Updated: March 15, 2022
The following websites and applications (each a “Website” or “Site”, or together the “Websites” or “Sites”) are operated by Defenders of Wildlife (Defenders, we, or us): defenders.org, gifts.defenders.org, conservationist.io, domains support.defenders.org, act.defenders.org, the iBeaver application, and any other websites or applications that link to this policy. Please also see Defenders of Wildlife Privacy Policy.
We use technologies on our Websites to collect information that helps us improve your online experience. In this Cookie Policy, we refer to these technologies, which include cookies, pixels, web beacons and gifs, collectively as cookies. This policy explains the different types of cookies used on the Sites and how you can control them.
We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. Please take a look at the last effective date at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised. Any changes in this Cookie Policy will become effective when we make the revised Cookie Policy available on or through the Sites.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work in a better, more efficient way. They can do this because websites can read and write these files, enabling them to recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of a website more convenient (i.e., by remembering your user preferences).
WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?
We use different types of cookies including, functionality, performance, analytics and session state cookies.
Functionality cookies allow us to remember the choices you make on our Sites and to provide enhanced and more personalized features, such as customizing a certain webpage, remembering if we have asked you to participate in a promotion and for other services you request, for example watching a video or commenting on a blog. All of these features help us to improve your visit to the Sites.
Performance cookies, which are sometimes called analytics cookies, collect information about your use of these Sites and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, performance cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Sites, allow us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Sites, help us record any difficulties you have with the Sites and show us whether our advertising is effective or not.
Below we list the different types of cookies we may use on the Websites:
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COOKIE NAME |
SOURCE |
PURPOSE |
EXPIRY |
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All Websites |
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cookie_consent_settings_set |
Cookie Notice |
Stores the display status of the cookie notice once a user clicks “OK”. |
1 year |
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_ga |
Google Analytics |
Used to collect information about how visitors use our site. For example, the number of visitors and location of these visitors on our sites. |
1 year |
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_gat_UA-353912-1 |
Google Analytics Throttle |
Used to track performance. |
1-10 minutes |
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_gid |
Google Analytics ID |
Used to store and update a unique value for each page visited. |
1 year |
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_fbp |
Facebook Pixel |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products. |
Up to 90 days |
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_uetsid |
Bing Ads |
Used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that are relevant to the visitors perusing the site. |
390 days |
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_atuvc |
AddThis Update |
Embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. |
Session |
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_atuvs |
AddThis |
Embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. |
Session |
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lightbox-xxx |
Lightbox |
Used to control display of lightboxes to visitors. |
Session |
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JSESSIONID |
Engaging Networks |
Session ids preserve data for retrieval during a visitor’s time on a site and expire when they close their browser. They are functionality related. |
Session |
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Session ID |
Engaging Networks |
Session ids preserve data for retrieval during a visitor’s time on a site and expire when they close their browser. They are functionality related. |
Session |
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Gifts.Defenders.org ONLY |
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add_to_cart |
Google Tag Manager |
Used to capture the product SKU, name, price and quantity removed from the cart, and makes the information available for future integration by third-party scripts. |
Session |
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guest-view |
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Stores the Order ID that guest shoppers use to retrieve their order status. Guest orders view. Used in “Orders and Returns” widgets. |
Session |
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login_redirect |
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Preserves the destination page the customer was loading before being directed to log in. Used in mini cart for logged in customers if the Display Shopping Cart Sidebar configuration option is set to Yes. |
Session |
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mage-banners-cache-storage |
Magento |
Stores banner content locally to improve performance. |
30 days |
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mage-messages |
Magento |
Tracks error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages. The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper. There is not an option to disable this cookie. |
Session |
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mage-translation-storage (local storage) |
Magento |
Stores translated content when requested by the shopper. Used when Translation Strategy is configured as “Dictionary (Translation on Storefront side)”. |
Per local storage rules |
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product_data_storage (local storage) |
Magento |
Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products. |
Per local storage rules |
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recently_compared_product (local storage) |
Magento |
Stores product IDs of recently compared products. |
Per local storage rules |
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recently_compared_product_previous (local storage) |
Magento |
Stores product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation. |
Per local storage rules |
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recently_viewed_product (local storage) |
Magento |
Stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation. |
Per local storage rules |
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recently_viewed_product_previous (local storage) |
Magento |
Stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation. |
Per local storage rules |
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remove_from_cart |
Google Tag Manager |
Used to aptures the product SKU, name, price and quantity added to the cart, and makes the information available for future integration by third-party scripts. |
Session |
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stf |
Magento |
Records the time messages are sent by the SendFriend (Email a Friend) module. |
Session |
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X-Magento-Vary |
Magento |
Configuration setting that improves performance when using Varnish static content caching. |
Based on PHP setting session.cookie_lifetime |
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mage-cache-sessid |
Magento |
The value of this cookie triggers the cleanup of local cache storage. When the cookie is removed by the backend application, the Admin cleans up local storage, and sets the cookie value to true. |
Session |
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mage-cache-storage |
Magento |
Local storage of visitor-specific content that enables ecommerce functions. |
Session |
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mage-cache-storage (local storage) |
Magento |
Local storage of visitor-specific content that enables ecommerce functions. |
Session |
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mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation (local storage) |
Magento |
Forces local storage of specific content sections that should be invalidated. |
Per local storage rules |
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persistent_shopping_cart |
Magento |
Stores the key (ID) of persistent cart to make it possible to restore the cart for an anonymous shopper. |
Based on Persistent Shopping Cart - Persistence Lifetime (seconds) configuration |
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private_content_version |
Magento |
Appends a random, unique number and time to pages with customer content to prevent them from being cached on the server. |
1 year |
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section_data_ids |
Magento |
Stores customer-specific information related to shopper-initiated actions such as display wish list, checkout information, etc. |
Session |
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store |
Magento |
Tracks the specific store view / locale selected by the shopper. |
1 year |
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mage-banners-cache-storage - local storage |
Magento |
Local storage for Banner functionality. |
Per local storage rules |
HOW DO I CONTROL COOKIES?
You may refuse to accept cookies from the Sites at any time by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse cookies. Further information about the procedure to follow in order to disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider's website via your “Help,” “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser screen. You may wish to refer to for information on commonly used browsers. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Sites may operate as intended. There are some cookies, indicated in table above that are not able to be refused.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
If you have questions regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us by sending an email to privacy@defenders.org.
You may also contact us via mail at:
Data Protection Officer
Defenders of Wildlife
National Headquarters
1130 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
