Cookie Policy for Youth Winter Games America

Welcome to Youth Winter Games America. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website, www.youthwintergames.com. By continuing to browse and use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree to our use of cookies, you should set your browser settings accordingly or not use our website.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can perform various functions, such as remembering your preferences, tracking your browsing behavior, and helping to deliver personalized content or advertisements. They can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

How We Use Cookies

At Youth Winter Games America, we use cookies for several purposes. These include:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas or making online inquiries. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
• Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, our website might be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize.
• Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on. These third-party cookies are set by domains other than our website. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Your Cookie Choices

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by modifying your browser settings. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

• You can typically remove or reject cookies by adjusting the settings in your web browser. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
• Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly or may become unavailable.
• Opting out of targeted advertising does not mean you will no longer see advertising. It means that the advertising you see may be less relevant to you.

Changes to Our Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Cookie Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, you can contact us:

• By email: info@youthwintergames.com
• By phone: +1 (518) 523-2445
• By mail: Youth Winter Games Organizing Committee, 123 Main St, Lake Placid, NY 12946, USA