Cookie Policy

Last revised: February 10, 2023

Overview

This policy explains what cookies are, and why they are used. It also explains your right to control their use.

We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. Check the “last revised” date at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised. Any change becomes effective when we post the revised Cookie Policy on or through our website.

If you have any questions, please contact us by email at info@mmhla.org.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small string of text that a website (or online service) stores on a user’s browser. It saves data on your browser about your visit to our website. It often includes a unique identifier (e.g. cookie #123).

Why we use cookies

We use cookies from Squarespace (our website provider) HubSpot (our customer relationship management system), and Google Analytics to improve your experience on our website and to serve content that is relevant and interesting to you. Read the below to understand the different kinds of cookies we use on our website.

Necessary cookies

These are essential cookies that do not require consent.

__hs_opt_out

  • This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask website visitors to accept cookies again.

  • This cookie is set when website visitors are given the choice to opt out of cookies.

  • It expires in 6 months.

__hs_do_not_track

  • This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot.

  • It expires in 6 months.

__hs_initial_opt_in

  • This cookie is used to prevent the banner from always displaying when website visitors are browsing in strict mode.

  • It expires in seven days.

__hs_cookie_cat_pref

  • This cookie is used to record the categories a website visitor consented to.

  • It contains data on the consented categories.

  • It expires in 6 months.

<id>_key

  • When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again.

  • The cookie name is unique for each password-protected page.

  • It contains an encrypted version of the password so future visits to the page will not require the password again.

  • It expires in 14 days.


hs_langswitcher_choice

  • This cookie is used to save a visitor’s selected language choice when viewing pages in multiple languages.

  • It is set when a visitor selects a language from the language switcher and is used as a language preference to redirect them to sites in their chosen language in the future if they are available.

  • It contains a colon delimited string with the ISO639 language code choice on the left and the top level private domain it applies to on the right. An example will be "EN-US:hubspot.com".

  • It expires in two years.

__cfruid

  • This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. It expires at the end of the session. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. 

__cf_bm

  • This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. It expires in 30 minutes. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies.

Analytics cookies 

These are non-essential cookies controlled by the cookie banner. You can opt out of these cookies by not giving consent.

__hstc

  • The main cookie for tracking website visitors.

  • It contains the domain, utk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).

  • It expires in 6 months.

hubspotutk

  • This cookie keeps track of a website visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.

  • It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor.

  • It expires in 6 months.

__hssc

  • This cookie keeps track of sessions.

  • This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie.

  • It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp.

  • It expires in 30 minutes.

__hssrc

  • Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the website visitor has restarted their browser.

  • If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session.

  • It contains the value "1" when present.

  • It expires at the end of the session.