If Americans Knew - Cookie Policy (EU)

This policy was last updated on 10/02/2020 18:37:15, and applies to citizens of the European Economic Area. Click here for our US cookie policy.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://ifamericansknew.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 program 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 web beacon?

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. As soon as you click on "Save preferences", you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

5.1 Manage your consent settings

6. Cookies

6.1 Technical or functional 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.

6.2 Analytical cookies

We use analytical cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these analytical cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place analytical cookies.

6.3 Social media buttons

On our website we have included buttons for Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote webpages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. These buttons work using pieces of code coming from Facebook, Twitter 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, Twitter and Instagram are located in the United States.

7. Placed cookies

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics for website statistics. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Statistics (anonymous)
_ga	2 years
_gid	1 day	Count and track pageviews
Purpose pending investigation
_gat_single
_ga_*	2 years

Sharing

For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.

Stripe

We use Stripe for payment processing. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Functional
__stripe_mid	1 year	Provide fraud prevention

Sharing

For more information, please read the Stripe Privacy Statement.

Vimeo

We use Vimeo for video display. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Statistics
__utmt_player	10 minutes	Store and track audience reach
vuid	2 years	Store the user's usage history

Sharing

For more information, please read the Vimeo Privacy Statement.

YouTube

We use YouTube for video display. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Statistics
PREF	1 year	Store and track visits across websites
YSC	session	Store a unique user ID
Marketing/Tracking
GPS	session	Store location data
Functional
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	6 months	Estimate bandwidth

Sharing

For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Statement.

Dailymotion

We use Dailymotion for video display. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Purpose pending investigation
v1st
ts
hist
dmvk
Statistics
damd	session	Store performed actions on the website

Sharing

For more information, please read the Dailymotion Privacy Statement.

PayPal

We use PayPal for payment processing. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Functional
paypal	persistent	Provide fraud prevention
__paypal_storage__	persistent	Store account details
ts_c	3 years	Provide fraud prevention

Sharing

For more information, please read the PayPal Privacy Statement.

Twitter

We use Twitter for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
metrics_token	persistent	Store if the user has seen embedded content
Functional
local_storage_support_test	persistent	Load balancing functionality

Sharing

For more information, please read the Twitter Privacy Statement.

Facebook

We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
actppresence	1 year	Manage ad display frequency
fbm*	1 year	Store account details
_fbc	2 years	Store last visit
fbm*	1 year	Store account details
xs	3 months	Store a unique session ID
fr	3 months	Enable ad delivery or retargeting
_fbp	3 months	Store and track visits across websites
datr	2 years	Provide fraud prevention
sb	2 years	Store browser details
*_fbm_	1 year	Store account details
Functional
wd	1 week	Determine screen resolution
act	90 days	Keep users logged in
c_user	90 days	Store a unique user ID
csm	90 days	Provide fraud prevention
presence	session	Store and track if the browser tab is active

Sharing

For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Statement.

AddThis

We use AddThis for providing social share buttons. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
uvc	13 months	Store and track visits across websites
Statistics
uid	1 year	Store a unique user ID
Purpose pending investigation
at-lojson-cache-ra-*	persistent
ouid	1 year
na_tc
na_id
mus	1 year
loc	13 months	Store location data
cw_id
uit
psc
at-rand	persistent
at-lojson-cache-wp-*	persistent
_at.cww
__atssc
__atuvc	13 months	Store performed actions on the website
__atuvs	1 year

Sharing

For more information, please read the AddThis Privacy Statement.

Google Ads

We use Google Ads for advertising. Read more

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
ads/ga-audiences	none	Store information for remarketing purposes

Sharing

For more information, please read the Google Ads Privacy Statement.

Miscellaneous

Name	Retention	Function
EU_visitor	1 year	Serve correct policy information

Sharing

This data is not shared with third parties.

8. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

• You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
• Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
• Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
• If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
• Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
• Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).

9. 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.

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:

If Americans Knew
P.O. Box 81
Menifee, CA 92586
United States
Website: https://ifamericansknew.org
Email: privacy@ifamericansknew.org
Phone number: 202-631-4060

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