CFCA Cookies Policy
This website (cfca.org) uses cookies to give you the best user experience. If you wish to use this website, then you will have accepted the cookie warning the first time you accessed the website.
Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows this website or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the website more useful to you.
Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies have an expiration date and remain on your computer until that expiration date. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you leave the website and close your browser.
To learn more about cookies you can visit this website: HTTP cookie – Wikipedia
How we use Cookies on this website
When you use and access this website, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser.
We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functionality of the website, to provide analytics and to store your preferences.
We use both session and persistent cookies on the website, and we use different types of cookies to run the website.
Required Cookies
The following required cookies are set for essential functionality of the website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
| seopress-user-consent-accept | This cookie is set when you accept or deny cookies when you first visit the website. | 1 month |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Test if cookie can be set | session |
| wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | After login, wordpress sets this cookie, which indicates when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. | session |
| wordpress_sec_* | Session management cookies for logged in users. | session |
| wfwaf-authcookie-[hash] | Used by the Wordfence firewall to perform a capability check of the current logged-in user before WordPress has been loaded. | session |
| pmpro_visit | Used to track members (logged-in users) activity including logins, visits, and page views | session |
woocommerce_cart_hash
| Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes. | session |
| woocommerce_items_in_cart | Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes. | session |
wp_woocommerce_session_[hash]
| Contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. | 2 days |
Third-party cookies
This website also uses third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the web site and deliver additional functionality.
Stripe
This website uses Stripe as the payment gateway for any purchases you make. Stripe sets the following required cookies:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
| _stripe_mid | Set on the checkout page. Keeps stripe data. | 1 year |
| _stripe_sid | Set on the checkout page. Keeps stripe session id. | 30 minutes |
You can find out more about Stripe’s cookies on their privacy policy:
Google ReCAPTCHA
This website uses Google ReCAPTCHA to help protect the site from spam and abuse. Google sets the following required cookies:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Set for the purpose of providing its risk analysis
| session |
Google Analytics
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages, what searches they may have done on the website. This data helps us to understand:
- Which pages people visit on the site
- Which internet browsers are being used
- What is popular on the site
You can find out more about Google’s cookies on their privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
The following analytical cookies are only set if you accept cookies the first time you visit the website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | 24 hours |
Removing Cookies
You will find details on how to block and delete cookies from your computer as well as browsing history by exploring the setup of the browser you are using. All browsers offer the ability to block cookies or remove them. It is beyond the scope of this policy to provide information on every browser in use on all devices. Refer to the browser provider or mobile device manual to learn how to remove or block cookies from your system.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of the site might not fuction properly.
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