1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners. Cookies allow websites to remember your preferences and provide a personalized browsing experience.
When you visit our website, we may place cookies on your device to help us understand how you use our site and to improve your experience. Cookies help us recognize you, remember your preferences, and provide relevant content.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We use different types of cookies for various purposes. Below is a detailed explanation of each category:
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities like page navigation, secure access to protected areas, and the ability to save your cookie preferences. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
- Session Management: Cookies that maintain your session state while browsing our website
- Security: Cookies that help protect against fraudulent activity
- Cookie Consent: Cookies that remember your cookie preferences
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. These cookies provide insights into website traffic, user behavior, and which pages are most popular. This information helps us improve our website and the services we offer.
- Traffic Analysis: Understanding how many people visit our site and which pages they view
- User Behavior: Learning how visitors navigate through our website
- Performance Monitoring: Identifying and resolving technical issues
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences and settings. These cookies remember choices you make (such as your language preference) and provide enhanced, more personalized features.
- Language Preferences: Remembering your selected language
- Display Preferences: Remembering display settings like font size or contrast
- Form Data: Temporarily saving information you enter in forms
3. Third-Party Cookies
We may allow trusted third parties to place cookies on your device. These cookies are set by domains other than legacygivingworks.us and are used for purposes such as:
- Analytics Services: To analyze website usage and trends (e.g., Google Analytics)
- Content Delivery: To improve website performance and load times
We carefully select our third-party service providers and ensure they adhere to strict privacy and data protection standards. These third parties may use cookies to collect anonymous information about your visits to our website and other websites over time.
4. How to Manage Cookie Preferences
You have several options for managing your cookie preferences:
Our Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to:
- Accept All: Allow all types of cookies
- Reject All: Only allow essential cookies
- Customize Settings: Choose which types of cookies you wish to allow
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser's cookie data and revisiting our site.
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:
- View cookies that are stored on your device
- Block cookies from specific websites
- Delete all or specific cookies
- Set preferences for how cookies are handled
5. How to Disable Cookies
You can disable cookies through your web browser settings. Below are instructions for common browsers:
Google Chrome
- Click the three dots in the top-right corner and select "Settings"
- Go to "Privacy and security" > "Third-party cookies"
- Choose your preferred cookie settings
Mozilla Firefox
- Click the menu button and select "Settings"
- Select "Privacy & Security"
- Under "Cookies and Site Data," choose your preferred settings
Microsoft Edge
- Click the three dots in the top-right corner and select "Settings"
- Go to "Cookies and site permissions"
- Under "Cookies and site data," configure your preferences
Safari
- Go to "Settings" > "Privacy"
- Under "Cookies and website data," select your preferred option
6. Impact of Disabling Cookies
While you can disable cookies, please be aware that doing so may affect your browsing experience:
- Essential Cookies: Disabling essential cookies may cause parts of our website to become non-functional or inaccessible
- Analytics Cookies: Disabling analytics cookies means we cannot understand how visitors use our site, which may affect our ability to improve your experience
- Functional Cookies: Disabling functional cookies means you will need to reset your preferences each time you visit our site
We recommend keeping essential cookies enabled to ensure the best possible experience on our website.
7. Cookie Duration
Cookies can be categorized by how long they remain on your device:
Session Cookies
Session cookies are temporary cookies that are automatically deleted when you close your web browser. These cookies are used to maintain your session state during a single visit to our website. They do not collect information from your device and are essential for website functionality.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period of time or until you manually delete them. These cookies are used to remember your preferences and settings across multiple visits. The duration of persistent cookies varies depending on their purpose:
- Preference Cookies: Typically 1 year
- Analytics Cookies: Typically 2 years
- Security Cookies: Typically 30 minutes to 24 hours
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data processing activities. When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.