Effective Date: January 1, 2024
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Centre for Conflict Studies ("we", "us", or "our") utilizes cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website, centre4conflictstudies.org (the "Website"). This policy outlines what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them. We are committed to protecting your personal information and ensuring transparency in our digital operations.
2. 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, Centre for Conflict Studies) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies."
3. Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Website. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for analytics, advertising, and other purposes.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used, analyze visitor behaviour, or to help us customize our Website for you.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are 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.
5. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Website, deliver advertisements on and through the Website, and optimize user experience. These third-party services are outside of our direct control, and they maintain their own independent privacy and cookie policies. We recommend that you review their respective policies to understand their data processing practices.
6. How Can You Control Cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in your web browser. 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.
If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website; however, your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted or operate sub-optimally.
7. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us using the following details:
Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: Centre for Conflict Studies, 123 Peacekeeping Way, Suite 400, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5E7, Canada