Cookie Policy

Last updated: 21st September 2021

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The use of cookies is now standard for most websites, including sponsors.donr.com (the “Website”). If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can manage and control them, allowing or blocking them through your browser, including removing cookies and revoke consent by deleting them from your ‘browser history’ (cache) when you leave sponsors.donr.com or at any moment.

You need to be aware that if you do not accept cookies this site or part of it may not work properly.

 

Use of Cookies on donr.com Pages

We utilise cookies, and other online identification technologies such as web beacons, or pixels to provide users with an improved user experience. By using this website or application you consent to the deployment of such identification technologies.

 

Registered users and Donors

We use these technologies to make navigation of the Website easier for you and to better deliver tailored content to you. If you choose to create an account on the Website, we will use cookies to facilitate your registration and remember your preferences. If you choose to create an account on the Website, you will receive the benefits of an account only if you accept the strictly necessary cookies, which include those cookies used as part of registration.

 

Analytics and site statistics

We also use these technologies to gather usage information and statistics regarding use of the Website. For example, we collect information about page visits and navigation to determine which pages/topics are of greatest interest and if users are able to find content easily. We also use usage information to generate various reports regarding use of the Website. These reports contain aggregated information about users and do not single out users individually. If you have an account on our Website we may also collect information on what specific interests you have, including what articles you have viewed on the site in order to understand what content interests you most.

Information about the cookies used on the Website can be found below. Other Donr sites may use additional cookies or third-party analytics tools.  For more information about the cookies and third-party tools used on individual sites, please review the cookie information on the individual sites you visit.

 

Measuring the effectiveness of our activities

We may utilise online identification technologies from marketing partners, third party sites and social media platforms. These technologies help us measure the efficacy of our marketing and awareness campaigns and to understand how visitors navigate to the Website from advertising. We use these technologies to compile statistics about visitors who interact with the Website and other Donr online content, to gauge the effectiveness of our ads, and to provide more pertinent information to our visitors.

 

Managing cookies on your device

You can control and manage cookies using your browser. Please note that removing or blocking cookies can impact your user experience and some functionality of the Website may no longer be available.

 

Using your browser to control cookies

Most browsers allow you to view, manage, delete and block cookies for a website. Be aware that if you delete all cookies then any preferences you have set will be lost, including the ability to opt-out from cookies as this function itself requires placement of an opt out cookie on your device. Guidance on how to control cookies for common browsers is linked below.

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

MacOS Safari

Microsoft Internet Explorer

For information on additional browsers and device types please see http://www.aboutcookies.org/ or http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/

 

Managing Analytics cookies

You can opt-out of having your anonymised browsing history within our websites or applications recorded by analytics cookies. We use the following service providers and you can learn more about their privacy policies and how to opt-out of their analytics cookies by clicking on following links:

Google Analytics: https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html

 

Cookie disclosure

The following section explains the types, categories, and purpose of cookies on the Websites. By using this Website you consent to the deployment of cookies for the stated purpose.

 

Types of cookies

  • Session’ cookies remain in your browser during your browser session only, ie until you leave the website.
  • ‘Persistent’ cookies remain in your browser after the session (unless deleted by you).
  • ‘Performance’ cookies collect information about your use of the website, such as webpages visited and any error messages; they do not collect personally identifiable information, and the information collected is aggregated such that it is anonymous. Performance cookies are used to improve how a website works.
  • ‘Functionality’ cookies allow the website to remember any choices you make about the website (such as changes to text size, customised pages) or enable services such as commenting on a blog.

Our use of cookies

The following table explains the way in which we use cookies on donr.com

Cookie

Issuer

Duration

Type

Purpose

_ga

Google Analytics

2 years

Performance, Persistent

Used in the tracking of user behaviour on the site, allowing us to understand how it is used by visitors

_gat

 

Google Analytics

1 minute

Performance, Session

Used in the tracking of user behaviour on the site, allowing us to understand how it is used by visitors

_cfduid

Cloudflare

5 years

Performance, Persistent

Used by 3rd party (Cloudflare) to identify trusted web traffic

Donr_session

Donr

1 hour

Performance, Session

Used in the tracking of user behaviour on the site, allowing us to understand how it is used by visitors

Impression_

Donr

60 days

Performance, Persistent

Used in the tracking of user behaviour on the site, allowing us to understand how it is used by visitors

Commenter_id

Donr

7 days

Functionality, Persistent

Used when leaving a comment on a donr.com page

XSRF-TOKEN

Donr

1 hour

Session

Prevents cross site request forgery attempts (security)

Hubspot

Hubspot

2 years

Functionality, Persistent

Used in the tracking of user behaviour on the site, allowing us to understand how it is used by visitors