Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how American Solar Energy Society (“we,” “us,” and “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at ases.org, (“website”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases, we may use cookies to collect personal information, or information that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work or work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, American Solar Energy Society) are called “first-party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our online properties. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described below:

Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

Google Analytics:

PURPOSE: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use this website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve this website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including information on the number of visitors to this website, the sources from which visitors came to this website, and the pages they visited.

COOKIE TYPE:  Analytics/performance cookie

INFORMATION: The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. For more information about Google cookies, please read the Google Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please email us at [email protected].