World Serving Leaders® COOKIE POLICY
Last updated 9/23/2022
This Cookie Policy explains how World Serving Leaders®, doing business as WSL
(“Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at www.worldservingleaders.com. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases, we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. 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 the website owner (in this case, World Serving Leaders®) are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., like advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we 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 Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. 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. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. 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.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Name: __cf_bm
Provider: vimeo.com
Service: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 1 day
Name: AWSALB
Purpose: Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in con text with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience.
Provider: poynt.net
Country: United Kingdom
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 7 days
Name: AWSALBCORS
Purpose: Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience.
Provider: poynt.net
Country: United Kingdom
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 6 days
Name: CONSENT
Purpose: Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. Th is cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.
Provider: google.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 2 years
Name: CONSENT
Purpose: Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. Th is cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 2 years
Name: JSESSIONID
Purpose: Preserves users’ states across page requests.
Provider: nr-data.net
Country: : United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: Session
Name: visitor
Purpose: Preserves the visitor’s session state across page requests.
Provider: poynt.net
Country: United Kingdom
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 1 year
Name: wc_cart_created
Purpose: Necessary for the shopping cart functionality on the website.
Provider: www.worldservingleaders.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Session
Preference cookies 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.
Name: player
Purpose: Saves the user’s preferences when playing embedded videos from Vimeo.
Provider: vimeo.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 1 year
Name: sync_active
Purpose: Contains data on visitor’s video-content preferences – Th is allows the website to remember parameters such as preferred volume or video quality. The service is provided by Vimeo.com.
Provider: vimeo.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Persistent
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website for you. We also use Statistic Cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Name: _ga
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is u sed to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Provider: www.worldservingleaders.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 2 years
Name: ga_#
Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as w ell as dates for the first and most recent visit.
Provider: www.worldservingleaders.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 2 years
Name: gat
Purpose: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate
Provider: www.worldservingleaders.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 1 day
Name: gid
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website
Provider: www.worldservingleaders.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 1 day
Name: aka_debug
Purpose: Used by Vimeo to track usage of their embedded video player.
Provider: akamaized.net
Country: Ireland
Type: HTTP
Expires in: Session
Name: events/1/#
Purpose: Used to monitor website performance for statistical purposes.
Provider: bam.nr-data.net
Country: United States
Type: Pixel
Expires in: Session
Name: vuid
Purpose: Collects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as which pages have been read
Provider: vimeo.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 2 years
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our website through third party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes. Marketing cookies are also 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
Name: fb_sessiontraffic
Purpose: Collects information on user behavior on multiple websites. This in formation is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.
Provider: poynt.net
Country: United Kingdom
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 1 day
Name: i/jot
Purpose: Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers.
Provider: twitter.com
Country: United States
Type: Pixel
Expires in: Session
Name: i/jot/embeds
Purpose: Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers.
Provider: twitter.com
Country: United States
Type: Pixel
Expires in: Session
Name: tk_lr
Purpose: Collects data on visitors’ preferences and behavior on the website – This information is used make Cookie scan report – 4/7 content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor
Provider: www.worldservingleaders.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 1 year
Name: tk_or
Purpose: Collects data on visitors’ preferences and behavior on the website – This information is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor.
Provider: www.worldservingleaders.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 5 years
Name: tk_r3d
Purpose: Collects data on visitors’ preferences and behavior on the website – This in formation is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor.
Provider: www.worldservingleaders.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 2 days
Name: tk_tc
Purpose: Collects data on visitors’ preferences and behavior on the website – This in formation is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor.
Provider: www.worldservingleaders.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: Session
Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Purpose: Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 179 days
Name: YSC
Purpose: Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTTP
Expires in: Session
Name: ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
Purpose: Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Persistent
Name: yt-remote-cast-available
Purpose: Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Session
Name: yt-remote-cast-installed
Purpose: Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Session
Name: yt-remote-connected-devices
Purpose: Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Persistent
Name: yt-remote-device-id
Purpose: Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Persistent
Name: yt-remote-fast-check-period
Purpose: Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Session
Name: yt-remote-session-app
Purpose: Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Session
Name: yt-remote-session-name
Purpose: Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Provider: youtube.com
Country: United States
Type: HTML
Expires in: Session
These are cookies that have not yet been categorized. We are in the process of classifying these cookies with the help of their providers.
Name: jserrors/1/#
Purpose: Unclassified
Provider: bam.nr-data.net
Country: United States
Type: Pixel
Expires in: Session
Name: pathway
Purpose: Unclassified
Provider: poynt.net
Country: United Kingdom
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 1 day
Name: poynt-production
Purpose: Unclassified
Provider: poynt.net
Country: United Kingdom
Type: HTTP
Expires in: 1 day
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our website or opened an e-mail including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Websites may also use so-called “Flash Cookies” (also known as Local Shared Objects or “LSOs”) to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention and for other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
We may update this Cookie Policy 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 Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at Info@worldservingleaders.com or by post to:
World Serving Leaders
7215 Thomas Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15208