Cookie Policy
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Last Updated: 19/12/2025
This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website, what types of cookies we use, and how you can manage your preferences in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, mobile, tablet or other internet-enabled device) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function properly, enhance user experience, and provide information to website owners about how visitors use their site.
We also use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixels and tags. These technologies help us analyse website traffic and user interaction but do not directly identify you as an individual.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
- Ensure the website functions correctly and securely
- Remember your consent preferences
- Improve website performance and usability
- Analyse visitor behaviour and website usage
- Enable certain functional features
- Provide relevant content and improve user experience
Some cookies are strictly necessary for the website to operate, while others are optional and require your explicit consent.
Categories of Cookies We Use
1. Necessary (Essential) Cookies
These cookies are required for the core functionality of the website. They cannot be disabled as they enable security, accessibility, and basic operational features. These cookies do not store personally identifiable information.
| Cookie | wt_consent |
| Duration | 1 year |
| Description | Used for remembering users’ consent preferences to be respected on subsequent site visits. It does not collect or store personal information about visitors to the site. |
| Cookie | wpEmojiSettingsSupports |
| Duration | session |
| Description | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. |
| Cookie | rc::a |
| Duration | never |
| Description | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| Cookie | rc::c |
| Duration | session |
| Description | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
Self-declared Cookies
| Cookie | auth0.is.authenticated |
| Duration | Session |
| Description | Used by Auth0 to manage secure authentication and user sessions. |
2. Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as language preferences and social sharing features.
| Cookie | tableau_public_negotiated_locale |
| Duration | session |
| Description | Tableau sets this cookie in context with the language settings on the website. Facilitates the translation into the preferred language of the visitor. |
3. Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how users interact with our website by collecting anonymous data on usage patterns and performance.
| Cookie | _ga |
| Duration | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| Description | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| Cookie | _ga_* |
| Duration | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| Description | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| Cookie | Analytics |
| Duration | Session |
| Description | Analytic cookies collect information anonymously to generate reports on website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors. |
All analytics data is collected in an anonymised form and used solely for statistical and improvement purposes.
4. Uncategorized Cookies
This cookie stores the current language setting for Tableau content. It ensures consistency across pages when Tableau visualizations are loaded, so the same language is shown throughout a session.
| Cookie | tableau_locale |
| Duration | session |
| Description | This cookie remembers the user’s selected language for Tableau visualizations, ensuring consistent localization across pages within the same session. |
| Cookie | org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.CookieLocaleResolver.LOCALE |
| Duration | session |
| Description | This cookie is set by the provider Infoniqa engage, used for webforms in a website. The cookie stores the language for the application process. |
Third-Party Cookies
We may use trusted third-party services such as:
- Google Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Google reCAPTCHA
- Tableau
- Auth0
These services may place cookies on your device to help us analyse website usage and improve performance. These cookies will only be stored with your explicit consent, except where they are strictly necessary.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have full control over your cookie preferences.
Option 1 – Cookie Preference Centre
You may modify or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the cookie preference icon located at the bottom of our website. From there, you can:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customise cookie categories
Please note: Essential cookies cannot be disabled.
Option 2 – Browser Settings
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please refer to your browser’s help section for instructions:
- Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?locale=en_GB
Please note that disabling cookies may affect certain functionalities and limit your user experience.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our practices. We encourage you to review this page regularly.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding cookies or data protection, please contact us at: hello@thecirculateinitiative.org.