This page was last changed on July 2, 2019, last checked on July 2, 2019 and applies to citizens of the United States.
1 Introduction
Our website, https://witshouston.org (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2 What are cookies
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3 What are scripts?
A script is a piece of programme code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4 What is a webbeacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5 Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. You do have the right to opt-out and to object against the further use of non-functional cookies.
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You can also disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
6 Third parties
We have made agreements about the use of cookies with other companies that place cookies. However, we cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. Parties such as Google are to be considered as independent data controllers. We recommend that you read the privacy statements of these companies.
7 Cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
We do not use any advertising cookies on this website.
On our website we have included buttons for Facebook and Instagram to promote webpages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook and Instagram. These buttons work using pieces of code coming from Facebook and Instagram themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons also can store and process certain information, so a personalized advertisement can be shown to you.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook and Instagram are located in the United States.
8 Placed cookies
| Google Analytics | |
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Purpose: Performance Retention period: From session up to two years Description: We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies that allows us to analyze the use of our website and to compile reports on website activity and internet usage. | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| _ga, _gid, _gat, _gaexp, _utm, __utmc, UTMD_, __utmv, __utmz, _gat_gtag_UA_ID, gadwp_wg_default_view, gadwp_wg_default_swmetric, gadwp_wg_default_metric, gadwp_wg_default_dimension, gadwp_ir_default_dimension, gadwp_ir_default_swmetric, gadwp_ir_default_metric | Privacy statement |
| WordPress | |
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Purpose: WordPress log in cookie Retention period: 30 days Description: Cookie to keep you logged in | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| _wordpress_ | Privacy statement |
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Purpose: Personalised advertisements Retention period: 1 year Description: Facebook uses cookies to target users with personalised advertisements | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| fbm_, actppresence, sb, csm, c_user, frstxs, datr, _fbp | Privacy statement |
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Purpose: Personalised advertisements Retention period: 1 year Description: Instagram uses cookies to target users with personalised advertisements | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| fbm_, actppresence, sb, csm, c_user, frstxs, datr, _fbp | Privacy statement |
| Vimeo | |
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Purpose: To display and deliver videos we use Vimeo, a video sharing website. The embedded Vimeo player uses cookies to check if certain features or preferences have been selected by the user. Retention period: 365 days Description: Cookies to track individual users. | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| vuid , __utma, __utmt_player, __utmz, __utmc, __utmb | Privacy statement |
| JetPack | |
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Purpose: Retention period: Description: | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| tk_tc, tk_qs, tk_ai, jetpackState | Privacy statement |
| Complianz | |
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Purpose: Remember the cookie warning choice Retention period: 365 days Description: Complianz stores the user preferences for the cookie warning banner | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| cmplz_all, cmplz_event_xxx, cmplz_stats, cmplz_id, complianz_config, complianz_consent_status, complianz_policy_id | Privacy statement |
| Do not track | |
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Purpose: Stores cookie consent Retention period: 365 days Description: This cookie is placed whenever we detect a 'do not track me' signal from your browser and prevents tracking cookies from being placed. | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| dont_track_me | Privacy statement |
| WP Autosave | |
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Purpose: We use this plugin for automatically saving a post from the editor to drafts by timer or by changes in editor. Retention period: 365 days Description: We use this plugin for automatically saving a post from the editor to drafts by timer or by changes in editor. | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| wp-autosave-1 | Privacy statement |
| WP Do Not Track | |
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Purpose: This cookie is used to stop plugins and themes from adding 3rd party tracking code and cookies. Retention period: 365 days Description: This cookie is used to stop plugins and themes from adding 3rd party tracking code and cookies. | |
| Used names | Sharing |
| wp-donottrack_feed, dont_track_me | Privacy statement |
9 Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- you may submit a request for access to the data we process about you;
- you may object to the processing;
- you may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you;
- you may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this cookie statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.
10 Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
11 Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Writers In The Schools
1523 W Main St.
77006 Houston
United States
Website: https://witshouston.org
Email: mail@witshouston.org
Phone number: 713.523.3877