As described in our Privacy Policy, for general web-browsing of this website, your personal data is not revealed to us, although certain statistical information is available to us via our internet service provider as well as through the use of special tracking technologies. Such information tells us about the pages you are clicking on or the hardware you are using, but not your name, age, address or anything we can use to identify you personally. We exclusively process your personal data in pseudonymised form.
This Cookie Policy applies to our website at https://safe.global and sets out some further detail on how and why we use these technologies on our website. In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refers to Safe Ecosystem Foundation, a foundation incorporated in Switzerland with its registered office at Safe Ecosystem Foundation, Bahnhofstrasse 16, 6300 Zug, Switzerland. The terms “you” and “your” includes our clients, business partners and users of this website.
By using our website, you consent to storage and access to cookies and other technologies on your device, in accordance with this Cookie Policy.
Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer or device used to access a website. A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
A cookie can be classified by its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs. By lifespan, a cookie is either a:
We list all the cookies we use on this website in the APPENDIX below.
We do not use cookies set by ourselves via our web developers (first-party cookies). We only have those set by others (third-party cookies).
Cookies are also sometimes classified by reference to their purpose. We use the following cookies for the following purposes:
We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf. In addition to the uses of cookies described above, these entities may use other methods, such as the technologies described below, to collect information about your use of our website and other websites and online services.
Pixels tags. Pixel tags (which are also called clear GIFs, web beacons, or pixels), are small pieces of code that can be embedded on websites and emails. Pixels tags may be used to learn how you interact with our website pages and emails, and this information helps us, and our partners provide you with a more tailored experience.
Device Identifiers. A device identifier is a unique label that can be used to identify a mobile device. Device identifiers may be used to track, analyze and improve the performance of the website and ads delivered.
This information may include:
This website also uses cookies to:
Google Analytics Cookies
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google").
We use Google Analytics to track your preferences and also to identify popular sections of our website. Use of Google Analytics in this way, enables us to adapt the content of our website more specifically to your needs and thereby improve what we can offer to you.
Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
In particular Google Analytics tells us
As stated above, cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally, and what is compiled is only aggregate data that tells us, for example, what countries we are most popular in, but not that you live in a particular country or your precise location when you visited our website (this is because we have only half the information- we know the country the person is browsing from, but not the name of person who is browsing). In such an example Google will analyze the number of users for us, but the relevant cookies do not reveal their identities.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Google Analytics, its purpose and function is further explained on the Google Analytics website.
For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see Google's help pages and privacy policy: Google's Privacy Policy and Google Analytics Help pages. For further information about the use of these cookies by Google click here.
Hotjar Cookies
We use Hotjar, an analytical tool, to track user behavior on our website. Hotjar uses cookies to collect data such as:
This information helps us better understand user preferences and optimize the website's content and design for improved user experience. Hotjar cookies do not reveal personal identities, as they are used to gather aggregate data for analytical purposes.
It's important to note that the information collected by Hotjar cookies does not disclose personal identities. Instead, it contributes to the aggregation of data for analytical purposes, helping us continuously improve our website's performance and user experience.
For more information about Hotjar's data collection practices and their use of cookies, you can visit the Hotjar website and refer to their help article on cookies.
What if you don’t agree with us monitoring your use of our website (even if we don't collect your personal data)?
Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for our website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block the cookies we set, but if you do that, some features of this website may not work as intended.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies and control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see https://aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your device and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. You should be aware that if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit an Internet site and some services and functionalities may not work if you do not accept the cookies they send.
Advertisers and business partners that you access on or through our website may also send you cookies. We do not control any cookies outside of our website.
If you have any further questions regarding disabling cookies you should consult with your preferred browser’s provider or manufacturer.
In order to implement your objection it may be necessary to install an opt-out cookie on your browser. This cookie will only indicate that you have opted out. It is important to note, that for technical reasons, the opt-out cookie will only affect the browser from which you actively object from. If you delete the cookies in your browser or use a different end device or browser, you will need to opt out again.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, Google has developed Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics, you have the option of downloading and installing this browser add-on which can be found under the link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
On this website, you can always view the latest version of our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy. We may modify this Cookie Policy from time to time. If we make changes to this Cookie Policy, we will provide notice of such changes, such as by sending an email notification, providing notice through our website or updating the ‘Last Updated’ date at the beginning of this Cookie Policy. The amended Cookie Policy will be effective immediately after the date it is posted. By continuing to access or use our website after the effective date, you confirm your acceptance of the revised Cookie Policy and all of the terms incorporated therein by reference. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy whenever you access or use our website to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.
