Cookie Policy

To provide a better experience to our users, and to help us identify the parts of our website that perform best, we make use of cookies. If you use our website, you accept the use of these cookies.

Alternatively, you may change your browser settings to block the use of cookies for this website, or for all the websites you visit. However, this will likely result in a degraded browsing experience.

Like most website operators, LOWA collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. LOWA's purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how LOWA's visitors use its website. From time to time, LOWA may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

LOWA also collects potentially personally-identifying information that is collected by Google Analytics. The analytics feature LOWA has implemented is based on Display Advertising (e.g., Remarketing, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, the Doubleclick Campaign Manager integration, or Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting). Visitors can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customer Display Network ads using Ads Settings.

LOWA will not facilitate the merging of personally-identifiable informaiton with non-personally indentifiable information previously collected from Google Display Advertising features that is based on the DoubleClick cookie unless LOWA has robust notice of, and the user's prior affirmative (i.e., opt-in) consent to, that merger. LOWA also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users. LOWA only discloses logged in user IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

At any time, visitors may choose to opt-out of Google Analytics tracking with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

LOWA uses the Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting feature to identify trends in the usage of its website which may be published in reports for internal use.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your local computer. You as the computer owner can access this data, and so to can the website that set the cookie. Generally speaking, cookies don't present privacy issues since the data stored within them is usually data you have entered yourself.

What Cookies does LOWA set and use?

Here is a list of cookies currently in use, with an explanation of what each is, an indication of how long it lasts, and also an example of the information stored.

Cookie Name Description
PHPSESSID Each time you visit the website we start a "session" and assign a unique ID. We can track various pieces of essential data for your session which are all stored on our server. The session ID only is stored in a temporary cookie, which is automatically deleted either after an extended period of inactivity, or when you close your browser.

Example content: 7survk07rpabnehml6m71qq8r6
cookie_info_pane This cookie is set when the site is first visited and stops the cookie information pane from sliding down. Without it, the pane would appear on every page. This cookie will automatically expire after 1 year, if not deleted prior to that.

Example content: 1
__qca This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users' needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will automatically expire after 5 years, if not deleted prior to that.

Example content: P0-2042729258-1326381179870
__utma This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users' needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will automatically expire after 2 years, if not deleted prior to that.

Example content: 96149096.1412261866.1326381112.1337677471.1331082195.1
__utmb This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users' needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will automatically expire after 30 minutes, if not deleted prior to that.

Example content: 96649026.2.11.1339082435
__utmc This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users' needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will be automatically deleted either after an extended period of inactivity, or when you close your browser.

Example content: 96649076
__utmz This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users' needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will automatically expire after 6 months, if not deleted prior to that.

Example content: 96649036.1226381142.2.2.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)

 

How to change cookie settings

LOWA uses cookies to help improve your experience of using this website. If you choose, you may block the use of cookies for this website, or for all the websites you visit. You should be aware that this will likely result in a degraded browsing experience, and that our use of cookies does not infringe upon your privacy in any way.

Different browsers have different methods for changing cookie settings. We have included links for the common browsers here:

Browser Link
Mozilla Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
Internet Explorer IE9:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/How-to-manage-cookies-in-Internet-Explorer-9

IE7 & IE8:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Change-Internet-Explorer-Security-settings
Apple Safari http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-accept-or-reject-cookies-in-safari.html
Apple Safari - iOS http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677
Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/