Cookie Policy

WHAT’S A COOKIE?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences, or items in online shopping carts) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering that information whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to page. Not all cookies collect information that identifies you, though. Some just collect general information such as how users arrive at and use a website, which helps website owners evaluate and find ways to improve features and content.

TYPES OF COOKIES

There are four kinds of cookies:

• Session cookies. These cookies last only for the session and are erased when the user closes the web browser.
• Persistent cookies. These cookies remain even after the internet browser session is closed. These cookies are stored on a user’s computer or mobile device until they expire or until the user deletes the cookie. Persistent cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user, such as web surfing behaviour or user preferences for a specific website. They have expiration dates which may vary from cookie to cookie.
• First-party cookies. These cookies are placed by the website a user is visiting. For example, if you visit Amazon.com, then Amazon.com generates cookies for direct interaction with their website.
• Third-party cookies. These cookies are placed by a site other than the one a visitor is using. These types of cookies are most often related to online advertising and marketing, social media networks like Twitter and Facebook, and content from embedded media services such as Vimeo, YouTube, and SoundCloud.

The majority of modern web browsers support cookies and most have settings that can be customized to decline some cookies and the abliity for a user to delete the cookies at will.

For more information about cookies, see http://www.allaboutcookies.org

COOKIE CATEGORIES

There are four main categories of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential to a user’s ability to navigate a website and use its features. Example: Without these cookies, a user would not be able to log into their account at the website or complete a purchase at an online store. Another “strictly necessary” example is a cookie that retains a user’s preference on whether or not to accept cookies from a website they visit.

Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how a visitor uses a website. These cookies do not collect personally idenitifying information but allow website owners to evaluate the site’s performance in order to improve user experience and content. Example: Cookies related to Google Analytics.

Functionality
These cookies remember user preferences in order to provide a more personalized experience of a website. They may store things such as your user name, language or the region preference, or even text size. These cookies may also be used to provide services a user has asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog, or logging into a website. Example: When you visit a weather reporting website, you might enter your postal code so you see weather specific to your region.

Targeting or Advertising
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant and suited to a user and their interests. They are also used to limit the number of times a user might see an advertisement, as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website owner’s permission. They remember what websites a user has visited and the information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Sometimes these cookies are linked to site functionality.
 

How This Site Uses Cookies

This site offers opt-in newsletter and email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users. It also uses cookies to improve site speed and content through usage of anonymized analytics.

When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

First-party cookies are cookies that relate to the functions and features of this website specifically, and are set by this website, not a third party.  

COOKIE CONSENT

Cookie Name: (cookie consent cookie name)
Related to: Cookie Consent and GDPR
Cookie Function: Retains a user’s preference in regards to accepting or declining cookies.
Type: Persistent Cookie / User Preference
Category: Strictly Necessary
Expiration: (whatever time period website owner sets) or it can be removed by clearing the cookie from the browser cache, or revoking consent.
Source: (name of cookie consent plugin)
 

MOBILE THEME

Cookie Name: (domainnamewithoutdotwhatever)-alternate-theme
Related to: Mobile Theme
Function: This cookie allows a mobile device user to view the desktop version of the website. This cookie is placed only of the user clicks the “View Full Website” link at the bottom of the mobile site. This cookie expires once the browser is closed and is removed when the mobile user switches back to the mobile version of the site.
Type: Session Cookie / User Preference
Category: Functionality
Expiration: Once browser is closed or when the mobile user switches back to the mobile version of the site (revokable). It can also be removed by clearing the cookie from the browser cache.
Source: Mobile Theme Switcher plugin

ANALYTICS (ANONYMOUS)

This website uses Google Analytics (Google, Inc.) to count website visitors and analyze usage of the site to help determine the value of site content to users. The expiration date of these cookies vary; some expire after a session ends or a browser window is closed, and some end after 2 years. The statistical data is stored at Google, but IP address are anonymized (made anonymous) so that no personal data is gathered by this website or transmitted to Google’s database.

First-Party Cookies for Google Analytics: _ga, _gid, _gat

Google Analytics Cookie Usage
Google Privacy Policy
Google Analytics provides an Opt-Out Browser Add-on

See information on 3rd-party Google Analytics cookies.
 

WORDPRESS

Cookie Name: wordpress_test_cookie
Cookie Function: Checks to see if cookies are enabled at the WordPress login page.
Type: Session Cookie
Category: Strictly Necessary
Expiration: When browser is closed
Source: WordPress

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.

From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

In some cases we may provide you with custom content based on what you tell us about yourself either directly or indirectly by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply allow us to provide you with content that we feel may be of interest to you.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Pinterest, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

Some third-party services used on this website may place Google Analytics cookies in your browser. This website has no control over those cookies or any data they may collect.

Common Cookie Name(s):
__utma, __utmt, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz, _dc_gtm_*, AMP_TOKEN, _gac_*

Google Analytics Cookie Usage
Google Privacy Policy
Google Cookie Types
Google Analytics provides an Opt-Out Browser Add-on

AFFILIATE COOKIES

Associates Program Operating Agreement:
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/agreement

Associates Program Policies (see section 4e):
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/policies

Amazon Privacy Notice: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=468496

SOCIA MEDIA BUTTONS

This website provides ways to share our pages and blog posts to social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. If you choose to share content from this site through any of the social media buttons on this site, be aware that these sites are likely to collect information about your online activities. This site has no control over placement of those cookies and how they function, therefore it is recommended that you review the official privacy policy of the respective social network to find out more about their use of your information and/or how to opt out or delete such information.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ 
Twitter: http://twitter.com/privacy 
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/static?hl=en&template=privacy 
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy
Google: https://policies.google.com
Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/privacy

FACEBOOK COOKIES

We use the pixels from Facebook Inc (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or, if you are based in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”)) on our website.

This allows user behavior to be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook ad. This enables us to measure the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes, and also to serve the user with targeted ads.

The data collected in this way is anonymous to us (we do not see the personal data of individual users). However, this data is stored and processed by Facebook, which is why we are informing you, based on our knowledge of the situation. Facebook may link this information to your Facebook account and also use it for its own promotional purposes, in accordance with Facebook’s Data Usage Policy https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. You can allow Facebook and its partners to place ads on and off Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. If you want to learn about opting out of this cookie, here is more information: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217

ADROLL COOKIES

This allows user behavior to be tracked after they have visited the website. This enables us to measure the effectiveness of ads for statistical and market research purposes, and also to serve the user with targeted ads. For more information aboutoptin out from Adroll tailored advertising, follow this link: https://help.adroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/216599538-Opting-Out-of-Personalized-Advertising

To learn more about opting out from tailored advertising in general, follow this link: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/

More Information

Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. However if you are still looking for more information you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods.

Email: author@laylahagen.com