This Cookie Policy (the “Policy”) describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies that are used on the GHIT Fund website at [ www.ghitfund.org ] (“Site”). We may change this Policy at any time. Please take a look at the “LAST REVISED” legend at the bottom of this page to see when this Policy was last revised. Any changes in this Policy will become effective when we make the revised Policy available on or through the Site. If you have any questions, please contact us by email at info@ghitfund.org

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are a standard feature of websites that allow us to store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to the Site. Cookies help us learn which areas of the Site are useful and which areas need improvement.

You can choose whether to accept the use of cookies and similar technologies in general by changing the settings on your browser, or by changing specific settings for the Site (as set out in Section 3 of this Policy). However, if you disable cookies and similar technologies, your experience on the Site may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.

2. What Cookies and similar technologies do we use?

Below we list the different types of cookies and similar technologies that are used on the Site. To the extent any personal information is collected through cookies, our Privacy Policy applies and complements this Policy.

Essential Cookies (1st Party Cookies)

Essential cookies enable you to navigate the Site and to use its services and features. Without these absolutely necessary cookies, the Site will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to and we may not be able to provide the Site or certain services or features.

Issuer Domain	Name	Discription	Life span
www.ghitfund.org	OptanonAlertBoxClosed	This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and, in some cases, only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website to avoid showing the message to a user more than one time. The cookie has a one-year lifespan and contains no personal information.	1 year
www.ghitfund.org	OptanonConsent	This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the user's browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.	1 year
www.ghitfund.org	XSRF-TOKEN	This cookie helps with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.	Few seconds
www.ghitfund.org	ghit2023_session	This is the site-issued session cookie required to display the website in a browser.	Few seconds

Performance Cookies (1st Party Cookies)

Performance cookies collect information about your use of the Site and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Site, help us record any difficulties you have with the Site, and show us whether our advertising is effective or not. This allows us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Site, rather than the usage of a single person. We use the information to analyze Site traffic, but we do not examine this information for individually identifying information.

Issuer Domain	Name	Discription	Life span
ghitfund.org	_ga	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and is used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.	1 year
ghitfund.org	_ga_xxxxxxxxxx	Used by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device.	1 year

Targeting Cookies (3rd Party Cookies)

Targeting cookies (sometimes called marketing or advertising cookies) are used to record information such as user attributes and usage of our website, and to deliver advertisements that are in line with the user's interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times an advertisement is displayed and to measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.

Issuer Domain	Name	Discription	Life span
google.com	NID	This domain is owned by Google Inc. Although Google is primarily known as a search engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its main source of revenue, however, is advertising. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer's adverts appear.	6 months
youtube.com	YSC	YouTube is a Google - owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	Session
youtube.com	VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	YouTube is a Google - owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	5 months
www.youtube.com	TESTCOOKIESENABLED	YouTube is a Google - owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.	Few seconds
youtube.com	VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos	5 months

Google Analytics.

We use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the Services and report on activities and trends. This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ , and opt out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout .

Do-not-track signals. Please note that we do not currently respond to do-not-track signals.

3. How do I manage cookies and similar technologies?

You can change your settings for cookies and similar technologies at clicking on the green icon in the bottom left corner of the screen or by clicking on the Cookie Settings button in the banner at the bottom of the screen.

In addition, you can refuse or accept cookies from the Site at any time by activating the settings on your browser. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable or disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen. Please refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for information on commonly used browsers. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Site may operate as intended.

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Site may operate as intended. Please contact us at info@ghitfund.org if you have any questions or concerns.

If you want to clear all cookies left behind by the websites you have visited, here is a link where you can download a program that clean out tracking cookies:

http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html

LAST REVISED: August 15,2024