Last revised on August 1, 2019
Like all platforms, we use cookies and other similar technologies for the Service to function, and to give you a better and more personalized user experience of WhatRocks. This Cookie Policy outlines which cookies we use, and explains how you can manage them.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
Cookies are standard features of websites and applications that allow us to store small amounts of data on your device about your visit to the Service. They help us learn which areas of the Service are useful and which areas need improvement.
On the Service, we use cookies for many things which we explain in detail below, and which include but are not limited:
to remember your preferred language, city and country.
to help you log in again when you revisit the Service.
to connect your WhatRocks account to your Facebook account, if you choose to do so.
to help our engineers improve the Service, by understanding how people find us and what devices they’re using.
The section below, titled “How do I manage cookies?” outlines the choices you can make to control cookies. However, if you disable cookies and similar technologies, your user experience on the Service may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?
Below we list the different types of cookies that may be used by WhatRocks. Our Privacy Policy complements this Cookie Policy and outlines how any information that may be collected from cookies is used.
We have noted the expiration time of each of these cookies to the best of our knowledge, however the expiration date of any third-party cookies is set by those companies and can be changed by them at any time.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies enable you to navigate our Service and to use our functions and features. Without these cookies, our Service will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like, and we may not be able to provide certain core functions and features of our Service.
Description
Cookie name
Expiration time
This cookie allows you to stay logged in to your account WhatRocks.
_change_session
After 45 minutes
This cookie is used to recognize your account when you revisit WhatRocks, and makes your log-in process easier.
_change_id
No expiration
This security cookie is used to mitigate potential abuse.
_cfduid
After 365 days
This cookie suppresses a request to promote a fundraiser, if you have seen this request in the previous 6 hours.
fundraiser_form
After 6 hours
membership_view
This cookie suppresses a request to become a WhatRocks member, if you have seen this request in the previous 6 hours.
After 6 hours
This cookie helps show a banner to users in the EU about our cookie usage, and helps us remember if you’ve dismissed the banner, so we don’t keep showing it to you.
cookie_banner
After 1 year.
gdpr_banner_dismissed, gdpr_banner_views
These cookies help us show you a banner when we update our policies, and help us remember if you’ve dismissed the banner, so we don’t keep showing it to you.
After 90 days
PREFERENCE Cookies
Preference cookies collect information about your choices and preferences, and allow us to remember language or other local settings and customize your user experience accordingly.
Cookie name
Description
Expiration Time
_change_lang
This cookie displays the right country and language version of the Service for you.
After 1 day
This set of cookies is used to understand our Members’ actions on the Service to show you Content that is most relevant to you.
app_meta_*
No expiration
uuid
This cookie is used to understand a Visitor’s actions, before they become a Member.
After 8 hours.
skip_contribute_redirect_to
This cookie tailors the fundraiser and other asks we show you after you start or participate in a fundraiser.
After 1 hour
Social Media Cookies
Social media cookies collect information about social media usage. If you’ve signed in on the Service through Facebook connect, you are likely cookied by Facebook. You should be able to modify or change those cookies through the settings on your social media account.
Description
Cookie name
Expiration time
This is a Facebook cookie that helps us determine which of our users have chosen to connect their WhatRocks account to their Facebook account.
fbm_*
After 1 year
fbsr_*
This is a Facebook cookie that helps users who choose to connect their WhatRocks account with their Facebook account through the log-in process.
After 1 year
dont_auto_login_via_facebook
This is a Facebook cookie used to protect your privacy, to ensure that once you logout from Facebook, you are not able to autolog back in.
After 1 hour
ANALYTICS COOKIES
Analytics cookies collect information about the use of the Service, and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies show us the most frequently visited pages on the Service, and analyze the traffic on the Service. We use them to look at overall patterns of usage on the Service, rather than the usage of any particular individual.
Cookie name
Expiration Time
Description
ga_first_visit
This Google Analytics cookie is used to help us understand your traffic source (for example, email, or Facebook) and to remember what browser you used for your first visit to the Service.
After 25 years
_utm*
This is a set of cookies used by Google Analytics to understand the device you are using to access the Service.
Ranges from after 10 minutes to 2 years
_ga
This is a cookie used by Google Analytics to understand patterns of user activity on the Service.
After 2 years
optimizelyEndUserI
This is a cookie used to store the unique identifier of a user of the Service, which is comprised of a timestamp and random number.
After 6 months
optimizelyRedirectData
This is a cookie used to conduct redirect experiments, which stores various data from the original page so that we still have access to it on the new page.
After 5 seconds
HOW YOU MAY MANAGE COOKIES
You can disable essential, preference, and social media cookies through the settings on your browser. You may wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/browsers/index.html for information on commonly used browsers. You can follow the instructions on your browser’s help page or their website to remove the cookies set by the Service and other sites. You can also choose to block our site and other sites from setting these cookies in the future.
To opt-out of analytics cookies by Google Analytics, please go to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
If you want to clear all cookies left behind by the websites you have visited, here is a link to a program that clean out tracking cookies:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php. These opt-outs may be provided through the use of specific tracking opt-out cookies. Please note that if you get a new computer, install or upgrade a browser, or erase or otherwise alter your browser’s cookie file, this may also clear the opt-out cookies
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POLICY UPDATES AND CONTACT US
This is a snapshot of how we use cookies today; we may change this Cookies Policy if we change our use of cookies over time. The “last revised” legend at the top of this page indicates when this page was last changed. If you have questions, feedback, suggestions, or concers on this policy, feel free to let us know by contacting us.
WhatRocks Inc. is the company responsible for the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information under this Privacy Policy.
You can contact us for any data deletion or access requests.