Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains Earthjustice’s use of cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website, earthjustice.org (the “Site)” or individual microsites through third parties that refer to this policy (each a “Microsite,” and collectively, “Microsites”). It provides you with information about how and when we use cookies on the Site and Microsites.

We use cookies and similar technologies as permitted by applicable law and, where required, based on your consent. Disabling cookies may affect your experience of the Site or Microsite. You may also choose to delete cookies after you complete your Site or Microsite visit.

For information about the personal information Earthjustice collects and how we use it, please refer to our Privacy Policy. Earthjustice also provides to Site or Microsite users located in the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom (UK) the EU/EEA/UK Supplemental Privacy Statement.

What are cookies and similar technologies, and why do we use them?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device, through your browser, by the websites that you visit. These text files can be read by these websites, through the browser, and help to identify you when you return to a website. Cookies do not run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

Some cookies are set by Earthjustice, and some are set by third parties. The cookies that third parties set can recognize the device you use to visit our Site as well as when you visit other websites. Cookies are used to make the Site work properly, help make the user experience more efficient, to track metrics to help us improve our Site and the information we provide, and to help us provide personalized advertising and fundraising experiences for users.

Similar technologies include any technology that, comparable to cookies, stores or accesses information on your device. Such technologies may include, for example, HTML5 storage, Local Shared Objects, fingerprinting techniques as well as scripts and tracking pixels.

What cookies are set on Earthjustice’s Site or Microsite?

Most of the cookies set during your visit to the Site or Microsite come from third-party companies that we use to monitor and improve the user’s experience. We also set a small number of cookies to ensure the website platform functions properly and securely. Cookies fall into the following categories:

  • Necessary Cookies: These cookies either have the sole purpose of allowing or facilitating electronic communication (e.g., transmit communications over the Internet) or are strictly necessary to provide a service you have explicitly requested (e.g., securely authenticating users when they log into the Site or Microsite or when a donation is made online to support our work).
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies help us create a better user experience by enabling personalization and engagement, such as displaying certain popup notifications one-time only.
  • Analytics/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to monitor our Site’s or Microsite’s performance. We use them to understand how people use our Site or Microsite so that we can continue to improve the Site or Microsite and your experience when you visit.
  • Marketing Cookies: These cookies help us better understand the outcomes of advertising and fundraising efforts by tracking ad conversions and performance of ad traffic coming from third-party platforms.
  • Third-Party Cookies: These cookies are set by external services, such as YouTube, when you visit a page on our Site or Microsite containing a video or other resource embedded from that third-party service.

