Cookie Policy

Welcome

Welcome to pittsustainabilitychallenge.org. This Cookie Policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding the collection of information from you when visiting our website through cookies and other tracking technologies. 

What are Cookies?

When you use this Website, we may send one or more cookies – small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters – to your computer. Carrot may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to this Website. All but essential cookies can be blocked or removed. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from this Website, you may not be able to utilize the features of this Website to their fullest potential.

Why do we use cookies?

Cookies are used for many different jobs, such as remembering user preferences, improving the user experience, ensuring the security of our websites, and running embedded tools. In addition, cookies enable us to analyze the use of our websites and help us improve our content and outreach efforts for the initiative addressed by this website. Some of these cookies may be used by our partners to provide measurement services and target ads. You can read more about this in our Privacy Policy.

Overview of Cookie Consent Rules 

EU and UK law requires organizations placing cookies through websites onto visitors’ computers to obtain their opt-in “consent” after providing clear and comprehensive information about how cookies are used on the websites. If consent is not provided, it cannot be inferred from the use of the website. 

In order to comply with this, we have taken four steps:

Identified cookies and other tracking technologies served through this website, the purposes they fulfill, and related information such as their expiry and whether they are first- or third-party cookies. 
Assessed the intrusiveness of these cookies on visitors’ expectations of privacy, based on the information collected in point 1 above. 
Provided ‘clear and comprehensive’ information about website cookies with the appropriate level of disclosure corresponding with the intrusiveness of each cookie (See Cookie Settings Panel). 
Used an appropriate strategy for obtaining express consent for website cookies. Certain types of strictly necessary cookies may qualify for legal exemptions and, where this is the case, consent will not be required for these cookies.

Consent Strategies Used on This Website 

Worldwide standards for obtaining consent to use cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as tracking pixels and website scripts) ("cookies") continue to evolve and while prior, express consent strategies (or 'opt-in' strategies) represent the most legally robust solution for obtaining consent, they can impair visitor experience and adversely impact legitimate website data collection. 

Given the substantial number of cookies served through websites, cookies are grouped by category in the consent banner, rather than by identity (for example, 'marketing cookies', 'analytics cookies'). This enables cookie disclosures that are simpler and clearer for consumers to understand, and it should mean that any consent provided meets the standard of informed consent. 

An assessment of the cookies served through this website appears in the Cookie Annex and provides information about its purpose(s), expiry, and information on additional methods of refusing the Cookies in “How to Block.” 

You can learn more about the data Carrot collects, how it is used and your privacy rights in the Privacy Policy of this website.

Links to Other Web Sites 

This site may contain links or references to other websites. Please be aware that we do not control the Cookies / tracking technologies of other websites and this Cookie Policy does not apply to those websites. 

Third-party Services

Some of our pages have embedded third-party services, such as videos, social share buttons, organizational readiness assessment forms. Some of this third-party functionality will require you to accept their specific terms and conditions before you can use the service. Other embedded functionality will trigger cookies upon your interaction with the service. Providers of these third-party services may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose, and use of cookies. Find more information on how to manage these cookies in Cookie Annex.

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Cookie Annex:

Type of Cookie

Source

Purpose

Expiry

How to Block

Cookies / tracking technologies served by Pittsburgh Sustainability Challenge (first party cookies)

Cookies necessary for essential website purposes and functions

Cookie Names:

ASP.NET_SessionId .ASPXAUTH
usr-reg
usr-ckn
ARRAAffinity
rpSUI
ai_user
ai_buffer
ai_sentBuffer
ai_session
PROD_userStatus
ln
__session

Pittsburgh Sustainability Challenge

These cookies are strictly necessary for the proper operation of our site. They allow us to ensure the security and efficient delivery of our site.

Some of the cookies we set for this purpose are automatically removed from your device at the end of your user session. Others may last for a period of up to 180 days from your last visit to our site.

You can change your browser settings to accept or refuse these cookies.

As the means vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's Help menu for more information.

Cookies / tracking technologies served by Pittsburgh Sustainability Challenge service providers and other companies (third party cookies)

Analytics cookies and
technologies
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Cookie Names:
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_ga
_ga_<container-id> _gat
_gid

Google Analytics

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

Some of the cookies set for this purpose are automatically removed from your device once you close your browser.

Others may last for a period of up to 24 months from your last visit to our site.

You can opt out of tracking by Google Analytics by visiting: http://tools.google.com
/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

Content sharing cookies and technologies

Cookie Names:

_js_datr
_js_reg_fb_ref
_js_reg_fb_gate
wd
_fbp
_fbc
xs
c_user
datr
sb
dpr
pl
fr
lu

Facebook

Some of these cookies and technologies enable you to share pages and content that interests you on our site through third-party social networking or other websites.

