Freedom United (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collect certain information about our website visitors (“you” or “your”) when you visit www.freedomunited.org and other websites owned and operated by Freedom United (the “Websites”).
Cookies are small text files that are sent to a web browser and are stored on your terminal device when you access a website. Cookies are used for different purposes (computer authentication, session monitoring, storage of information on specific configurations regarding visitors that access the server, storage of preferences, etc.). This policy describes our use of cookies.
Cookie List
Some of the cookies on the Websites are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies on the Websites – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Statistics Cookies:
Statistics cookies may be set through the Websites by us. They may be used by us to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information. The deactivation of such cookies does not compromise the use of the Websites.
| Cookie | Function | Hosting domain |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Websites. | freedomunited.org |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | freedomunited.org |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Websites. | freedomunited.org |
Marketing Cookies:
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across the Websites. We or our advertising partners use them to display ads that are relevant and engaging for you. The deactivation of such third party cookies does not compromise the use of the Websites.
| Cookie | Function | Hosting domain |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | freedomunited.org |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | freedomunited.org |
| _ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behavior across websites. | google.com |
| Fomo.snv-#-# | Used by Fomo for showing ‘action’ notifications. | freedomunited.org |
| Fr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | facebook.com |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | doubleclick.net |
| Pagead/1p-user-list/# | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. | google.com |
| Rul | Used by DoubleClick to determine whether website advertisement has been properly displayed – This is done to make their marketing efforts more efficient. | doubleclick.net |
| test_cookie | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | doubleclick.net |
| tr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | doubleclick.net |
Use of Google Analytics, Adwords and Remarketing
The Websites may use Google Analytics and similar web analytics services. Google Analytics is used to track unregistered users on the Websites, to record multiple visits by unregistered users to the Websites, and to record all the pages that unregistered users visit at the Websites. If and when an unregistered user registers with the Websites, all of his or her previous visits and activity on the Websites will be associated with his or her registered user profile. Google Analytics tracks registered users’ visits to the Websites whenever they return.
The Websites will not (and will not allow any third party to) use Google Analytics to track, collect, or upload any data that personally identifies an individual (such as a name, address, or billing information), or other data that can reasonably be linked to such information by Google.
The Websites may use all features of Google Analytics for display advertisers including obtaining specific visitor cookie data, such as the source, medium, and keyword used to visit the Websites. Google Analytics does not store any visitor-specific data, and the Websites will not use specific data regarding users in any way related to Google Analytics, Google Adwords, and Remarketing.
The Websites may use remarketing with Google Adwords and analytics to display content-specific advertisements to users who previously visited the Websites when those users go to other websites that have Google Display Network implemented.
The Websites and other third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on users’ past visits to the Websites.
The Websites will not facilitate the merging of personally identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information that is collected through any Google advertising product or feature unless you specifically and affirmatively provide us with your consent to that merger of personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using Google’s Ads Settings.
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising, to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, by going to the Google Analytics opt-out page.
You can obtain additional information on Google Analytics’ collection and processing of data, including how to opt out, here.
On your initial visit to our Websites, we will ask for your consent to use cookies. You may withdraw your consent by going to your web browsers settings. Almost all web browsers allow you to verify which cookies are present on your personal hard drives, block all the cookies or receive a notification any time a cookie is installed. In certain cases, however, failure to install a cookie may lead to the impossibility to use certain sections of the Websites.
Below are the methods offered by the primary browsers which allow the users to express their options regarding the use of cookies:
- Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11;
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop;
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox;
- Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/it/cookies.html;
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac.
Freedom United is interested in hearing from our community and welcomes relevant, informed comments, advice, and insights that advance the conversation around our campaigns and advocacy. We value inclusivity and respect within our community. To be approved, your comments should be civil.
A few things we do not tolerate: comments that promote discrimination, prejudice, racism, or xenophobia, as well as personal attacks or profanity. We screen submissions in order to create a space where the entire Freedom United community feels safe to express and exchange thoughtful opinions.