Cookie Policy

What is a cookie?

Cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, and JavaScript are standard features of websites that allow us to store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to the Change.org platform. They help us learn which areas of the platform are useful and which areas need improvement.
On Change.org, we use cookies for many things, which we explain in detail below and which include:

• to remember your preferred language and country;
• to help you log in again when you revisit the platform;
• to connect your Change.org account to your social media account, if you choose to do so; and
• to help our engineers improve the platform, by understanding how people find us and what devices they’re using.

The section below, titled “How do I manage cookies?”, outlines the choices you can make to control cookies. However, if you disable cookies and similar technologies, your experience on the platform may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.

What cookies do we use?

Below we list the different types of cookies that may be used by Change.org. Our Privacy Policy complements this Cookie Policy and outlines how any information that may be collected from cookies is used.

Provider & legal basis. “1P” means first party (set by Change.org); “3P” means third party (set by our partners). Essential cookies are strictly necessary (no consent required under ePrivacy); processing relies on GDPR Art. 6(1)(b) and/or 6(1)(f). Preference, Analytics, and Marketing cookies are used with your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).

Retention. “Session” cookies expire when you close your browser. Unless otherwise stated, non-essential cookies persist for up to 13 months and you can withdraw consent at any time via the cookie manager.

Transfers. Where cookie data is transferred outside your region, we use appropriate safeguards (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses). See our Privacy Policy for more details.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies enable you to navigate our platform and to use our services and features. Without these cookies, our website and platform will not perform as smoothly for you, and we may not be able to provide certain core functions and features.

Note: We use Google reCAPTCHA on some pages (including our Help Center). reCAPTCHA may set cookies such as _GRECAPTCHA, AEC, SOCS, NID and may use local storage keys (e.g., rc::a/b/c). We configure reCAPTCHA strictly for anti-abuse/security.

Preference Cookies

Preference cookies remember your choices and settings—like language or region—so the site works the way you expect when you come back. They help us keep your preferences over time and personalize content (for example, greeting you by name).

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies collect information about how you use Change.org, like which pages you visited and which links you click on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies track your activity to help deliver more relevant content or advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad. These cookies can share that information with other organizations or advertisers.

How do I manage cookies?

You can manage your cookie preferences and opt-out of preference, analytics, and marketing cookies with the cookie manager. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie manager.

If you are in a region that requires prior consent (e.g., the EU/EEA/UK), we will set only essential cookies until you provide consent for additional categories. If you are in California, you can use the cookie manager to exercise your “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” choice for cookies that may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under the CPRA.

You can also control cookies via your browser settings and device-level controls (which may allow you to block or delete cookies and similar technologies). Note that certain features of the platform may not function properly without essential cookies.

Policy updates

This is a snapshot of how we use cookies today; we may change this Cookie Policy if we change our use of cookies over time. The “last updated” date at the top of this page indicates when this page was last changed.

Please refer to our Privacy Policy for more information about Change.org’s data usage. If you have specific questions, please reach out to the appropriate contact listed in our Privacy Policy [9. Key contacts].

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