Accessing Higher Ground places small files, known as “cookies,” onto your computer to collect information about how you use our website.
About Cookies
Cookies are used to:
- Measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
- Remember the notifications you’ve seen so that we don’t show them to you again
- Identify you once you’ve logged in to the site
Cookies are small text files that web servers typically send to users’ computer when they visit a website. Cookies are stored as text files on users’ hard drive and can be accessed by web servers when the user visits a website or views an advertisement. A session cookie is a cookie that stores information as a user is using the Site but is deleted once the browser session is finished.
A persistent cookie is a cookie that stores information as a user utilizes the Site and stores and uses that information in connection with future visits of the user to the Site.
Third-party cookies and/or web beacons are cookies or web beacons provided by our technology and/or advertising partners.
Any third-party cookie or web beacon that we authorize for use on the Site only collects that information described below for the same stated purposes as if we were directly collecting the information. For a third-party cookie or web beacon, the third-party will have access to the collected information in order to provide us with information or services to enhance the performance and functionality of the Site.
Unless you sign up for our mailing list, we do not use cookies for any marketing purposes and we do not sell or provide our mailing list to 3rd parties.
Visit usa.gov to learn how to manage or disable cookies.
How We Use Cookies
Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use our website. We do this to make sure it is meeting your needs and to investigate ways to improve your experience. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking.
Google Analytics stores information about:
- The pages you visit
- How long you spend on each page
- How you got to the site
- What you click on while you’re there
We do not collect or store your personal data (e.g., your name or address), so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
Contact Us
Question about the program or registration? Contact Howard Kramer via email or at 303-492-8672.