This page was last changed on June 28, 2020, last checked on June 28, 2020 and applies to citizens of the United States.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://againstscams.org (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. You do have the right to opt-out and to object against the further use of non-functional cookies.
5.1 Manage your consent settings
You can also disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
6. Cookies
6.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
6.2 Social media buttons
On our website we have included buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest to promote webpages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest. These buttons work using pieces of code coming from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons also can store and process certain information, so a personalized advertisement can be shown to you.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Pinterest are located in the United States.
7. Placed cookies
GDPR Cookie Consent
We use GDPR Cookie Consent for cookie consent management.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Functional | ||
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | session | Checks if cookies can be placed |
| viewed_cookie_policy | persistent | Store if a message has been shown |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | session | Checks if cookies can be placed |
Sharing
This data is not shared with third parties.
Fusion Theme
We use Fusion Theme for content creation.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Functional | ||
| fusionredux_current_tab | 1 week |
Sharing
This data is not shared with third parties.
McAfee
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Statistics | ||
| trustedsite_visit | persistent | Stores number of visits |
Sharing
This data is not shared with third parties.
JetPack
We use JetPack for advertising.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Functional | ||
| jetpackState | session | Provide functions across pages |
Sharing
For more information, please read the JetPack Privacy Policy.
Google Fonts
We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Marketing/Tracking | ||
| Google Fonts API | none | Request user IP address |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Google Fonts Privacy Policy.
YouTube
We use YouTube for video display.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Marketing/Tracking | ||
| GPS | session | Store location data |
| Functional | ||
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | Estimate bandwidth |
| Statistics | ||
| YSC | session | Store a unique user ID |
| PREF | 1 year | Track visits across websites |
Sharing
For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Policy.
We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Marketing/Tracking | ||
| actppresence | 1 year | Manage ad display frequency |
| fbm_ | 1 year | Store account details |
| _fbc | 2 years | Stores last visit |
| fbm_* | 1 year | Store account details |
| xs | 3 months | Store a unique session ID |
| fr | 3 months | Ad delivery |
| _fbp | 3 months | Track visits across websites |
| datr | 2 years | Prevent fraud |
| sb | 2 years | Store browser details |
| *_fbm_ | 1 year | Store account details |
| Functional | ||
| wd | 1 week | Determine screen resolution |
| act | 90 days | Keep users logged in |
| c_user | 90 days | Store a unique user ID |
| csm | 90 days | Prevent fraud |
| presence | session | Track if the browser tab is active |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Policy.
We use Twitter for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons.
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Functional | ||
| local_storage_support_test | persistent | Load balancing functionality |
| Marketing/Tracking | ||
| metrics_token | persistent | Stores if the user has seen embedded content |
Sharing
For more information, please read the Twitter Privacy Policy.
Miscellaneous
| Name | Retention | Function |
| Purpose pending investigation | ||
| pb_exceptions | ||
| pb_user_activity | ||
| pb_forms | ||
| trustedsite_tm_float_seen | ||
| complianz_policy_id | 365 days | |
| complianz_consent_status | 365 days | |
| wp-autosave-1 | ||
| wp-saving-post | ||
| tk_tc | ||
| itsec-hb-login-a3115b9ed1895d04962712771050b643 | ||
| wp-postpass_a3115b9ed1895d04962712771050b643 |
Sharing
This data is not shared with third parties.
8. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- you may submit a request for access to the data we process about you;
- you may object to the processing;
- you may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you;
- you may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this cookie statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.
9. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
10. Selling data to third parties
We do not sell data to third parties
11. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. - SCARS
9737 NW 41st Street, Suite 530, Miami, FL 33178 USA
United States
Website: https://againstscams.org
Email: contact@againstscams.org
Phone number: (305) 901-7226
This cookie policy was synchronized with cookiedatabase.org on January 16, 2020