The Center for Tech and Civic Life uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our website and collect information about how you interact with it. This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your choices regarding their use. This Cookie Policy supplements the information contained in our Privacy Policy by explaining how we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies to manage and provide our Websites’ services to users.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files stored on your device by your web browser when you visit a website. Cookies help the Website recognize your device and remember your preferences, login details, or browsing behavior. They also allow us and our third-party partners to collect information about how you interact with our Website and others, as well as other email communications and online services we might provide. We and our third-party partners, including our vendors, may also use other similar technologies like web beacons, tracking pixels, embedded scripts, location- and device-identifying technologies, and logging technologies, which we refer to collectively as “cookies” for purposes of this policy.
What types of cookies do we use?
This Website uses the following types of cookies:
- Essential or strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are typically set in response to your actions, such as setting privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information pseudonymously. This helps us improve the Website’s performance and user experience.
- Functional cookies. These cookies allow the Website to remember your preferences and provide enhanced, personalized features.
- Targeting/advertising cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Website and the pages or links you followed to get here. We use this information to make our Website and marketing more relevant to your interests and also to measure the performance of our Website and marketing efforts. These cookies may be set through our Website by and the related information shared with our advertising partners.
What type of information do we collect when using cookies?
We and our partners may automatically collect information about your usage and interactions with our Website and other communications, including the type of device and software being used, IP address, date and time of visit, and analytics that help us measure usage and activity trends.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to provide and improve our Website’s functionality, including helping you navigate pages more efficiently; remember your preferences; understand and analyze usage patterns to enhance the user experience; and deliver targeted advertisements and remarketing campaigns.
First- and Third-party cookies
“First-party cookies” are cookies that belong to us and that we place on your device. “Third-party cookies” are cookies that another party places on your device through our Website. Third-party cookies may be used to track your activity across websites to provide targeted advertising based on your interests. Although third-party cookies may provide a service or function to us, we do not always control them and recommend reviewing the privacy policies of the providers.These providers may include, but are not limited to: Google Analytics, Yahoo DSP.
How to manage cookies
You can block or disable cookies and other tracking technologies on your device at any time by adjusting your preferences or settings in your browser. You may also choose to reject or delete cookies that have already been stored on your device. These links may help you better understand how to control cookies in your browser:
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookies settings in Safari web and iOS.
While you can still use our Website after blocking or deleting cookies, certain features or functionalities may be limited. Please note that any information collected by cookies before they were disabled may still be used. However, once a cookie is disabled, it will no longer collect additional information.
Updates and information
We periodically review and update this notice to reflect changes in our practices or technologies. The date at the top of this page reflects when the policy was last updated. We encourage you to stay informed about our data privacy practices.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our data privacy practices, please contact us at [email protected]
Effective Date: May 22, 2025
Last Updated: May 22, 2025