COOKIE STATEMENT
At American Councils for International Education ACTR ACCELS, INC Romania ("We", "us", "our"), we strive to honor the privacy and security of any data we collect from visitors using our website. Our website uses cookies, in combination with pixels, local storage objects, and similar devices (collectively, “cookies” unless otherwise noted) to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us provide you with a good experience, improve our service, and to personalize ads and content to you while you use the website.
This Cookie Statement (“Cookie Statement”) describes the types of the cookies we use on our website (www.romania.americancouncils.org) and our purposes for using them.
Please read this Cookie Statement carefully for details about why we use cookies and the information they collect from and about you.
What Cookies Do We Use and Why?
Generally, the website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the website and allows us to improve it. The cookies we use on the website may be categorized as ‘Functional and Necessary.’
‘Functional’ cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our website. ‘Necessary’ cookies let you move around the website and use essential features like secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the requested services. We use these ‘Functional and Necessary’ cookies to:
Identify you as being logged in to the website and to authenticate you
Make sure you connect to the right service on the website when we make any changes to the way it works
Provide users with a better browsing experience
2. When do we require your consent?
We require your consent for all non-necessary cookies.
We request your consent before placing any non-necessary cookies on your device.
3. Functional and Necessary Cookie List
Technical Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiry |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _acloggedin | Squarespace | Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account | 01/01/2025 | Cookie |
| _cc_id | American Councils | One month | Cookie | |
| _client_acloggedin | Squarespace | Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account | 01/01/2025 | Cookie |
| _dd_cookie_test | Squarespace | Tests if cookies are supported | Expires instantly | Cookie |
| _dd_s | Squarespace | Tracks browser errors | Four hours | Cookie |
| _dd_site_test | Squarespace | Tests if cookies are supported | Expires instantly | Cookie |
| _fbp | Squarespace | This is a cookie set by Facebook and is used to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 90 days | Cookie |
| _ga | Squarespace | Google Analytics to store and count pageviews. | One year | Cookie |
| _ga | American Councils | Google Analytics to store and count pageviews. | One Month | Cookie |
| _ga_1L8CXRNJCG | Squarespace | Month | Cookie | |
| _ga_QMB2R7BPR8 | American Councils | Month | Cookie | |
| _gcl_au | Squarespace | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website. | Persistent | Cookie |
| _pin_unauth | Squarespace | This cookie is placed by Pinterest Tag when the user cannot be matched. It contains a unique UUID to group actions across pages. | One day | Cookie |
| _rdt_uuid | Squarespace | This cookie is set by Reddit to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads. The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting/Advertising. | Session | Cookie |
| _tt_enable_cookie | Squarespace | This TikTok cookie is used as a means of tracking your website activity to help us optimize our advertising. | 6 months | Cookie |
| _ttp | Squarespace | This TikTok cookie is used as a means of tracking your website activity to help us optimize our advertising. | Persistent | Cookie |
| _uetvid | Squarespace | Used by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. [?] This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video | One year | Cookie |
| __zlcmid | Squarespace | Used by Zopim Chat to identify users across visits. The cookie allows you to continue a chat with us as you view different pages on our site, or if you come back to the site later. | Persistent | Cookie |
| algoliasearch-client-js | Squarespace | Adds auto-populated suggestions to address fields in Scheduling to help clients complete forms faster | Persistent | localstorage |
| CART | Squarespace | Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart | Two weeks | Cookie |
| CHECKOUT_WEBSITE | Squarespace | Identifies the correct site for checkout when checkout on your domain is disabled | Session | Cookie |
| client_username | Squarespace | Remembers a logged in Scheduling client's username between visits | One year | Cookie |
| Commerce-checkout-state | Squarespace | Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal | Session | sessionstorage |
| Crumb | Squarespace | Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) | Session | Cookie |
| Fpestid | American Councils | The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. | One year | Cookie |
| hasCart | Squarespace | Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart. | Two weeks | Cookie |
| IR_9084 | Squarespace | This is a functional cookie by Squarespace to track what cookies are used by websites. | Session | Cookie |
| IR_PI | Squarespace | Record customer information to set certain cookies. | One year | Cookie |
| IR_gbd | Squarespace | This is a functional cookie by Squarespace is used for storing the unique ID which is used for identifying the user's device, on their revisit to the websites which uses same ad network. | Session | Cookie |
| Locked | Squarespace | Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct side-wide password. | Session | Cookie |
| notice_behavior | Squarespace | Determines whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. | Session | Cookie |
| orderStatusSessionToken | Squarespace | Authenticates a visitor who logs into an order status page. | One year | Cookie |
| PHPSESSID | Squarespace | Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Scheduling. | One month | Cookie |
| RecentRedirect | Squarespace | Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO. | 30 minutes | Cookie |
| remember_client | Squarespace | Remembers Scheduling client’s login details if they have an account. | 365 days | Cookie |
| siteUserCrumb | Squarespace | Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users. | Three years | Cookie |
| SiteUserInfo | Squarespace | Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account. | Three years | Cookie |
| SiteUserSecureAuthToken | Squarespace | Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account. | Three years | Cookie |
| squarespace-announcement-bar | Squarespace | Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it. | Persistent | localstorage |
| squarespace-likes | Squarespace | Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post. | Persistent | localstorage |
| squarespace-popup-overlay | Squarespace | Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it. | Persistent | localstorage |
| squarespace-video-player-options | Squarespace | Remembers video player selected preferences (volume, playback speed, and quality) for videos uploaded directly to Squarespace. | Persistent | localstorage |
| SS_ANALYTICS_ID | Squarespace | This is a functional cookie used to identify unique visitors to our site. | One year | Cookie |
| ss_cookieAllowed | Squarespace | Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies. | 30 days | Cookie |
| ss_i18n | Squarespace | The purpose of this cookie is to improve the user experience by providing content that is adapted to language preferences and the user's location. | 30 days | Cookie |
| SS_MATTR | Squarespace | Identifies unique visitors and tracks their sessions on the site. | One year | Cookie |
| SS_MID | Squarespace | This cookie identifies a unique visitor. No visitor information is stored except a unique ID dropped on visitors to the site. | One year | Cookie |
| ss_sd | Squarespace | Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions. | Session | Cookie |
| SS_SESSION_ID | Squarespace | This is a functional cookie used to identify users for the duration of their visit to our site. | Session | Cookie |
| Test | Squarespace | Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors. | Session | Cookie |
| TZ | Squarespace | Enables a Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time. | Persistent | localstorage |
Amendments to this Cookie Statement
American Councils Romania reserves the right to modify this Cookie Statement at any time by posting changes on our website. We encourage you to review it periodically.
2. Contact us
For more information about our privacy practices, please review our Privacy Statement. If you have any questions about our Cookie Statement or the way in which we use cookies please contact us:
American Councils Romania
Bucharest, 1st District
Street Frumoasa No.8, First Floor, Office No. 2.
Last updated: September 2023