Blue Dragon's Cookie Policy

Effective as of June 18, 2018

At Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, we believe in being transparent about how we collect personal data. This policy provides information about how and when we use cookies.

What are cookies?

We may track your visit to our website by using ‘cookies’.

A cookie is a piece of text that a website transfers to a browser file on your computer or device to help enhance your experience when visiting our website.

We may use them to:

Remember information about you, for example, that you have accepted a cookies notification pop-up.
Help us understand how people are using our website, so we can make improvements.

Types of cookies we use

First-party cookies

These cookies are set by the website you’re visiting i.e. www.bluedragon.org. Only we can read them.

Third-party cookies

These cookies are set by someone other than the owner of the website you’re visiting.

Pages on our site may include embedded content (e.g. videos and audio files etc.). Embedded content from other websites behave in exactly the same way as if you have visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you e.g. embed additional analytics tracking.

We have limited control over third-party cookies. You can only turn them off either through the third party site or via your browser. If you wish any stored data to be deleted by the third party, you will need to contact them directly.

The following is a list of third party cookies used on our site as of June 2018:

Monarch Plugin

Monarch is a social media sharing plugin by Elegant Themes. It does not send data to third parties such as Twitter or Facebook before you choose to share a page by clicking on one of the sharing buttons, only then a connection to the social media platforms will be established.

You can view the Elegant Themes privacy policy here: www.elegantthemes.com/policy/privacy

If you have any questions or concerns about the Elegant Themes Privacy Policy, please contact them at support@elegantthemes.com.

YouTube

On some pages, we embed clips from our YouTube channel or from other video sites. The YouTube privacy enhanced embed code we use prevents most cookies from being used by YouTube on our site initially (i.e. www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/).

However, once you choose to watch the video, YouTube cookies are activated.

You will find more information on how to control and delete your data here via Google’s Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.

The following cookies are used by YouTube (in embedded videos):

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry
@@History/@@scroll\|#	youtube-nocookie.com	Unclassified	Session
GPS	YouTube.com	Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location .	Session
PREF	YouTube.com	Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites	8 Months
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	YouTube.com	Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.	179 days
YSC	YouTube.com	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.	Session

Divi Bars

We use Divi Bars to create slide-in promo bars, notification bars, optin bars, and so forth. If you choose to close the bar, the Divi Bars plugin uses a cookie that prevents the bar from displaying for 30 days.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry
divibar25092	bluedragon.org	Registers closure of the Divi Bar and will not display again until cookie expiration.	30 days

Strictly necessary cookies

Without these cookies, services that you’ve asked for can’t be provided.

We use one necessary cookie only. It tells us whether you have accepted, or not, the cookie notification pop-up and displays/hides it accordingly.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry
euCookiesAcc	Bluedragon.org	Registers your acceptance of the Cookie notice	Persistent

Performance cookies

These help us understand how people are using the Blue Dragon website, so we can make improvements.

For example:

Collecting information on which web pages visitors go to most often
Making sure that the website is working properly
Ensuring we are pitching to the right audience in the right way
Analysing trends
Tracking user movements around the website
Gathering demographic information about our user base

The information is anonymous and does not identify specific visitors.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to help us with improving our site and making sure you, the user, receives the best information suitable to you. Google Analytics does not record private data such as names, but rather creates a unique ID. The following cookies are used by Google Analytics:

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry
_ga	Bluedragon.org	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	2 years
_gat	Bluedragon.org	Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate	Session
_gid	Bluedragon.org	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	Session

Please read Google’s Terms, Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy on how to view and delete your data collected by Google.

HotJar Analytics

We use HotJar to also help us with improving our site and making sure you, the user, receives the best information suitable to you. HotJar does not record private data such as names, but rather creates a unique ID. The following cookies are used by HotJar:

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry
hjClosedSurveyInvites	Bluedragon.org	Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal popup. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown.	365 days
_hjDonePolls	Bluedragon.org	Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor completes a poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in.	365 days
_hjMinimizedPolls	Bluedragon.org	Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site.	365 days
_hjDoneTestersWidgets	Bluedragon.org	Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in.	365 days
_hjMinimizedTestersWidgets	Bluedragon.org	Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site.	365 days
_hjIncludedInSample	Bluedragon.org	Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels.	365 days

Please read HotJar’s Terms, Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy on how to view and delete your data collected by Google.

Other

Google Fonts

We use various WordPress plugins on our site and endeavour to only use those that store fonts locally, on our server.

We use Google fonts to ensure brand consistency. Our Google Fonts are directly linked via the Google API.

To learn more about the information Google collects and how it is used and secured, see Google’s Privacy Policy.

Google Maps

We use embedded Google Maps to display the addresses of some events. They do not require us to determine your IP address. However, Google may use certain cookies for their own use.

Please read their Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy for more information and how to control your data.

Save and Continue Link Recovery

We sometimes use forms that are quite lengthy and therefore offer a way of saving the information you have partially input.

Save and Continue links are stored in a database. You are able to obtain a URL to view the partially completed form via a link sent to your email address you provide us. There are no cookies used for this functionality.

How can I delete and remove cookies?

Cookies are maintained by your web browser and you can view and turn them off in your browser. The method for deleting them will vary depending on which browser you are using.

Please refer to the following list for more information:

For other browsers, please consult the documentation that your browser provides.

Please be aware that if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas or take advantage of certain features or services on our website.