The Site or the Microsites use the following first-party cookies:
Cookie Control CookieControl Necessary Remembers cookie consent preferences 365 days
Google Tag Manager _dc_gtm_* Necessary Tag management system. Used to throttle request rate 1 minute
EveryAction incap_ses_* Necessary Enables functionality on Earthjustice's action, donation, and signup forms. Used to map HTTP requests to sessions to enable DDoS and web application firewall protection. (Source: Imperva) Removed at the end of the session
EveryAction nlbi_* Necessary Enables functionality on Earthjustice's action, donation, and signup forms. Used to ensure requests by a client are sent to the origin server to enable DDoS and web application firewall protection. (Source: Imperva) Removed at the end of the session
EveryAction visid_incap_* Necessary Enables functionality on Earthjustice's action, donation, and signup forms. Used to relate sessions to a visitor's device to determine which clients have already visited to enable DDoS protection and web application firewall protection. (Source: Imperva) 1 year
EveryAction .AspNet.OASupporterAuthCookie, OpenIdConnect.nonce.* Necessary Enables functionality on Earthjustice's action, donation, and signup forms. Used to store session key information required for logging in to Attendee Check-In pages. Removed at the end of the session
EveryAction SessionKeyCookie Necessary Enables functionality on Earthjustice's action, donation, and signup forms. Used to allow access to features requiring login. 1 hour
Pay Pal ts, ts_c Necessary Enables donations through PayPal 767 days
Pay Pal enforce_policy Necessary Enables donations through PayPal 36 days
AB Tasty ABTasty Functional Displays different webpage designs to visitors to test different ways of delivering content. Contains the experiment data: visitor ID, campaignHistory, timestamp, account settings 13 months
AB Tasty ABTastySession Functional Contains experiment landing page URL. Also used to determine if new session 30 minutes of inactivity
AB Tasty ABTastyDomainTest Functional Checks experiment is operating on the expected domain A few milliseconds
AB Tasty abTastyDebug Functional Used to debug experiments Manual deposit - session
Earthjustice modal-* Functional When popup lightbox is in use on the website, this cookie determines if the lightbox should display for the visitor, based on the display frequency. Depends on the frequency set for the popup lightbox. Typically, 1 week.
Earthjustice STYXKEY_large-banner- Functional Set when visitor closes a donation banner. Determines if the banner should display for returning visitors, based on the display frequency. 3 days
EveryAction FastActionDatabagId Functional Used to remember and pre-fill payment and contact information on forms if users have signed up for the FastAction network. 10 years
EveryAction connect.sid Functional Used to remember and pre-fill payment and contact information if users have signed up for the FastAction network. 3 years
EveryAction ProfileDatabagId Functional Used to remember and pre-fill contact information on forms. 10 years
EveryAction ngpvanuser Functional Used to remember and pre-fill contact information on forms. 10 years
EveryAction ai_session Analytics / Performance Enables functionality on Earthjustice's action, donation, and signup forms. Used to collect statistical usage and troubleshooting information for the web application. (Source: Microsoft) Removed at the end of the session
EveryAction ai_user Analytics / Performance Enables functionality on Earthjustice's action, donation, and signup forms. Used to enable counting of the number of users accessing the application over time to collect statistical usage and troubleshooting information for the web application. (Source: Microsoft) 1 year
Google Analytics _ga, _ga_* Analytics / Performance Google Analytics provides statistics on website visits. These cookies are used to distinguish users and persist session state 2 years
Google Analytics _gat_* Analytics / Performance Used to throttle request rate 1 minute
Google Analytics _gid Analytics / Performance Used to distinguish users 24 hours
Google Analytics __utma Analytics / Performance Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. 2 years from set/update
Google Analytics __utmc Analytics / Performance Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. Session
Google Analytics __utmz Analytics / Performance Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. 6 months from set/update
BidSwitch c, tuuid, tuuid_lu Marketing Tracks your visits from ads and performs retargeting 1 year
Bing (Microsoft) MUID (clarity.ms), MUID (bing.com) Marketing Contains a GUID assigned to your browser 390 days
Bing CLID Marketing Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity 1 year
Bing _clck Marketing Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences unique to that site on the browser 1 year
Bing _clsk Marketing Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording 1 year
Bing _uetmsclkid Marketing Used to improve the accuracy of conversion tracking 390 days
Bing _uetsid Marketing Contains session ID for a unique session on the site 1 day
Bing _uetvid Marketing Contains unique anonymized visitor ID 390 days
Bing MR Marketing Indicates whether to refresh MUID 1 week
Bing SUID Marketing Tracks ad conversions 1 day
Bing _SS Marketing Tracks ad conversions Session
Bing SRCHHPGUSR, SRCHUID, SRCHD, SRCHUSR Marketing Tracks ad conversions 11 months
Bing ABDEF Marketing This cookie is used by the Bing advertising network for advertising tracking purposes. 13 months
Bing ACL Marketing Used for advertisement tracking purposes. 3 months
Bing ACLUSR Marketing This cookie allows us to serve relevant advertisements to visitors across the Microsoft Bing network 1 year
Bing BFB, BFBFB Marketing This cookie helps us to target and track performance of advertising campaigns on the Bing advertising network. 1 year
Bing GC Marketing Tracks ad conversions Session
Bing _C_ETH Marketing Used by the Bing Advertising Network for tracking advertising activities. Session
Bing _Rwho Marketing Used by the Bing Advertising Network for tracking advertising activities. Session
Bing USRLOC Marketing This cookie is used by Bing to understand user interaction with the website 13 months
Bing ak_bmsc Marketing Used to optimize performance and improve the user experience. 1 hour
Bing OIDI Marketing This cookie helps us to target and track performance of advertising campaigns on the Bing advertising network. 3 months
Bing _EDGE_S Marketing Collects information about user behavior on several websites. This information is used on the website to optimize the relevance of the advertising. Session
Bing MSPTC Marketing This cookie registers data on the visitor. The information is used to optimize advertisement relevance. 1 year
Bing _RwBf Marketing This is set by a third party service Bing for advertisement tracking purposes 1 year
Bing dsc Marketing Used by the Bing Advertising Network for tracking advertising activities. Session
Bing ANONCHK Marketing Used to store the session ID of users and to check the clicks on ads in the Bing search engine. The cookie also helps with reporting and personalization. 10 minutes
Bing SM Marketing Microsoft Advertising sets this cookie to synchronize the MUID between Microsoft domains. Session
Casale Media CMID, CMRUM3, CMPRO, CMTS, CMPS Marketing Tracks your visits from ads and performs retargeting 1 year
Google AdSense / Doubleclick 1P_JAR, APISID, HSID, IDE, SAPISID, SEARCH_SAMESITE, SID, SSID, __Secure-1PAPISID, __Secure-1PSID, __Secure-3PAPISID, __Secure-3PSID Marketing Tracks ad conversions. Set through Google Floodlight, on specific webpages. 2 years
Google AdSense / Doubleclick SIDCC, __Secure-3PSIDCC Marketing Tracks ad conversions. Set through Google Floodlight, on specific webpages. 365 days
Google AdSense / Doubleclick NID Marketing Tracks ad conversions. Set through Google Floodlight, on specific webpages. 6 months
Google AdSense / Doubleclick test_cookie Marketing Tracks ad conversions. Set through Google Floodlight, on specific webpages. 15 minutes
Google AdSense / Doubleclick _gcl_au Marketing Tracks ad conversions 90 days
Magnite / Rubicon Project audit, khaos Marketing Tracks your visits from ads and performs retargeting 1 year
Meta (Facebook) _fbp Marketing Tracks performance of ad traffic coming from Facebook. Unique identifier for Meta (Facebook) Pixel 3 months
Xandr anj, uuid2 Marketing Tracks ad traffic 3 months
Xandr uids Marketing Tracks ad traffic 30 days
Xandr icu, usersync Marketing Tracks ad traffic 90 days
PubMatic KRTBCOOKIE_*, PUBMDCID, PugT Marketing Tracks your visits from ads and performs retargeting 1 year
Yahoo A3, IDSYNC Marketing Tracks your visits from ads and performs retargeting 1 year

