Hot Jar. They uniquely identify visitors during a single browser session and indicates if they are included in an audience sample. | As a campaign setting this session cookie is deleted when you close your web browser. If not set in the campaign this cookie automatically expires after 365 days. |
| wp* | ActOn | This cookies creates and stores a random unique number or string of letters and numbers to identify your browser, email address, the times and dates that you interacted with the site recently and the marketing materials or referring pages that led you to the site. | ActOn is a web analytics service utilized to analyze the effectiveness of email campaigns, how frequently the same people revisit the website, how the website is discovered, and which pages are most frequently viewed. |
Third Party Cookies
Some of our web pages use third-party services or software, such as maps, online videos or social networking features. Many of these services may set cookies on your device.
| Name | Origin | Data Stored | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _utmz, _utma, _utmb, N_T, PP_TOS_ACK, SNID, GAPS, NID, PREF, S | Google Calendar | Various unique identifiers, except for PREF which stores your options such as preferred zoom level. | Google sets a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Calendar. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behavior of Google Calendar users, as well as information about which calendar you are viewing, and which tab you are currently on. | All the cookies are immediately deleted or expire within 4 months, except for PREF and GAPS, which last for 2 years. |
| SID, LOGIN_INFO, use_hotbox, PREF, SSID, HSID, watched_video_id_list, __utma, __utmz, demographics, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | Various unique identifiers, as well as login information that may relate to a Google account. | Google sets a number of cookies on any page that includes a Youtube video. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behavior of Youtube users, including information that links your visits to our website with your Google account if you are signed in to one. This cookie does not identify you personally unless you are logged into Google, in which case it is linked to your Google account. In addition, these cookies help track the number of views for a particular video. The pref cookie will track user preferences and serve up related content or ads within an embedded YouTube video. | Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Youtube video, although some expire sooner. |
| SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, HSID, NID, PREF | Google Maps | Various unique identifiers, except for PREF which stores your options such as preferred zoom level. | Google sets a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behavior of Google Maps users. | Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Google Map. |
| datr, c_user | Unique identifier | Uniquely identifying cookies sent to Facebook when a site with Facebook a social plug-in is visited. | datr expires after 2 years, c_user expires after 6 months | |
| fr | Unique identifier | Facebook tracks opted-out Facebook users with a cookie (fr) that is used for advertising purposes. |
Advertising/Remarketing Cookies
We sometimes use tracking pixels to assist with our marketing and delivery of online advertising.
By better understanding what our audiences are interested in, we can more effectively promote our work.
The technology to do this is made possible by cookies and as such we may place a ‘remarketing cookie’ during your visit. We are unable to proactively reach out to you personally as the process is anonymized, but you can opt out of these cookies at any time.
The tracking pixels we currently use are for Facebook and Google Remarketing.
Opt out of advertising cookies
You can opt out of almost all advertising cookies by updating your preferences on Your Ad Choices’ website. It is worth noting that opting out of advertising cookies won’t stop you seeing ads, just that they won’t be tailored specifically to you.
