Thank you for your interest in this Cookie Policy and welcome to www.faobservatory.space. Our website uses cookies to remember your preferences and help you obtain the right information. Cookies also allow us to understand how our website is being used.
www.faobservatory.space is operated and maintained by Fundy Archipelago Observatory, 408 Hill Road, Grand Manan, NB, Canada, E5G1E6 (“Fundy Archipelago Observatory”, “we”, “us”, “our”). If you want to contact us or have any questions, you can reach us using faobservatory@gmail.com.
WHY DO WE HAVE A COOKIE POLICY?
This Cookie Policy sits in line with our obligations set out in Canada’s Anti-Spam Law” (“CASL”) and the EU`s Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”). In accordance with them, we need to inform you about the cookies we use and obtain your consent when using certain types of cookies namely Functional, Performance, Analytical and Advertising Cookies.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your device's hard drive by a website. Each time you return to the same website, your browser retrieves and sends the relevant cookie(s) to the website’s server.
COOKIE ACCEPTANCE
By using our website after accepting the cookie notice that appears when you first visit our website, or by browsing our website, after having been presented with this notice, you agree to the placement of cookies on your device in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy.
HOW ARE COOKIES USED?
Cookies used by us are stored on your device for a maximum period of 2 years from the date when they are initially installed or, if they are subsequently updated, from the date of the update. Cookies can be divided into the following two broad categories:
Technically necessary cookies (Essential)
Technically necessary cookies are required for our website to function properly; they enable you to navigate our website efficiently and use its functional features.
Technically non-essential cookies
Analytical/Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to measure and report on website activity by tracking page visits, visitor locations and how visitors move around our website. The information collected does not directly identify visitors. We place these cookies to help us analyze that data.
Marketing/Advertising Cookies
Marketing cookies help us provide you with personalized and relevant services or advertising, and track the effectiveness of our digital marketing activities. They are capable of tracking your browser across other websites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.
THE COOKIES WE USE
We utilize the below mentioned cookies, and other online identification technologies such as web beacons, or pixels to provide users with an improved user experience.
Squarespace Analytics
We use Squarespace Analytics which is a web analytics service offered by Squarespace that tracks and reports website traffic. When Squarespace Analytics is used, website interactions are recorded and systematically evaluated with the help of analytical cookies. The following data is processed through the use of Squarespace Analytics: i) 3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymized IP address), ii) the website called up, iii) the website from which the user reached the accessed page of my website (referrer), iv) the subpages accessed from the website, v) the time spent on the website, and vi) the frequency with which the website is accessed. Squarespace states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held. For further information on Squarespace Analytics, please visit https://www.squarespace.com/websites/analytics.
Pixel Cookies and Tags
We use so-called Pixel Cookies and Tags (“Pixel Cookies”). A Pixel Cookie is an advertising tool and typically consists of a JavaScript code snippet that allows us to understand and track visitors' activity on our Platform. For this purpose, Pixel Cookies collect and process information about visitors of our Platform and the device used (so-called event data).
Event data collected through Pixel Cookies is used for targeting our advertisements and improving ad delivery and personalized advertising. For this purpose, the event data collected on our website by means of Pixel Cookies is transmitted to the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie and in part, also stored on your device. However, this only happens with your consent, and we and the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie are considered joint controllers. Nonetheless, for the subsequent processing of the transmitted event data, the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie is the sole controller.
For more information about how the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie processes personal data, including the legal basis on which they rely on and how you can exercise your rights against, please refer to the following Privacy Policies: Facebook and Instagram.
HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES
In your browser
You also can manage your cookies preferences using the following links for some of the most popular internet browsers: Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera.
Cookie preference pop-up
We also offer a cookie preference pop-up when you first visit our website. This pop-up is a consent tool and allows you to specify your preference about cookies. You can accept or reject them or access this Cookie Policy before giving your consent to cookies or rejecting them.
Advertising personalisation or retargeting/tracking opt out
In addition, if you do not wish to participate in our advertising personalisation or retargeting/tracking, you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative, AdChoices, the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (Europe only), Google Ad Settings, Facebook Ad Settings, and Instagram Ad Settings.
HELP AND COMPLAINTS
If you have any questions about this policy or the information we hold about you please contact us using faobservatory@gmail.com.
CHANGES
The first version of this policy was issued on Monday, September 9th, 2024 and is the current version. Any prior versions are invalid, and if we make changes to this policy, we will revise the effective date.