The companies that serve these cookies and technologies may share your information with third parties and/or use your information to serve targeted advertising to you on other websites.

Some of these cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited..

Some of the cookies set for this purpose may last for a period of up to 24 months from your last visit to our site.

You can change your browser settings to accept or refuse these cookies.

As the means vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's Help menu for more information.

Content sharing cookies and technologies
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Cookie Names:
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_twitter_sess
ct0
external_referer
guest_id
guest_id_ads
guest_id_marketing
gt
g_state
dnt
muc
muc_ads
eu_cn
personalization_id

Twitter

Some of these cookies and technologies enable you to share pages and content that interests you on our site through third party social networking or other websites.

Some of these cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

The companies that serve these cookies and technologies may share your information with third parties and/or use your information to serve targeted advertising to you on other websites.

Some of the cookies set for this purpose may last for a period of up to 24 months from your last visit to our site.

You can change your browser settings to accept or refuse these cookies.

As the means vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's Help menu for more information.

Content sharing cookies and technologies

‍Cookie Names:

lidc
AnalyticsSyncHistory
UserMatchHistory
lang
li_mc
aam_uuid
liap
lms_analytics
_gcl_au
bcookie
lmc_ads
li_gc
_guid
AMCV_
timezone

These cookies and technologies enable you to share pages and content that interests you on our site through third party social networking or other websites.
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The companies that serve these cookies and technologies may share your information with third parties and/or use your information to serve targeted advertising to you on other websites.

Some of these cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

Some of the cookies may last for a period of up to 26 months from your last visit to our site.

You can change your browser settings to accept or refuse these cookies.

As the means vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's Help menu for more information.

Embedded video cookies and technologies

Cookie Names:
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OTZ
YSC
CONSENT VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE LOGIN_INFO __Secure-YEC __Secure-3PAPISID __Secure-3PSID __Secure-3PSIDCC _SecurePREFPREF SIDCC

YouTube (Accounts)

These cookies are used to provide functionality on our website that is supplied by third parties and are set in response to an action you perform – watch or upload a YouTube video on this website, or log in with Google. Without these cookies, certain website functionality will be unavailable to our visitors. These cookies store and track interactions, preferences and device information. YouTube may share your information with third parties and/or use your information to serve targeted advertising to you on other websites.

YouTube uses Adobe Flash files (or "Flash cookies") for this purpose. These are stored indefinitely on your device, but can be removed by following the instructions for blocking. Other cookies set by YouTube for this purpose may last for a period of up to 8 months from your last visit to our site.

You can change your browser settings to accept or refuse these cookies. As the means vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's Help menu for more information.

You can also control your data collected by YouTube in your Google account, and opt out of tracking by YouTube.
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Website functionality
cookies and technologies
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Cookie Names:
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APISID
HSID
NID
SAPISID
SID
SSID
1P_JAR
ANID
CONSENT
DSID
IDE
OTZ
SIDCC
_Secure
AEC
OGP
SEARCH_SAMESITE
OGPC

Google

Some of these cookies are used to provide functionality on our website that is supplied by third parties. Without these cookies, certain website functionality will be unavailable to our visitors. The data collected by our service providers for this purpose may be shared on an anonymised basis with third parties, and may be used for targeted advertising purposes.

Some of the cookies set for this purpose may last for a period of up to 24 months from your last visit to our site.

You can change your browser settings to accept or refuse these cookies.

As the means vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's Help menu for more information.

Website functionality
cookies and technologies
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Cookie Names:
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OCAK
GAPS
LSID
ACCOUNT_CHOOSER
_Host
LSOLD
user_id

Google Accounts

These cookies are strictly used to provide functionality on our website that is supplied by third parties. Without these cookies, certain website functionality will be unavailable to our visitors. The data collected by our service providers for this purpose may be shared on an anonymised basis with third parties, and may be used for targeted advertising purposes.

Some of the cookies set for this purpose may last for a period of up to 24 months from your last visit to our site.

You can change your browser settings to accept or refuse these cookies. As the means vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's Help menu for more information.

Security cookies
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Cookie Names:
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__cfduid
CF_VERIFIED_DEVICE
_zlcmid
_gcl_au
cfmrk_cic
gates_cohorts
sparrow_id

Cloudflare

These cookie are used to override any security restrictions based on a user’s device and network identifiers. For example, if the visitor is in a coffee shop where there are a bunch of infected machines, but the visitor's machine is known trusted, then the _cfduid cookie can override the security setting. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Some of the cookies set for this purpose may last for a period of up to 12 months from your last visit to our site.

You can change your browser settings to accept or refuse these cookies.

As the means vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's Help menu for more information.