Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

2. What is a Cookie?

3. Key Concepts

4. Changing Your Cooking Settings

5. Can I Withdraw My Consent?

6. Your Consent

7. What Cookies Do We Use and Why?

8. What Specific Cookies Do We Use on CAAC Websites?

1. Introduction

We respect the privacy of visitors using tist.org and associated sites or pages (our “Websites”).  This cookie policy provides you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we use and the purposes for using them.

To review the privacy policy that applies to visitors of our Websites, please see our Privacy Policy.

Our Websites use cookies, in combination with pixels, local storage objects, and similar devices (collectively “cookies” unless otherwise noted) to distinguish you from other users of the website.

You do not need to allow cookies to visit most of the Websites. However, enabling cookies may allow for a more tailored browsing experience and is required for certain parts of the Websites to work.  In the majority of cases, a cookie does not provide us with any of your personal information. 

For further information about this policy, please contact us at info@tist.org or use our contact form.

2. What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. When you visit our site, strictly necessary cookies will be placed on your device. You can change the cookie settings that will be placed when you visit our Websites by changing the settings on your browser or by visiting the Cookie Preference Center by clicking on the Cookie button at the bottom of this policy.

3. Key Concepts

First and third-party cookies: whether a cookie is “first” or “third” party refers to the domain placing the cookie.  First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g., cookies placed by tist.org).

Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that website, this would be a third-party cookie.

Persistent cookies: These cookies remain on a user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.

Session cookies: These cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.

4. Changing Your Cookie Settings

You can change your cookie settings by going to the Cookie Preference Center by clicking on the Cookie button at the bottom of this policy.

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. In order 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

5. Can I Withdraw My Consent?

If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings or clicking on the Cookie button at the bottom of this policy and change your settings.

For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit this website.

6. Your Consent

Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent.

For performance, functionality, targeting, and social media cookies, we request your consent before placing them on your device. You can give your consent by continuing to use our Websites, or by clicking on the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you, or by going to the Cookie Preference Center. If you do not wish to give consent or wish to withdraw your consent to any performance, functionality, targeting, or social media cookies at any time, you will need to delete, and block or disable cookies via your browser settings; see below for more information on how to do this by changing your settings in the Cookie Preference Center. Please note that disabling these cookies will affect the functionality of the Websites and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on the Websites.

7. What Cookies Do We Use and Why?

To find out about specific cookies we use on the Websites, please see below

The cookies used on our Websites are categorized as follows:

• Strictly Necessary

• Performance

• Functional

• Targeting

• Social Media

Strictly Necessary cookies let you move around the Websites and use essential features like secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the requested services.

We use this Strictly Necessary cookies to:

• Identify you as being logged into the Websites and to authenticate you

• Make sure you connect to the right service on the Websites when we make any changes to the way it works

• For security purposes

If you prevent these cookies, we can’t guarantee how the Websites or the security of the Websites will perform during your visit.

Performance Cookies collect information about how you use our Websites – for example, which pages you visit and if you experience any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and are only used to help us improve how our Websites work, understand what interests our users and measure how effective our content is. We use performance cookies to perform:

• Web analytics: Provide anonymous statistics on how our Websites are used

• Error management: Help us improve the Websites by measuring any errors that occur.

Some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties. However, we don't allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.

Functional Cookies enable us to provide you with enhanced functionality and personalization. These cookies may be set by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not add these cookies then some of these services may not function properly.

Social Media Cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to our Websites to enable you to share our content with your peers or networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.

Some cookies may fulfil more than one of these purposes.

8. What Specific Cookies Do We Use on CAAC Websites?