This Cookies Policy explains how the Global Innovation Summit ("GInS", "we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on gins.org. It complements our Privacy Policy and tells you what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can control them.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the site owner about how the site is used. Similar technologies — such as local storage, session storage, and pixels — perform comparable functions and are covered by this policy.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- To keep the site functioning correctly (for example, remembering your language and theme);
- To remember your cookie-consent choice so we do not ask repeatedly;
- To authenticate administrators of the site;
- With your consent, to count unique visitors and understand which pages are most useful.
3. Categories of Cookies
We group cookies into two categories:
- Strictly necessary — required for the site to function. These cannot be switched off and are set automatically when you load the site. They do not store information that personally identifies you.
- Analytics — help us understand how visitors interact with the site so we can improve it. These are only set after you accept them in our cookie banner.
We do not use third-party advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, or social-media tracking cookies on gins.org.
4. Cookies We Set
The table below lists the specific cookies we may set on your device:
5. Third-Party Services
A small number of third-party services we use may also set cookies on your device when you interact with their features:
- Cloudflare Turnstile — used on our forms to prevent spam and abuse. Turnstile may set cookies to verify that you are a real user. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
- Google Fonts — used to load the typography on the site. Fonts are loaded from Google's servers, which may receive your IP address. See Google's privacy policy.
6. Managing Your Preferences
You can change your cookie-consent choice at any time by . You can also clear cookies and site data through your browser settings — usually under "Privacy" or "Site data". Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may break parts of the site.
7. Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal. Because there is no industry standard for how websites should respond to DNT, we currently treat your choice in our cookie banner as the authoritative signal. We do not load any analytics until you have actively consented.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for legal and operational reasons. The "last updated" date at the top of the page will reflect the most recent revision.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about how we use cookies, please contact us at Summit@gins.org or via our contact form.