Cookie Policy
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit the website. They help the site function correctly, remember your preferences, and provide us with anonymized data to improve our services.
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Why our website uses Cookies?
We use cookies to:
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Ensure Security: To protect our website and users from fraud or cyber threats.
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Understand Impact: To see how many people are accessing our mental health resources (e.g., Google Analytics). This data is anonymized.
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Improve Experience: To remember your settings (like language or font size) so you don't have to reset them every time you visit.
Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize our cookies into two main groups:
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Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary): These are required for the website to work. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these.​
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Non-Essential Cookies (Optional): These are not vital for the site to work, but they help us grow our mission. We only use these if you give us your consent.
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Analytics Cookies: These tell us which pages are popular and how people move around the site. We use this to see which mental health topics the youth are searching for most.
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Functional Cookies: These remember choices you make to provide a more personalized experience.
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Your Choice & Control
When you first visit our site, a Cookie Banner will appear. You have the right to:
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Accept All: Allow all cookies to help us improve our site.
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Reject Optional: Decline everything except the "Essential" cookies.
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Manage Settings: Choose specifically which types of tracking you allow. You can also change your browser settings at any time to block or delete cookies. However, please note that some parts of our website may not work perfectly if you disable all cookies.
Third-Party Cookies
In some cases, we use content from third parties (like a YouTube video explaining mental health or a Google Map to our office). These third parties may set their own cookies. We do not control these cookies, and we recommend checking the privacy policies of those specific providers.