What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly and provide information to website owners. Cookies can be set by the owner of the website domain and these are called first party cookies. Where cookies are set by another domain than the website you are visiting these are called third party cookies.
How does the World Players Association use cookies?
The only cookies we use on this website are third party analytics cookies.
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website, which helps us improve it. These cookies collect information anonymously, with IP addresses anonymised before processing. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy. Google Analytics sets the following cookies:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Third Party |
| _ga | Distinguishes users by assigning a randomly generated identifier. Used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for analytics reports. | 2 years | Google Analytics |
| ga_XJJDJEVN6T | Used to persist session state and collect event-level analytics data for the specific Google Analytics property. | 2 years | Google Analytics |
| _gid | Distinguishes users for analytics purposes on a per-day basis. | 24 hours | Google Analytics |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate to Google Analytics servers. | 1 minute | Google Analytics |
Google Analytics is configured with IP anonymisation enabled, meaning your full IP address is not stored.
No other cookies (including advertising, marketing and cross-site tracking cookies) are used on this website.
How does the World Players Association manage cookies?
Consent preferences: We will only use analytics cookies if you consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking Cookie Banner Reset.
Browser settings: You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website- (Firefox);
c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer (Internet Explorer);
e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
Google Analytics opt-out: You can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Disabling analytics cookies will not affect your use of the website.
Your rights
Under GDPR, you have rights regarding how your data is processed. For more information, see our privacy policy or contact us at webmaster@worldplayersassociation.com.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page. You are advised to review this policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this policy, you can contact us at: webmaster@worldplayersassociation.com.