Cookie Statement
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of text which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree (or your browser agrees automatically if you have set it up in that way), your browser adds that text in a small file.
A cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets website operators know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Partners Foundation) are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
partnersfoundation.com uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate our use of our website and compile reports on user activity.
Google stores the information collected by the cookie 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. By using partnersfoundation.com you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Website you visit):
website generated cookies (1st party)
Cookie consentdismissed | tracks your consent to use of cookies on our site (only set if you agree) |
_ga | Google analytics cookies – |
third party generated cookies
__cfduid | cloudflare.com – integrated security for apps and services |
DSID | .doubleclick.net – google tracking service – tracks cookies |
1P_JAR | |
SID | |
APISID |
Managing cookies
You can delete the files that contain cookies, those files are stored as part of your internet browser. If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by partnersfoundation.com or indeed any other website, or if you wish to receive notification of cookie placement requests or decline cookies completely, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Please be aware that declining or denying cookies may prevent you from being able to use the website to its highest capability.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile device you will need to refer to your manual.
Cookie Statement Updates
We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Statement regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
