YWAM Davos Cookie Notice
Last modified: 01.10.2024
Introduction
To facilitate this website’s functionality, and to deliver pertinent services to cloud users and website visitors, this site installs tiny data files called cookies onto your device when you provide us with consent to do so. Accordingly, this message relays information about these cookies, detailing their functionality, your ability to permit or deny their installation, and how to control them.
What Is A Cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a cloud service or website saves on your computer, phone, tablet or other mobile device when you visit the website. Once these files are installed on your system, the cookies are transmitted back to the originating cloud service or website on each subsequent visit, enabling the service to recognize returning users with their saved preferences and user selections. In some cases, other affiliated websites may recognize the same cookie, enabling cookies to be shared across related services.
Cookies on this site may be delivered in a first-party representation (set by YWAM Davos) or third-party representation (set by another website), and may also be set in association with emails you receive from us. Please be aware that third-party cookies are cookies are set by an entity other than the website owner for purposes such as collecting information on user behavior, demographics, or personalized marketing. An example of a third-party cookie could be youtube.com or doubleclick.net and others, where these third-party tools could be used within the YWAM Davos website; in those cases, the cookie is controlled by the third-party. These cookies enable embedded content to function properly, such as YouTube videos, PayPal payment processing forms or other tools. Again, if used, these associated services use their own cookies. We do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites or the lifespan of these cookies, even if you are directed to them from our website.
Cookies help us enhance your experience when using the website. They also help us understand how people use our site, such as which pages are most popular, so that we can better serve our site users.
Cookies Used On This Site
You may encounter various types of cookies on this website, such as:
- strictly necessary cookies, required for the website to function and cannot be switched off without impacting its functionality;
- performance/analytical cookies, permitting website operators to measure and improve the site’s operation to count visitors, track sources, determine how visitors move around the site;
- functional cookies, permitting enhanced functionality and personalization such as live chats;
- targeting cookies, to build profiles of your interests.
Each of these cookies may be represented by YWAM Davos in the form of a first-party cookie, or one of our partners in the form of a third-party cookie. Because it is important for us to maintain transparency and foster choice, each of these are explained below.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions made by the user which amount to a request for services, such as setting privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. Users can set their browsers to block or alert them about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not function properly.
The following table has more information about these cookies.
Performance And Analytical Cookies
Performance and analytical cookies are similar with slight differences; they both provide information to the server or cloud service to track information that’s useful to the operator. Performance cookies provide reliability metrics, which can include but are not limited to network latency, packet loss, jitter, server-side delay and other helpful metrics. Analytical cookies provide information such as the number of unique web users, demographics, browser types encountered, length of stay on a webpage, length of stay on a website, and other analytics useful to a website operator.
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the provision of enhanced functionality and personalization, such as videos and live chats. They may be set by the web application owner or by third party providers whose services have been added to pages of the web application. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these functionalities may not function properly.
Targeting Cookies
How To Control And Delete Cookies
You have the capability to control and delete cookies with most browsers. This section provides guidance regarding how to do that.
Using Your Browser
Many of the cookies used on our website and through emails can be disabled through your browser. To disable cookies through your browser, follow the instructions usually located within the “Help” or “Tools” or “Edit” menus, depending on your browser. Please note that disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser unless manually completed through your browser function.
Cookies That Have Been Set In The Past
If cookies are deleted, the information collected prior to the preference change may still be used, however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information from your user experience. For our marketing cookie, when a user opts out of tracking, a new cookie is placed to prevent users from being tracked.
Questions?
For more information, feel free to contact our Data Privacy Manager at web@ywamdavos.org.