COOKIES
About Cookies on ValleyWidePhotography.com
Revised as per January 18 2020.
By using this or any of Valley Wide Photography websites you agree that we may set cookies on your browser.
“Cookies” is a standard technology that virtually all websites use today. A cookie is a small text file that is placed in your web browser’s memory, and this provides us with statistics that we use to make our website better for our users. Most modern browsers (such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, etc.) are set to accept cookies automatically, but you may choose to change the settings so that cookies are not accepted. Please note that it will cause a great many sites to not function properly if you do not accept cookies.
Like most other websites, we collect information automatically and store it in log-files on our servers. This type of information includes: IP addresses, type of browser you use on our sites, broadband providers (ISP), operating system, date and time of visits, as well as some data about navigation.
The information we collect is used by us to analyze trends, so that we can make our website better. The information will only be used internally and will not be passed on to any 3rd party and / or other persons outside of Valley Wide Photography. We never store information that can identify you personally other than as outlined in our Privacy Policy or our Terms of Service.
Here is a list of the cookies we use on our pages:
PHPSESSID
This is a cookie from PHP that is used to save your session ID.
Google Analytics cookies
We may use Google Analytics cookies to improve our website for the benefit of our users and make site improvements, all data collected is anonymous.
__utma is used to distinguish users and sessions, keeping track of how many times a visitor or user has been on our website so we can see how many users are visiting our site for the first time.
__utmb and __utmc keeps track of how long a user stays on our websites. These are deleted when users leave our site.
__utmz and __utmv work together to track where users come from (i.e., search engine, keyword, referral link, etc.) when a user lands on our pages.
Google AdWords Remarketing
This website may now or in the future use the Google AdWords Remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the ValleyWidePhotography.com website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings: www.google.com/settings/ads
Google Conversion Tracking Cookies
We may now or in the future use Google Conversion Tracking to allow us to track those visitors who have been referred through Google advertisement.
We will share information regarding users’ visits to our website with Google but this will not include any information specific to the users’ applications or other personal information. Google will use this information to monitor on our behalf the effectiveness of our advertising.
The information we share with Google will only be used in accordance with Google’s data use policy: www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Facebook Conversion Tracking Cookies
We may now or in the future use Facebook Conversion Tracking to track those visitors who have been referred through a Facebook page, application or advertisement.
We will share information regarding a user’s visit to our website with Facebook but this will not include any information specific to the user’s application or other personal information. Facebook will use this information to monitor on our behalf the effectiveness of our advertising and applications.
The information we share with Facebook will only be used in accordance with Facebook’s data use policy: www.facebook.com/about/privacy
How to delete cookies / cookies in your web browser
Each web browser has its own way to delete cookies, clear browsing history, cache, etc. Please visit or search for the specific instructions of the web browser(s) you use which are typically found under their “Support” or “Help” sections of their websites.
If you have more questions about our cookies, feel free to contact us.