Lifebox cookies policy
Lifebox uses cookies to help improve your experience on our website. Learn all about them below.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small piece of data or message that is sent from a website’s server to your web browser and is then stored on your hard drive. They’re generally used to improve your user experience by – for example – remembering what’s in your online shopping basket or keeping you logged in on a website as you navigate from one page to another. Cookies can’t read data off your hard drive or other cookie files, and do not damage your system.
Consent for cookies
The first time you access the website, you will be asked if you consent to receiving cookies. If you agree, cookies will be retained on your browser for that visit and for each time you subsequently access the website.
You also have an option not to use this feature, in which case no cookies will be retained on your browser. If you want to opt out of using cookies in future then you can do so. It is important to note that if you change your settings and block cookies then our web site may not work so well. Your browser may be able to reject cookies, or to warn you before you download cookies, and information regarding this can be found in your browser’s help facility.
How does Lifebox use cookies?
- We use cookies so that you have a good experience when you visit our website.
- To remember your preferences such as language so that it is easier for you to navigate our website
- To track how visitors use our website so that we can improve and update our the site
- To help manage your donation experience
Please see a full list of cookies on our website below.
| Cookie Name | Purpose |
| Category: preferences | Enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. |
| lang | Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website |
| Category: statistics | Help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. |
| _utma | Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. |
| _utmb | Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| _utmc | A timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| _utmt | Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. |
| _utmz | Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine as used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. |
| _ga | Registers unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| vuid | Collects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. |
| Category: marketing | Used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers. |
| PREF | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| Classy – Lifebox Donate platform | AWS Elastic Load Balance Cookie – used to route requests correctly |
| AWSELB | Cross Site Request forgery token, used by classy to validate and secure form submissions |
| CSRF-TOKEN | Related to users session |
| JSESSIONID | Not sure – related to users session |
| PHPSESSID | User session id – used to for logging in |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Cross site request forgery token, used to validate and secure the login form |
| _ga | Lifebox/Classy Google analytics – used to track users coming from lifebox.org |
| _gat_classyTrack | Lifebox/Classy Google analytics – used to track users coming from lifebox.org |
| _gat_clientTrack | Lifebox/Classy Google analytics – used to track users coming from lifebox.org |
| _gid | Lifebox/Classy Google analytics – used to track users coming from lifebox.org |
| acceptCookies | Classy cookie notice |
| ajs_anonymous_id | Segment IO – used for analytics |
| connect.sid | Socket connection id for Node/Express application |
| sid | Google Analytics – Same as above |
| vuid | Video added to donate page on Classy – https://vimeo.com/248358737 |
| Lifebox impact map | |
| __cfduid | Cloudflare Security (like main site) – Required |
| newsletter | Controls whether you see the newsletter popup again |
