Cookie Statement

Updated 1 July 2022

This Notice explains how The Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors (“APSCA” “us”, “we”), uses cookies and other tracking technologies through our website (www.theapsca.org). This is to be read alongside our Privacy Notice which explains how we process personal information. You can choose to reject our cookies. If you have accepted but then decide to reject our use of cookies, please disable them following the guidance below.

1.                What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, if you agree.  They contain details of your browsing history on the website and distinguish you from other users. Cookies send data back to the originating website on each subsequent visit or allow another website to recognize the cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize a user’s device and, for instance, remember your preferences and generally improve your online user experience.

Although this notice refers to the general term ‘cookie’, it also applies to similar tracking technologies that we use (such as ‘web beacons’, ‘clear GIFs’ and ‘pixel tags’).

You can find out more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.

2.                Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to:

                  let you navigate and do things on our website. In other words, some cookies are necessary for our website to function.

                  collect statistics – the information collected by cookies enables us to improve the website through usage figures and patterns. For example, to see which pages of the website are the most popular and how users are interacting with them.

                  analyze how individuals interact with us so we can improve our services.

                  suggest content for you based on the pages of our website you have previously visited.

 

3.                Which cookies do we use?

We use the following cookies:

                  Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

                  Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

                  Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region), if applicable.

 

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Name of cookie

Provider

Purpose

Duration

SAPISID

YouTube (Google)

The “SAPISID” cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent

Expires after 2 years

APISID

Youtube (Google)

The “APISID” cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent

Expires anytime between 6 months to 10 years.

SID

Youtube (Google)

The “SID” cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent

Expires anytime between 6 months to 10 years.

SSID

Youtube (Google)

The “SSID” cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

Persistent

Expires anytime between 6 months to 10 years.

HSID

Double Click (Google)

The “HSID” cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites.

Persistent

Expires after 1 year

_gcl_au

Google Adsense

To store and track conversions

Persistent

Expires after 3 months.

mkjs_group_id

Could Not Locate

Could Not Locate

Could Not Locate

NID

Youtube

The “NID” cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.

 

Persistent

Expires anytime between 6 months to 10 years.

 

1p_JAR

Google Ads

Marketing/ Tracking

to provide ad delivery or retargeting.

1 Month

ajs_user_id

Atlassian

Unknown

At least one session

ajs_anonymous_id

Atlassian

Statistics

To store last visit

1 Year

_gid

Google Analytics

The “_gid” cookie is part of Google Universal Analytics and is primarily used to track visits to any site which uses Google Analytics.

 

Persistent

Expires after 2 years

 

OTZ

Google Analytics

The “OTZ” cookie is used by Google analytics to track website traffic information

 

Persistent

Expires after 1 month

wordpress_test_cookie

WordPress

Functional


to 
read if cookies can be placed.

 

Session

_ga

Google Analytics

The “_ga” cookie is used to determine unique visitors to the site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure.

 

Persistent

2 years from set/ update

PHPSESSID

PHP

Functional

 

To provide functions across pages

Session

cookieconsent_status

Unknown

Functional

 

 

to store cookie consent preferences.

 

At least one session

_uetvid

Bing Ads

Marketing/ Tracking

 

to store and track visits across websites.

 

16 Days

__Secure-1PSIDCC

 Google

 Cookie required to use website options and services

 1 year

__Secure-3PSID

 Google

 These cookies are used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests

 2 years

__Secure-1PSID

 Google

 Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

 2 years

__Secure-1PAPISID

 Google

 Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.

 2 years

__Secure-3PAPISID

 Google

 Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.

 2 years

__Secure-3PSIDCC

 Google

 Relative to Google Recaptcha – These Google security cookies help to authenticate the user, prevent fraudulent use of login information and protect user data from access by unauthorised persons.

 6 months

AEC

 Google

 Used to prevent spam, fraud and abuse. Ensures that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites

 6 months

_gat_UA-113705788-1

 Google Analytics

 This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.

 Functional

1minute

wp-settings-time-

 Wordpress

 This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

 1 year

nsc_bar_cs_done

 Own Cookie

 Cookie to save cookie consent preferences

 1year

mkjs_user_id

 

 Used to identify unique users and performance

indicators associated with those users,

  1 year

wp-settings-6

 WordPress

 WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of the admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

 1 year

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

1.                Accepting cookies

By clicking accept when you visit the website, you consent to our use of cookies as updated from time to time. In particular, you consent to cookies being stored on your computer or mobile device (unless rejected or disabled by your browser).

2.                How can you change your cookies settings?

As some of our cookies are necessary for the functioning of our website, you cannot opt out of our use of those cookies.

If you do not accept our use of cookies as set out above, please click continue without cookies or please set your browser to reject cookies. Most browsers let you turn off either all or third-party cookies. What you are able to do depends on which browser you are using. If you do not accept our use of cookies as set out above, you may configure your browser to reject cookies. However, please be aware that this may impair or limit your ability to use the website. The function which enables you to disable cookies is usually found in the options, settings or preferences menu of your browser or mobile device.

You can also opt out of receiving cookies on the website for Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

3.                Updates to this notice

We may update this notice and so we recommend that you check this notice regularly. We aim to notify you of any significant changes by way of a notice on our website or by contacting you directly when reasonably possible.

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