What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your browser when you visit. Cookies help the site remember your preferences (consent, language, login session), provide analytics data, and — only if you opt in — enable marketing-related services. You can always delete or block cookies via your browser settings, though some features may stop working if strictly necessary cookies are rejected.
Categories of cookies we use
| Category | Purpose | Examples | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Always on. Required for login, checkout, CSRF security, consent memory. | cg_consent, wordpress_*, wp-postpass_* |
Session — 365 days |
| Functional | Remember your UI choices: theme dark/light, font size, nav collapsed state, language. | cg_prefs, locale |
365 days |
| Analytics (opt-in) | Anonymized aggregate stats — what pages visitors land on, bounce rate, country. GDPR-exempt legal basis: legitimate interest (no personal data, last IP octet stripped). | Plausible (no third-party cookies) | 12 months rolling |
| Marketing (opt-in) | Only set if you explicitly accept. Used for: ad conversion attribution on trusted channels (no cross-site retargeting currently enabled). | Stripe Checkout client_ref, PayPal cookie | 1 — 365 days |
Third-party cookies
When you click through to a checkout or open a payment flow, Stripe, PayPal, and similar payment providers may set cookies on their own domains — these cookies are governed by each provider own cookie policies, not this document. We encourage you to review those policies separately.
How to manage or delete cookies
Modern browsers let you block, delete, or accept cookies per site or globally. Visit the help pages for your browser to learn how: Chrome · Firefox · Safari · Edge · Brave. You may also withdraw analytics and marketing consent at any time via the cookie banner located in the footer. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent prior to withdrawal.
Cookie banner & consent register
CharityGlow uses a lightweight consent mechanism that stores the category choices (necessary / functional / analytics / marketing) in the cg_consent strictly-necessary cookie. This record is not shared. If you wish to see or delete the consent record we hold about your visit, please use the Data Subject Request form — further details are in the Privacy Policy.
Our privacy promise on tracking
- Plausible analytics is privacy-by-default and GDPR/CCPA exempt.
- We do NOT run Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, or LinkedIn ads trackers on the marketing site today.
- If any new tracking is added later, the consent banner will re-prompt and existing marketing cookies will auto-expire.
Questions? Email the DPO at privacy@charityglow.com and we will reply within 5 business days.