WIPS Cookie Policy
Last modified: March 16, 2021
This Cookie Policy explains how the Western Interior Paleontological Society uses cookies to recognize you when you visit our website (www.westernpaleo .org).
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the site again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information.
Cookies tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page on the website.
Cookies set by a website owner (in this case, the Western Interior Paleontological Society) 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 a website (for example, advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set 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 party cookies for technical reasons in order for our website to operate. These cookies are essential to the function of our website and cannot be disabled.
How do we use cookies?
The essential first party cookies were use are what’s known as “session cookies” — temporary cookies that help our website track user activity during a specific session on the website. When the user goes to another website, these cookies are deleted.
Can I control essential website cookies?
Because the essential first party cookies are necessary to deliver our website to you they cannot be refused.
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 for operational, legal or regulatory reasons.