Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies — such as local storage, pixels and tags — work in comparable ways. Together they let a site remember your actions and preferences, keep it secure, and understand how it is used.

This Cookie Policy explains which cookies "bee Charity" Verein (“BeeCharity”) uses on https://www.beecharity.org, why we use them, and how you can control them. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy. Like our other policies, it has been formally adopted by the board.

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set only in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences, navigating pages or submitting forms.

Because the site cannot work properly without them, they do not require your consent and are always active.

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the site — for example which pages are viewed and how people move through the site — so we can improve it.

These cookies are only set where you have given consent through our cookie banner. They are disabled by default, and the information they produce is aggregated wherever possible.

Marketing cookies may be set by us or by advertising and social media partners (for example a LinkedIn Insight tag or Meta Pixel) to measure the effectiveness of campaigns and, potentially, to show relevant content.

These cookies remain disabled until you actively allow them through our cookie banner. We do not currently run advertising campaigns, but this category is described so our practices are transparent if that changes.

Some pages may include content embedded from other websites, such as video players or maps. Embedded content behaves as if you had visited that other website, which may set its own cookies and collect data about your interaction.

To respect your privacy, embedded media is only loaded where you have consented to the “Embedded media” category in our cookie banner.

When you first visit the site, our cookie banner lets you accept all cookies, reject all non-essential cookies, or manage each category individually. Only strictly necessary cookies are active before you make a choice.

Your choice is stored locally in your browser so we can remember it on future visits. No non-essential cookies are set until you have given consent, and you can change or withdraw your consent at any time.

You can review or update your choices at any time:

• Open the “Cookie settings” link in the site footer to reopen the preferences panel.
• Toggle each non-essential category on or off, then save your preferences.
• Clearing your browser storage for this site will reset your choices and show the banner again on your next visit.

In addition to our banner, most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings. You can usually choose to block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or delete cookies when you close the browser.

Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may cause parts of the site to stop working correctly. Guidance for managing cookies is available in the help pages of your specific browser.

The table below summarises the cookies and categories we use. It is indicative and will be finalised as our tooling is confirmed. Each entry is listed as name/type — purpose — category — duration.

• beecharity-consent — stores your cookie preferences — Strictly necessary — persists in local storage until you clear it.
• Session/security cookies — keep the site secure and functioning during your visit — Strictly necessary — typically expire at the end of the session.
• Analytics cookies — measure and improve how the site is used — Analytics (consent required) — short to medium term, set only after consent.
• Marketing tags (e.g. LinkedIn Insight, Meta Pixel) — measure campaign effectiveness — Marketing (consent required) — set only after consent; currently not active.
• Embedded media cookies — enable third-party video or map embeds — Embedded content (consent required) — set by the third party only after consent.

Cookies are retained for different periods depending on their purpose. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain until they expire or you delete them.

Your stored consent choice is kept until you change it or clear your browser storage. We keep any data derived from cookies only for as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected, in line with our Privacy and Data Retention policies.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in applicable law. Material changes will be reflected on this page and, where appropriate, through the cookie banner.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at beecharity1@gmail.com.