If you do not accept changes which are made to this Cookie Policy, or take any measures described above to opt-out by removing or rejecting cookies, you may continue to use this website but accept that it may not display and/or function as intended by us. Any social media channels connected to us and third party applications will be subject to the privacy and cookie policies and practices of the relevant platform providers which, unless otherwise indicated, are not affiliated or associated with us Your exercise of any rights to opt-out may also impact how our information and content is displayed and/or accessible to you on this website and on other websites.
Overview of cookies placed and the consequences if the cookies are not placed.
The cookies from this table can be set by third-party wallets.
| # | Name of cookie | Domain | Purpose(s) of cookie | Storage period of cookie | Consequences if cookie is not accepted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _ga | safe.global | Used to distinguish users. | 2 years from set/update | User activity won't be tracked |
| Relating to the user | |||||
| 2 | _hjSessionUser_{site_id} | safe.global | Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to the site. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID. | 365 days | User activity won't be tracked |
| 3 | _hjFirstSeen | safe.global | Identifies a new user’s first session. Used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. | 30 minutes, extended on user activity | User activity won't be tracked |
| 4 | _hjHasCachedUserAttributes | safe.global | Enables Hotjar to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not. | Session duration | User activity won't be tracked |
| 5 | _hjUserAttributesHash | safe.global | Enables Hotjar to know when any User Attribute has changed. | 2 minutes, extended every 30 seconds | User activity won't be tracked |
| 6 | _hjUserAttributes | safe.global | Stores User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API. | No explicit expiration | User activity won't be tracked |
| 7 | hjViewportId | safe.global | Stores user viewport details such as size and dimensions. | Session duration | User activity won't be tracked |
| 8 | hjActiveViewportIds | safe.global | Stores user active viewports IDs. Stores an expirationTimestamp that is used to validate active viewports on script initialization. | No explicit duration | User activity won't be tracked |
| Relating to the session | |||||
| 9 | hjSession{site_id} | safe.global | Holds current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. | 30 minutes, extended on user activity | User activity won't be tracked |
| 10 | _hjSessionTooLarge | safe.global | Causes Hotjar to stop collecting data if a session becomes too large. Determined automatically by a signal from the server if the session size exceeds the limit. | 1 hour | User activity won't be tracked |
| 11 | _hjSessionResumed | safe.global | Set when a session/recording is reconnected to Hotjar servers after a break in connection. | Session duration | User activity won't be tracked |
| 12 | _hjCookieTest | safe.global | Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies. If it can, a value of 1 is set. | Under 100ms | User activity won't be tracked |
| 13 | _hjLocalStorageTest | safe.global | Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Local Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. | Under 100ms | User activity won't be tracked |
| 14 | _hjSessionStorageTest | safe.global | Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Session Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set. | Under 100ms | User activity won't be tracked |
| 15 | _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | safe.global | Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. | 2 minutes, extended every 30 seconds | User activity won't be tracked |
| 16 | hjIncludedInSessionSample{site_id} | safe.global | Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. | 2 minutes, extended every 30 seconds | User activity won't be tracked |
| 17 | _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | safe.global | Used to detect the first pageview session of a user. | 30 minutes, extended on user activity | User activity won't be tracked |
| 18 | _hjTLDTest | safe.global | Enables Hotjar to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use. | Session duration | User activity won't be tracked |
| Relating to Recordings | |||||
| 19 | _hjRecordingEnabled | safe.global | Set when a Recording starts. Read when the Recording module is initialized to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session. | Session duration | User activity won't be tracked |
| 20 | _hjRecordingLastActivity | safe.global | Updated when a user recording starts and when data is sent to the server (the user performs an action that Hotjar records. | Session duration | User activity won't be tracked |
| Relating to Feedback and Survey tools | |||||
| 21 | _hjClosedSurveyInvites | safe.global | Set when a user interacts with a Link Survey invitation modal. Ensures the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown. | 365 days | User activity won't be tracked |
| 22 | _hjDonePolls | safe.global | Set when a user completes an on-site Survey. Ensures the same Survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in. | 365 days | User activity won't be tracked |
| 23 | _hjMinimizedPolls | safe.global | Set when a user minimizes an on-site Survey. Ensures that the Survey stays minimized when the user navigates through your site. | 365 days | User activity won't be tracked |
| 24 | _hjShownFeedbackMessage | safe.global | Set when a user minimizes or completes a Feedback widget. Ensures the Feedback widget will load as minimized if the user navigates to another page where it is set to show. | 1 day | User activity won't be tracked |
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