Third-party cookies installed through the Site or Microsites and are managed by the third party setting the cookie. We have included links to relevant third-party privacy and cookie statements in the below chart. To better understand how these third parties use cookies, please review their policies.
CARTO Privacy Policy Third-party Embedded interactive maps from the CARTO platform
DocumentCloud Privacy Policy Third-party Embedded PDFs from the DocumentCloud platform
Facebook Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy Third-party Embedded Facebook posts
Google Maps Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy Third-party Embedded interactive maps from the Google Maps platform
Instagram Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy Third-party Embedded Instagram posts
Jobvite Privacy Policy Third-party Embedded job application forms and tools on the careers webpage and job posts
Mapbox Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy Third-party Embedded interactive maps from the Mapbox platform
Microsoft Forms Privacy Policy Third-party Embedded forms for inquiries and surveys
SoundCloud Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy Third-party Embedded audio from the SoundCloud platform
Twitter Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy Third-party Embedded Twitter posts
Vimeo Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy Third-party Embedded videos from the Vimeo platform
YouTube Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy Third-party Embedded videos from the YouTube platform

How can I disable or delete cookies?

We use cookies and similar technologies as permitted by applicable law and, where required, based on your consent through a cookie banner and consent management service. You can control cookies and other types of automatic data collection and storage through your browser and/or mobile device settings. Please check your software or device manufacturer’s instructions to learn more about your options.

Learn how to disable or enable cookies for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Internet Explorer or Edge.

What other similar technologies do we use?

  • Social Media Plug-Ins: To enable people to share our content across social platforms, some pages include social media plug-ins that are managed by social media platforms. Pages on the Site or Microsite where posts from social media platforms are embedded include plug-ins from that social media platform. When you browse a page with a plug-in, it connects with the social network platform and sends information, including which pages you viewed, length of visit, and so forth. If you have an account with one of those social networks, this information can be stored in your account. Earthjustice does not have direct access to information stored in your social media account.
  • Tracking Pixels: On our Site, we use a limited number of “tracking pixels” — small snippets of code — from third-party services to help us learn about and improve your digital experience. Tracking pixels collect information from your visit to our Site or Microsites, such as the pages visited, and the search keywords used to reach our Site or Microsites. We use this technology to better understand how visitors respond to our social media posts and ad campaigns, to learn about common interests among our visitors, and to display relevant advertisements through these third-party services to you or audiences with similar interests. We also use tracking pixels for the purposes of retargeting (also called “remarketing”). In retargeting, we reach out to you on other web sites you visit by displaying personalized advertisements about our work, based on data collected during your visits to our Site or Microsites. We use tracking pixels as permitted by applicable law and, where required, based on your consent.

The Site or the Microsites use the following tracking pixels:
Google (DV360) Track ad traffic and performance 3 months
Meta (Facebook) Track performance of Facebook ads and posts 37 months
Microsoft Bing Track ad traffic and performance 1 year
Xandr Track performance for marketing ads on third-party websites 6 months

To block website tracking pixels, you can use the Mozilla Firefox browser (on desktop or on Android mobile devices), which blocks tracking content by default. Browser add-ons, such as Privacy Badger from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and other ad-blockers also can be used to customize the trackers you choose to decline or accept. You can specifically opt out of Google’s cookies and device identifiers through Google’s Ads Settings.

We also include a tracking pixel in our emails. The tracking pixel lets us know whether you opened the email. You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time through the online Member Center, or by contacting us by mail, phone, or email:

Earthjustice
50 California Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94111
1-800-584-6460
info@earthjustice.org

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