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Cookie Policy #

Effective Date: May 27, 2026.
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Introduction
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Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website. This Cookie Policy explains how we use these technologies, including those integrated via our third-party donation and payment processing platforms, Zeffy and PayPal; and Google Analytics.

What are Cookies?
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Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, provide a better user experience, and provide reporting information.

How We, Zeffy and Paypal use Cookies
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When you visit our website—especially when interacting with embedded Zeffy forms, PayPal forms or widgets — cookies and related technologies are used for the following purposes:

  • Essential / Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are required for the basic functioning of the website and to securely process your donations, ticket purchases, or memberships.

  • Functional Cookies: Used to facilitate your login to the platform, remember your preferences, and deliver content most relevant to your needs.

  • Analytical / Performance Cookies: Help us, PayPal and Zeffy understand how users interact with the website, identify bugs, conduct research, and monitor platform performance (including via third-party analytics programs like Google Analytics).

Use of Google Analytics
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We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors engage with our site.

  • Purpose: Analyzing site usage, measuring traffic, and understanding user behavior.

  • Data Collected: Information such as page views, clicks, time spent on the site, and approximate geographic location.

  • Data Shared with Google: Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits is restricted by the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.

  • User Opt-Out Rights: You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore, you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

  • Third-Party Vendor: Google processes this data on our behalf.