Cookie Policy

Last updated: May 8, 2024

The Inspirational Network, Inc., dba Inspiration Ministries (collectively “Inspiration,” “us,” “we,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to deliver and improve the Site, as defined in the Privacy Policy, including tracking the Site usage, monitoring the Site performance, managing interactions with online bots, optimize the Site security, prevent fraud, and perform the Site traffic analysis.

This Cookie Policy supplements the Privacy Policy and explains these technologies, including first- and third-party cookies, pixels, web beacons, and flash cookies, and how you can control them.  The Site may include services provided by third parties, and the types of cookies and external websites listed in this Cookie Policy are intended to provide timely information.  Nevertheless, the internet is a rapidly changing medium, and the Site and technologies may change occasionally. You should check back periodically to review updates to this Cookie Policy, including changes to the Site, technologies, or partners.

What Are Cookies?

“Cookies” are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device. They are widely used to make websites work or work better and more efficiently. For example, they can recognize users and remember important information that will make your website use more convenient (e.g., by remembering your user preferences).

Who places cookies?

First-party cookies are cookies placed by us.

Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a third-party entity from a domain other than the one being used by the user at the time of access. Third-party entities may set cookies that collect specific types of information, such as whether you’ve accessed one of our sites. For more information on how these third parties use cookies, please refer to their respective privacy policies, which you can find under the Cookie List below. If you have accepted the Cookies when you first visit the Site, you have the option to refuse them at any time through our consent tool. Should you choose to refuse all third-party cookies, we will only be able to offer you the functionalities on the Site that do not rely on these cookies.

What cookies do we use? Below are descriptions of the different types of cookies we use on the Site. Please refer to the List of Cookies table for additional information about the cookies we use.

Advertising Cookies – Advertising Cookies collect information about your activities on the Site to help determine what promotional content is most relevant and appropriate to you and your interests. Websites may use them to deliver targeted advertising or limit the number of times you see an advertisement, which helps improve the effectiveness of campaigns and the quality of content presented to you. Advertising Cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party cookies) or third-party services. We allow our third-party service providers to use Advertising Cookies on the Site for the same purposes identified above, including collecting information about your online activities over time and across different websites. The third-party service providers that generate Advertising Cookies have their own privacy policies and may use their Advertising Cookies to target advertising to you on other services based on your visit to the Site. The legal basis for data processing is your consent. You can withdraw your consent anytime by changing your cookie preference on our consent tool. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent before the withdrawal.

Analytics and Performance Cookies – Analytics and Performance Cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources to measure and improve the Site’s performance. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Site. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you visited the Site and will be unable to monitor its performance. The legal basis for data processing is your consent. You can withdraw your consent anytime by changing your cookie preference on our consent tool. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent before the withdrawal.

Necessary Cookies – Necessary Cookies are necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. This represents a legitimate interest for us.  Some of these may be manually disabled in your browser but may affect the functionality of the Site. Your personal information will only be stored for the duration of your use of the Site and then deleted.

Functional Cookies – Functional Cookies allow us to remember the choices you make while browsing the Site and to provide enhanced and more personalized content and features, such as customizing a certain webpage, remembering if we have asked you to participate in a promotion, and for other services you request such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. To permit your connection to the Site, our servers receive and record information about your computer, device, and browser, potentially including your IP address, browser type, and other software or hardware information. If you access the Site from a mobile or other device, we may collect a unique device identifier assigned to that device, geolocation data, or other transactional information for that device. All of these features help us to improve your visit to the Site. The legal basis for data processing is your consent. You can withdraw your consent anytime by changing your cookie preference on our consent tool. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the given consent before the withdrawal.

Web Beacons

We use web beacons on the Site and in our emails for various purposes, including analyzing how our visitors use our site, improving and personalizing your experience on the Site, measuring the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, and delivering targeted advertisements that are more relevant to you. A “web beacon,” also known as a pixel tag or clear GIF, is a tiny, often transparent, graphic image.

Web beacons collect information such as your IP address, browser type, the pages you visit on the Site, and the times you access our site. We may also collect information regarding your interaction with email content, such as whether you opened an email or clicked a link.

