Cookie Policy

Last updated October 03, 2024

This Cookie Policy explains how Lutheran Church of the Resurrection ("church," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://www.lcresurrection.org ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

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, LCR) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first- 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 also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

How can I 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 the Cookie Consent Manager.

The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services. The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our Website.

If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit).

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.

Name: __utmc
Purpose: Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
Provider: .lcresurrection.org
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: #__utm.gif
Purpose: Logs the details about the visitor’s computer and browser using Google Analytics Tracking Code. The cookie is a pixel tracker type and is only active during the browsing session.
Provider: ssl.google-analytics.com
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: __utmb
Purpose: Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analtyics server.
Provider: .lcresurrection.org
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 29 minutes
Name: __utmt#
Purpose: Used to control the speed of requests to the website’s server. Expires after the session and is a HTTP type cookie.
Provider: .lcresurrection.org
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 9 minutes
Name: _ga_#
Purpose: Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions
Provider: .lcresurrection.org
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Name: __utmt
Purpose: Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
Provider: .lcresurrection.org
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 9 minutes
Name: __utmz
Purpose: Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
Provider: .lcresurrection.org
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 5 months 30 days
Name: __utma
Purpose: ID used to identify users and sessions
Provider: .lcresurrection.org
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Name: _ga
Purpose: Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user
Provider: .lcresurrection.org
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days

 

What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns.

In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?

Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention, and for other site operations.

If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel.

You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Paneland following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).

Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.

How often will you update 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 revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at: info@lcresurrection.org