Cookie Statement
Last updated 8 March 2022.
This Cookie Statement explains how TRAFFIC International (“TRAFFIC”, "we", "us", and "ours") use cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website at wildcheck.info ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
This Cookie Statement should be read alongside our Privacy Statement, which explains how we use personal information.
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Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are used to uniquely identify your computer or device or to store information or settings on your computer or device. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by TRAFFIC are called "first party cookies". These are currently the only type of cookies used on this website. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies".
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We use first party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we may refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Website. The specific types of first party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:
Essential Cookies (functional and required)
Purpose, type, and duration
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• Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) *
• Cookie
• Session
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• Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.
• Cookie
• Session
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• Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.
• Cookie
• 30 minutes
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• Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it.
• localstorage
• Persistent
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• Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post
• localstorage
• Persistent
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• Remembers video player selected preferences (volume, playback speed, and quality) for videos uploaded directly to Squarespace
• localstorage
• Persistent
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• Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies
• Cookie
• 30 days
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• Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions
• Cookie
• Session
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• Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors
• Cookie
• Session
* Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
CSRF is an attach vector that tricks a browser into taking unwanted action in an application when someone is logged in.
Analytics and Performance (Optional cookies)
Duration and purpose
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Two years
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
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Two years
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
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30 minutes
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
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Two years
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
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30 minutes
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. When you first visit the Website, you will be presented with a pop-up screen informing you of our use of cookies and asking you to provide your consent for such use. The pop-up screen may not reappear for all your subsequent visits to the Website but may reappear periodically. You do not need to consent to the use of all cookies, but this may prevent you from taking advantage of some of the Website's features.
You can also exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in the manage cookie section of our Website.
You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
How often will you update this Cookie Statement?
We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Statement regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Statement indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please email us at WildCheck@traffic.org. We use SquareSpace to host WildCheck – to read more about SquareSpace’s use of cookies, see https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507#toc-check-your-cookies.