Last Updated: April 16, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how The Accountability Network ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at accountabilitynetwork.com ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

1. What Are Cookies?

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 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, The Accountability Network) 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., 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.

2. Why We Use Cookies

We use first-party 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 Website. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described below:

Essential Cookies

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. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our Website functions.

Name	Purpose	Duration
session_id	Used to maintain your authenticated session	Session
csrf_token	Security token to prevent cross-site request forgery	Session
cookie_consent	Records your cookie consent preferences	1 year

Performance and Functionality Cookies

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.

Name	Purpose	Duration
language_preference	Remembers your preferred language settings	1 year
ui_settings	Remembers user interface customizations	1 year

Analytics and Customization Cookies

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.

Name	Purpose	Duration
_ga	Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users	2 years
_gid	Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users	24 hours
_gat	Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate	1 minute

Targeting Cookies

These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

Name	Purpose	Duration
_fbp	Facebook pixel tracking cookie	3 months
_linkedin_data_partner_id	LinkedIn Insight Tag tracking cookie	30 days

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Website, deliver advertisements on and through the Website, and so on.

Social Media Cookies

These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or "like" button on our Website or you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. The social network will record that you have done this.

Analytics Provider Cookies

We use Google Analytics, which is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having your activity on the Website made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). The add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

Advertising Partner Cookies

We use cookies from advertising partners such as Facebook and LinkedIn to deliver personalized advertisements that are relevant to you based on your browsing and profile. These cookies also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

5. How to Manage Cookies

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Edge
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Apple Safari
• Opera

Opt-Out of Third-Party Cookies

You can opt-out of third-party cookies from Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, and many other ad networks through the following services:

• Digital Advertising Alliance
• Your Online Choices (EU)
• Network Advertising Initiative

Our Cookie Consent Tool

When you first visit our Website, you will be presented with a cookie banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our Website.

6. Updates to This Cookie Policy

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 revisit 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.

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