Cookie Policy
We use cookies to help improve your experience of https://www.jehovahs-witness.com. This cookie policy is part of our Privacy Policy, and covers the use of cookies between your device and our site. We also provide basic information on third-party services we may use, who may also use cookies as part of their service, though they are not covered by our policy.
If you don’t wish to accept cookies from us, you should instruct your browser to refuse cookies from https://www.jehovahs-witness.com, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on your device when you visit, typically containing information about the website itself, a unique identifier that allows the site to recognise your web browser when you return, additional data that serves the purpose of the cookie, and the lifespan of the cookie itself.
Cookies are used to enable certain features (eg. logging in), to track site usage (eg. analytics), to store your user settings (eg. timezone, notification preferences), and to personalise your content (eg. advertising, language).
Cookies set by the website you are visiting are normally referred to as “first-party cookies”, and typically only track your activity on that particular site. Cookies set by other sites and companies (ie. third parties) are called “third-party cookies”, and can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.
Types of cookies and how we use them
Essential cookies
Essential cookies are crucial to your experience of a website, enabling core features like user logins and account management. We use essential cookies to enable certain functions on our website:
- Sign-in and session management
- Accessing member-only content
- Accessing account-only content such as messages
- Posting new content and sending messages to other members
Performance cookies
Performance cookies are used in the tracking of how you use a website during your visit, without collecting personal information about you. Typically, this information is anonymous and aggregated with information tracked across all site users, to help companies understand visitor usage patterns, identify and diagnose problems or errors their users may encounter, and make better strategic decisions in improving their audience’s overall website experience. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. We use performance cookies on our site:
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Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC. Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this web-site, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
The use of Google Analytics is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.
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Google reCaptcha
Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC.
The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies are used in collecting information about your device and any settings you may configure on the website you’re visiting (like language and timezone settings). With this information, websites can provide you with customised, enhanced or optimised content and services. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party service. We use functionality cookies for selected features on our site.
- Changing the size of topic-summaries displayed
- Recording your cookie preferences (CookieConsent)
Targeting/advertising cookies
Targeting/advertising cookies are used in determining what promotional content is more relevant and appropriate to you and your interests. Websites may use them to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement. This helps companies improve the effectiveness of their campaigns and the quality of content presented to you. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. Targeting/advertising cookies set by third-parties may be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service. We use targeting/advertising cookies on our site.
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Google Tag Manager
This cookie controls and optimizes the loading of other script tags on the site
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App Nexus
This cookie allows the display of adverts which are relevant to you and your interests.
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Google Adsense / Adwords / DoubleClick
These cookie allow the display of adverts which are relevant to you and your interests.
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DistrictM
This cookie allows the display of adverts which are relevant to you and your interests.
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Sovrn
This cookie allows the display of adverts which are relevant to you and your interests.
https://www.sovrn.com/about-our-cookies/
Third-party cookies on our site
We may employ third-party companies and individuals on our websites—for example, analytics providers and content partners. We grant these third parties access to selected information to perform specific tasks on our behalf. They may also set third-party cookies in order to deliver the services they are providing. Third-party cookies can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service. As we have no control over third-party cookies, they are not covered by our cookie policy.
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YouTube
When links to YouTube videos are submitted to our site they may be converted automatically to embedded video players. While we attempt to use the "nocookie" domain that YouTube provide, there is a chance that some videos may place cookies on your device. These can be used to control video playback preferences or to track your usage of their service.
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Vimeo
Vimeo is another video hosting site who'd videos may be converted into an embedded video player and who may use cookies to provide their service.
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Image Hosting Services
User may embed images from other sites in their posts and these sites may send cookies as part of their image-serving. While we attempt to proxy those images so that they are served from our own site to protect your privacy, there may be situations where this is not possible.
Our third-party privacy promise
We review the privacy policies of all our third-party providers before enlisting their services to ensure their practices align with ours. We will never knowingly include third-party services that compromise or violate the privacy of our users.
How you can control or opt out of cookies
If you do not wish to accept cookies from us, you can instruct your browser to refuse cookies from our website. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies by default, but you can update these settings to either refuse cookies altogether, or to notify you when a website is trying to set or update a cookie.
If you browse websites from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each individual device.
Although some cookies can be blocked with little impact on your experience of a website, blocking all cookies may mean you are unable to access certain features and content across the sites you visit.