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Cookie Policy
Effective Date: October 1, 2024
At Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society, we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control your cookie preferences.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the site owners. Cookies help improve your browsing experience by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences over time.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
- Enhance Website Functionality: Some cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our website. These include cookies that enable you to navigate the site, register for our programs, or make a donation.
- Analyze Site Performance: We use cookies to collect anonymous data about how visitors interact with our website. This helps us understand which pages are most popular, how users navigate the site, and how we can improve user experience.
- Personalize Your Experience: Cookies can store your preferences, such as language or location settings, to provide a more personalized experience when you return to our site.
- Marketing and Communication: We may use cookies to track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and communications. These cookies help us to deliver relevant content and promotions to you based on your interests.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of our website. Without these, certain services or features may not be available.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our site, such as which pages are visited most frequently. This data is used to improve the website’s performance and user experience.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the site to remember choices you make, such as your language or region, and provide enhanced, more personalized features.
- Third-Party Cookies: We may use third-party services, such as Google Analytics, to help analyze how visitors use our site. These third parties may set their own cookies to track performance and traffic patterns.
4. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You can manage or disable cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, please note that if you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function as intended.
How to Control Cookies:
- Google Chrome: Manage cookies in Chrome
- Firefox: Manage cookies in Firefox
- Microsoft Edge: Manage cookies in Edge
- Safari: Manage cookies in Safari
You can also use opt-out tools from third-party providers to manage tracking preferences:
5. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be set by third-party services that appear on our pages. For example, we may use embedded content from social media platforms like Facebook or Instagram. These third-party websites may place their own cookies on your device, and we have no control over these cookies. We recommend checking the privacy policies of these third-party sites for more information.
6. Data Privacy
Cookies may collect personal data, such as IP addresses. Any personal information collected via cookies will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We do not sell or share personal information collected through cookies with third parties for marketing purposes.
7. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please check this page periodically for updates.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society
(604) 463-6922
23448 Jim Robson Way (Albion Fairgrounds), Maple Ridge, BC