Below, you can find transparent details about what each cookie does, who operates it, and exactly when its data retention period expires. You also have the right to update your consent at any moment with immediate effect using the cookie settings section.
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We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use the iwCLL website, remember your settings and improve our services.
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All third-party cookies and tracking scripts are blocked by default.
Cookies that measure website use
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to evaluate website usage, compile performance reports, and improve site experience. These tracking cookies are completely blocked by default and only activate if you explicitly opt in. You can read Google’s overview of data practices within Google Analytics. You can also block these scripts permanently by installing the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For more information, please review our main Privacy Policy.
| Name | Purpose | Provider/Host | Expires |
| _ga, _ga_<unique id> | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated, anonymous client identifier. | Google Analytics | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish unique users on a shorter timeframe. It works alongside the _ga cookie to track page-to-page navigation during a single day. | Google Analytics | 1 day |
| _gat | Used strictly to throttle the data request rate on high-traffic websites, limiting data collection to optimize site performance. | Google Analytics | 1 minute |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | Google Analytics | 3 months |
Cookies set by other services
To add additional functionality our pages, we embed external services including YouTube videos, Google Translate, and Google Maps. These third-party tracking scripts and cookies are deactivated on page load. They will not collect your personal data (such as your IP address or browser history) until you actively grant consent via our cookie banner, cookie preferences section or directly clicking an the asset preview or placeholder. Please note that using third-party social media sharing buttons (e.g., Facebook) will trigger tracking controlled entirely by those respective external platforms.
YouTube
| Name | Purpose | Provider/Host | Expires |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Estimate user bandwidth to determine video playback quality and tracks user interaction with embedded videos for ad targeting. | YouTube | 6 months |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Stores the current user’s location-based privacy settings and regulatory compliance choices for the embedded player. | YouTube | 6 months |
| GPS | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location | YouTube | 30 minutes |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to store statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. Tracks real-time video engagement. | YouTube | Per session |
| IDE | Used by Google’s DoubleClick advertising network to register and report the visitor’s actions after viewing or clicking an ad. | YouTube | 1 year |
| PREF | Stores the user’s configuration choices, such as preferred language, caption display preferences, and video playback options. | YouTube | 8 months |
| __Secure-YEC | Manages experimental design rollouts and layout testing on the interface. | YouTube | 13 months |
| AEC | Used by Google to detect spam, fraud, and abuse to help ensure advertisers are not incorrectly charged for fraudulent or otherwise invalid impressions or interactions with ads, and that YouTube creators in the YouTube Partner Program are remunerated fairly. | YouTube | 6 months |
| SOCS | State of Cookie Consent. Remembers the user’s specific choice regarding Google’s own cookie tracking options. | YouTube | 13 months |
| __Secure-ENID | Security verification cookie that prevents fraudulent login activity and ensures user data integrity during the video play session. | YouTube | 1 year |
Google Translate
| Name | Purpose | Provider/Host | Expires |
| googtrans | Stores the translation language path chosen by the user (e.g., /en/fr for English to French) so the site maintains the translated view across subpages. | Google Translate | Per session |
| NID | Stores unique IDs that recognise a returning user’s device. It is primarily used by Google to customise advertisements in Google products (like Google Search or Maps) based on recent search activities. | Google Translate | 6 months |
| 1P_JAR | Optimizes web performance and gathers basic, aggregated website traffic statistics to remember basic user mapping layouts. | Google Translate | 30 days |
| AEC | Used by Google to detect spam, fraud, and abuse to help ensure advertisers are not incorrectly charged for fraudulent or otherwise invalid impressions or interactions with ads, and that YouTube creators in the YouTube Partner Program are remunerated fairly. | Google Translate | 6 months |
| __Secure-ENID | Security verification cookie that prevents fraudulent login activity and ensures user data integrity during the video play session. | 1 year | |
| SOCS | Security verification cookie that prevents fraudulent login activity and ensures user data integrity during the video play session. | 13 months |
Google Maps
| Name | Purpose | Provider/Host | Expires |
| NID | Stores unique IDs that recognise a returning user’s device. It is primarily used by Google to customise advertisements in Google products (like Google Search or Maps) based on recent search activities. | Google Maps | 6 months |
| SID, HSID | Highly encrypted cookies containing digitally signed records of a user’s Google Account ID and their most recent sign-in time. Used for profile building and serving tailored ad content. | Google Maps | 2 years |
| APISID, SAPISID | Ensures that Google can collect user profile information and preference states when visiting web pages that incorporate Google Maps functionalities. | Google Maps | 2 years |
| SSID | Stores custom visitor insights and configuration parameters across mapping properties to sync with broad Google ad preferences | Google Maps | 2 years |
| 1P_JAR | Optimizes web performance and gathers basic, aggregated website traffic statistics to remember basic user mapping layouts. | Google Maps | 30 days |
| OGPC | Used by Google Maps to enable functionalities like tracking custom markers, calculating distances, and maintaining regional display preferences. | Google Maps | 1 month |
| AEC | Used by Google to detect spam, fraud, and abuse to help ensure advertisers are not incorrectly charged for fraudulent or otherwise invalid impressions or interactions with ads, and that YouTube creators in the YouTube Partner Program are remunerated fairly. | Google Maps | 6 months |
| __Secure-ENID | Security verification cookie that prevents fraudulent login activity and ensures user data integrity during the video play session. | Google Maps | 1 year |
| SOCS | State of Cookie Consent. Remembers the user’s specific choice regarding Google’s own cookie tracking options. | Google Maps | 13 months |
| SIDCC | Security cookie utilized to provide protection against unauthorized data extraction attempts and fraudulent script usage. | Google Maps | 1 year |
Strictly necessary cookies
These technical cookies are active immediately because they are mandatory for the website to function securely, maintain user sessions, and accurately store your cookie consent preferences. They do not profile user behavior, they cannot be used for marketing purposes, and they do not require prior user permission.
Cookie consent managment
| Name | Purpose | Category | Expires |
| CookieControl | Used by the Civic Cookie Control consent system to store the accepted cookie policy ID. | Functional | 1 year |
| wp_consent_analytics, wp_consent_youtube, wp_consent_google_translate, wp_consent_google_maps | Used to help us track the type of consent you have provided and what statistics cookies the website will then use. | Functional | 30 days |
Other essential cookies
| Name | Purpose | Category | Expires |
| wpe-auth | Used to store user status (strictly for logged in users). | Functional | Per session |
| wp_lang | Used by WordPress to store the user’s language preferences. | Functional | Per session |
| wp_data_user_* | Used by WordPress to provide administrative functionality | Functional | 15 days |
| wordpress_logged_in_* | Used by WordPress to store logged in users. | Functional | Persistent |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Used on sites built with WordPress. Tests whether or not the browser has cookies enabled. | Functional | Per session |
| wordpress_sec_* | Used by WordPress to provide protection against hackers and store account details. | Functional | 15 days |
| wordpress_settings_* | Used by WordPress to store user preferences. | Functional | 1 year |
| __cf_bm | Used by Cloudflare – strictly necessary to provide the services requested by users | Functional | 30 minutes |
| _cfuvid | Used by Cloudflare – strictly necessary to provide the services requested by users. | Functional | Per session |