Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Animals Asia uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at https://animalsasia.org. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Animals Asia) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (such as advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first and third party cookies for several reasons:

Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our websites to operate, and we refer to these as "strictly necessary".
Other cookies also enable us to enhance the experience of users on our websites by offering additional functionality to users or by giving us performance information to help us to structure our website better.
Third parties serve cookies through our websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our websites and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Animals Asia websites you visit).

How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or decline cookies. You are provided the opportunity to do this when you first visit one of our websites. Until you choose to accept or decline we treat your visit as having declined and continue to offer you the choice to accept or decline. Once you have accepted or declined you change your response on this page using the accept or decline links below. Cookies that are "strictly necessary" cannot be rejected as they are required to let you use of websites.

You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.

In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our websites and the purposes they perform are described in the tables below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Animals Asia weebsites that you visit.

Our use of first party cookies

Our sites use the cookies we list below. Our site cannot function correctly without the cookies in the category, "Strictly necessary". You can decline all other cookies. If you have already accepted or declined when you first visited an Animals Asia site, you can change your choice using the links below.

Accept | Decline

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

Set by	Animals Asia site	Cookies	Description
Engaging Networks	help.animalsasia.org	JSESSION, en_sessionId	For managing user sessions - see https://engagingnetworks.support/knowledge-base/cookies-and-tracking-in-engaging-networks/ for more information
Animals Asia	help.animalsasia.org	enrecurrpay, enrecurringpayment, endonationcurrency, enemailconsent, sponsor-a-bear, enecardcountry, enecardcount	For passing information across multiple steps of a submission process
Blackbaud	my.animalsasia.org	ASP.NET_SessionId, CSRF_TOKEN, .ASPXAUTH, SalesOrderID	For managing and securing user sessions
Animals Asia	my.animalsasia.org and www.animalsasia.org	PHPSESSID	For managing and securing user sessions
Animals Asia	help.animalsasia.org, my.animalsasia.org and www.animalsasia.org	locale, preferredLanguage	For tracking language across Animals Asia sites
Animals Asia	help.animalsasia.org, my.animalsasia.org and www.animalsasia.org	cc_cookie_accept	For tracking whether cookies have been accepted on Animals Asia sites
Shopify	shop.animalsasia.org	_ab, _secure_session_id, Cart, cart_sig, cart_ts, checkout_token, Secret, Secure_customer_sig, storefront_digest, _shopify_u, cart_currency, currency, __cfduid (Cloudflare)	See https://www.shopify.co.uk/legal/cookies for more information

Cookies for functionality

Set by	Animals Asia site	Cookies	Description
Disqus (Quantcast)	www.animalsasia.org	__qca	For discussion and comments - see https://www.quantcast.com/privacy/ for more information
ShareThis	www.animalsasia.org	__unam	For social share functionality - see https://sharethis.com/privacy/ for more information
AddThis	www.animalsasia.org	__atssc, __atuvc, __atuvs	For bookmarking, social share and similar functionality - see http://www.addthis.com/privacy for more information

Cookies for performance enhancement (reporting and analytics)

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our websites for you.

Set by	Animals Asia site	Cookies	Description
Google Analytics	All	_ga, _gid, _gat, _dc_gtm_<property-id>, AMP_TOKEN, _gac_<property-id>	See https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage for more information
Google Optimize	All	_gaexp, _opt_awcid, _opt_awmid, _opt_awgid, _opt_awkid, _opt_utmc	See https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage for more information
Shopify	shop.animalsasia.org	_tracking_consent, _landing_page, _orig_referrer, _s, _shopify_fs, _shopify_s, _shopify_sa_p, _shopify_sa_t, _shopify_y, _y, tracked_start_checkout	See https://www.shopify.co.uk/legal/cookies for more information

Tracking cookies

We do not use any first party cookies for tracking. Typically these cookies would be used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

Third party cookies

Third party cookies that are set when you visit an Animals Asia site but which are set on a domain that does not belong Animals Asia. The purpose of these cookies includes functionality, performance and tracking. The names and purposes of cookies used by third parties may change without notification. The best place to find information about the names and types of cookies used by third parties is in the cookie policy document belonging to the third party.

Set by	Animals Asia site	Cookies	Description
Facebook Pixel	All	See https://www.facebook.com/policy/cookies/ for more information	See https://www.facebook.com/policy/cookies/ for more information
AddThis	www.animalsasia.org	loc, dt, di, di2, uid, uvc, ssh, sshs, ssc, bt2, um, ups, vc	See http://www.addthis.com/privacy for more information

External content providers

Our sites, www.animalsasia.org and help.animalsasia.org, include content served through other sites in iframes:

video from youtube.com (see https://www.youtube.com/static?template=privacy_guidelines and https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/types/)
audio from soundcloud.com (see https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy and https://soundcloud.com/pages/cookies)
mixed content from storify.com (see https://storify.com/privacy)
mixed content from wakelet.com (see https://wakelet.com/privacy.html)
comments and discussion from disqus.com (see https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466259-privacy-policy and https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466235-use-of-cookies)

Content served through other sites sets third party cookies according to its own policies. This content in the Animals Asia site can be identified by the logo of the provider. If you decline cookies you will not see this content and the cookies will not be set.

Further information

Please also see our Privacy Policy
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [email protected]