Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College Cookie Policy
This Cookie Statement explains how Project Look Sharp uses cookies on our websites and online services, and the choices you have. This cookie policy provides you with clear information about the cookies we use and the purposes for using cookies. To review the privacy policies that apply to users of projectlooksharp.org, please read the Ithaca College privacy policy.
Definition of "Cookies"
Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are widely used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices. We also use other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, including web beacons and pixel tags, for similar purposes. In this Cookie Statement, we refer to all of these technologies as "cookies."
Types of Cookies
We use cookies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, offering and measuring advertisements, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We describe below the various types of cookies we use and the purposes they perform:
- Browsing or session (essential) cookies: These cookies are necessary to provide you with our websites and services and to enable essential features. If you disable these cookies, we will not be able to fulfill your requests.
- Performance and functionality cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our websites and services and allow us to remember the choices you make while browsing. The information these cookies collect allows us to optimize our websites and make them easier for you to use, and it does not personally identify you. If you disable or opt out of these cookies, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites and services. Additionally, it may reduce the support or information that we can provide you.
- Analytics and customization cookies: These cookies collect information we use in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites, applications and services are being used and how effective our marketing campaigns are, and to help us customize our websites. If you disable or opt out of these cookies, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites, applications and services, and it may reduce the support or information that we can provide you.
- Advertising (profiling) cookies: These cookies collect information about your browsing or shopping history and are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same advertisement from continuously reappearing, ensuring that advertisements are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. We may share this information with third parties to help create and deliver advertising personalized to you and your interests. If you disable or opt out of these cookies, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites, applications and services, and it may reduce the support or information that we can provide you.
- Social networking cookies: These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content on our websites and services through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
Cookies Present on the Project Look Sharp Website
The cookies present on the Project Looksharp website are as follows:
Technical name |
Data Controller/ Provider |
Cookie type, function and purpose |
Duration |
_utma |
projectlooksharp.org |
Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics |
2 years |
_utmb |
projectlooksharp.org |
Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website vis |
Session |
_utmc |
projectlooksharp.org |
Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit |
Session |
_utmt |
projectlooksharp.org |
Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server |
Session |
_utmz |
projectlooksharp.org |
Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics |
6 months |
projectlooksharp[uid] |
projectlooksharp.org |
Used for keeping user logged in |
1 year |
projectlooksharp[token] |
projectlooksharp.org |
Used for keeping user logged in |
1 year |
__pls_opt_out |
projectlooksharp.org |
Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain |
1 year |
Cookies Placed by Third Parties
You may also encounter cookies on our websites, applications and services that are placed by third parties. We may also allow third parties to place cookies on our websites to track information about your online activities and/or across third-party sites or online services, including to send you targeted advertisements based on that information, which may include the remarketing of our products and services that you have viewed on our websites and on third-party websites.
This Cookie Statement does not apply to the cookies, applications, technologies, or websites that are owned and/or operated by third parties, or such third parties? practices, even if they use or access our technology to store or collect information. To understand how third parties use cookies, please review their privacy and cookie policies:
GoogleAnalytics: http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html
Changing Your Cookie Settings
Please note that internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari
Opting Out of Cookies
If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings. For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=2.
If you choose to reject cookies, as noted above, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites and services.
Do Not Track
Some browsers include the ability to transmit "Do Not Track" signals. We do not process or respond to "Do Not Track" signals. Instead, we adhere to the standards described in our Privacy Policy and this Cookie Statement.
More Information about Cookies
All About Cookies: Useful information about cookies can be found at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org