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ALLFED Cookie Policy

Introduction

  1. This document covers ALLFED’s Cookie Policy. ALLFED Institute is a nonprofit organization with the following legal address:
    1. ALLFED Institute, 603 S. Public Rd #57, Lafayette, CO 80026, U.S.A.
  2. ALLFED maintains a number of websites in the allfed.info domain.
  3. ALLFED cares greatly about the rights of individuals, particularly with regard to automated processing. In a desire for transparency with its users, we have put in place a policy for covering all these processing operations, the purposes pursued by the latter as well as the means of action available to individuals so that they can best exercise their rights in plain English.
  4. Continued browsing of this site constitutes your acceptance without reservation of the following terms and conditions of use. You also agree to the use of cookies and other tracers.

What domains does this policy cover?

  1. This policy covers domains that are owned and managed by ALLFED. This includes allfed.info and all domains that redirect to it. 

What information do we collect on our domains, and how do we use it?

  1. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (identifiable person); an identifiable person is a person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to a name, identification number, or to one or more elements specific to their physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity.
  2. We mainly use the personal information that may be collected on our domains to manage our relations with you.
  3. Consult the ALLFED Privacy Policy for more information on the type of personal data we collect. 

What is a cookie?

  1. A “Cookie” or “a tracer” is an electronic file deposited on a terminal (computers, tablets, smartphones) and read when browsing a website, reading an email, installing or using software, or a mobile application, regardless of the type of terminal used.
  2. By browsing this site, you agree to the use of cookies. If you don’t accept our use of cookies, you can turn off cookies in your browser settings or decline them via the pop-up widget when you land on the ALLFED website.
  3. All information collected will only be used to track the volume, type, and configuration of traffic using this site, to develop its design and layout, to generally improve the service we provide to you, and for other administrative and planning purposes.
  4. Strictly necessary cookies are those that are essential for the proper functioning of this website. Without these cookies, this website would not work properly.
    1. “N3t_cc”: this cookie holds the user cookies' consent info.
  5. For more information on the use, management, and deletion of cookies for all browsers, we invite you to consult the following link: All About Cookies.

How do we collect cookies?

  1. We collect cookies in the following ways:
    1. Google Services: Analytics
      1. We use Analytics services from Google LLC. Google Analytics GA4 uses "cookies", which are stored on your computer in order to help the website analyze how users use the site during their visit. The nature of these cookies is mainly for performance and for marketing.
      2. The collected data (information about your web preferences, ads based on what you visit, or even your language) is analyzed and categorized in order to create a useful report about how this website is used and emphasize its performance.
      3. The data is transmitted and stored on a server controlled by Google, located in the United States.
      4. Google will use all this information, determined by how you use our website, to generate reports based on the website’s activity for website operators and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage.
      5. Your IP address is anonymized before being sent to Google.
      6. All user-level and event data is deleted from Google Analytics 14 months after the last visit to our website.
      7. You can deactivate the installation and use of cookies by simply setting up your web browser’s preferences. However, you might have access to a less functional, or even malfunctional, environment within the site.
      8. If you wish to prevent the storage of personal data (including your anonymized IP address) and their use only by Google, you can install the following plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
      9. For more information, please see the terms of use and the privacy policy of Google Analytics.
    2. Google Services: Google Tag Manager (GTM)
      1. Google Tag Manager (GTM) is a tag management system to manage JavaScript and HTML tags used for tracking and analytics on websites. Tags are small code elements that, among other things, are used to measure traffic and visitor behavior to understand the effect of online advertising and social channels.
      2. We use GTM on our websites to include Google Analytics as the tracking tool.
      3. More information about GTM’s privacy practices can be found at Google's privacy policy and Google's terms of use.
    3. Google Services: reCAPTCHA
      1. Our domain(s) use(s) Google LLC's Invisible reCAPTCHA service to protect submissions and prevent spam on the site. It checks if you are a person to prevent certain features of the website from being abused by spam bots.
      2. By filling out the forms using this plugin, you consent to sending your IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service.
      3. Your data will be communicated to Google and used by their services.
      4. Your IP address may first be truncated by Google in EU Member States - or in other states that are part of the European Economic Area agreement.
      5. In exceptional cases, your full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and then subsequently truncated. 
      6. The IP address provided to reCAPTCHA through your browser will not be merged with any other Google data.
      7. This data collection is subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
    4. Other third-party services
      1. By visiting our website(s), you agree that your browser will make a supplemental connection to our CDN (Content Delivery Network) vendor to load some of our template assets. Your IP address might be tracked by our web server and our CDN vendor’s servers to grant you a regular navigation experience on our website.
      2. Donations gateways used on the Website donations page are provided by 3rd parties and subject to their Terms & Conditions.

Storage of your data

  1. ALLFED’s allfed.info domain is hosted on servers located in Sophia, Bulgaria.
  2. ALLFED’s respond.allfed.info domain is hosted on servers located in Sydney, Australia.
  3. ALLFED’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) is provided by: Cloudflare.
  4. ALLFED’s email accounts, as well as any other services provided as part of Google Suite subscription, are provided through servers located in the United States by: Google LLC, whose offices are located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway - Mountain View, CA 94043 - United States.

How to disable cookies

  1. Your web browser will have the option to block cookies. Below are links to popular web browsers and instructions for blocking cookies using them.
    1. Google Chrome
    2. Firefox
    3. Safari
    4. Internet Explorer
    5. Other web browsers