We ask for your consent before using web beacons on the Site or in emails. You have the right to refuse or withdraw your consent at any time. You can manage your preferences and opt out of tracking through our consent tool or by adjusting your browser settings to block cookies and other tracking technologies.

List of Cookies

Cookie Type Operator Description Duration
IDE Advertising Google Stores information about how the user uses the Site to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. 1 year
_ga Analytics/Performance Google Stores and counts page views. 1 year 1 month 4 days
Yoast Analytics/Performance Yoast B.V. Enables personalized settings and preferences for SEO analysis and site optimization. 2 years
Yoast Functional Yoast B.V. Enables personalized settings and preferences for SEO analysis and site optimization. 1 year
Screaming Frog Analytics/Performance Screaming Frog Ltd. Gathers information on the Site usage to assist in optimizing search engine marketing efforts. 2 years
Screaming Frog Functional Screaming Frog Ltd. Remembers user choices and preferences across multiple sessions for a consistent user experience. 1 year
         

How long do Cookies remain on my device?

Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on a user’s device for the period specified in the List of Cookies table below. They are activated each time the user accesses the Site that created that particular cookie. Persistent cookies can be categorized into two types: those essential for technical reasons and those not. The use of technically essential (necessary) cookies is based on legitimate interest. On the other hand, cookies used for non-essential purposes, such as for marketing, require your explicit consent. These non-essential cookies are activated only when you provide your explicit consent. You can withdraw your consent anytime by changing your cookie preference on our consent tool. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the given consent before the withdrawal.  You can also configure your web browser to prevent our cookies from being saved on your device or to remove any cookies already saved. Please note that refusing cookies may restrict some functionalities of our website. Additionally, based on your consent, we may also use cookies from third-party providers, which could result in data packages from third parties being saved in your browser or transmitted to them.

Session Cookies

The use of session cookies is necessary to provide the Site. This represents a legitimate interest for us. These cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a session. Session Cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the Site, all Session Cookies are deleted. You can object to using session cookies, but please note that some Site functions cannot be offered without cookies. Your personal information will only be stored for the duration of your use of the Site and will then be deleted. Your rights as a data subject towards us can be found in our Privacy Policy.

How Can You Control Cookies?

Rejecting Cookies

If you choose to reject cookies that require your consent, we will respect your choice and avoid setting those particular cookies. Should you withdraw your consent, we will cease to set cookies that need consent from your subsequent page visit onwards. We will also remove any first-party cookies to the extent that it is technically feasible. You are free to opt out of analytics and marketing cookies, although doing so may hinder our ability to understand your preferences and improve the Site accordingly. It’s important to note that we are unable to remove third-party cookies; you will need to manage these through your browser settings. We would like to point out that opting out of cookies will not reduce the amount of advertising you see; instead, it will result in advertisements not personalized to your interests.

Consent Tool

Our Cookie Consent tool can be utilized to customize your cookie preferences, and you can change it at any time by following the directives on the Cookie Consent tool. The tool will record when you have consented to the Cookie Policy and will ask for consent once a year to ensure users stay up to date with changes to the Cookie and Privacy Policy. While Necessary Cookies cannot be disabled, you can use the Consent Tool to make choices about using Analytical and Performance Cookies from the Site. Please note that the Consent Tool is unable to block cookies used on third-party websites that are linked from the Site.

Using Your Browser

Many of the cookies used on the Site and through emails can be enabled or disabled through our Consent Tool or by disabling the cookies through your browser. To disable cookies through your browser, follow the instructions usually located within the “Help,” “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser. Please note that disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser unless manually completed through your browser function.

Please note that by disabling or blocking any or all cookies, some features of the Site may not operate as intended, or you may not have access to features or personalization available through the Site.

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Google Analytics. The Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service that Google LLC, California, USA provides. Google Analytics uses cookies placed on your computer to analyze the visitor’s Site usage. Google LLC essentially carries this out. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. The legal basis for data processing is your consent. You can withdraw your consent anytime by changing your cookie preference on our consent tool. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the given consent before the withdrawal. Your rights as a data subject towards us can be found in the “Rights of the data subject” section of our Privacy Policy. For Google Analytics, you can withdraw your consent using the Ads Preferences Manager or the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.  For more information on Google Analytics processing of Personal Information, please see http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You may opt out of the use of Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Cookie Policy, please contact us here.