Cookie Policy

The Bear Mountain website, bearmountain.ca, uses cookies, tracking pixels and related technologies to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that most major web sites write to your hard drive for record-keeping purposes when you visit them. Cookies allow us to measure activity on the site and to improve your user experience, for example by remembering your passwords and viewing preferences. Also, cookies may also be used to track how you use the site to target ads to you on other websites.
Cookies are used by us to measure activity on the site and to make improvements and updates based on which areas are popular and which are not. This data collected may be used by third parties (such as Google, AdRoll or others) to target advertising on other sites, including Google, to previous website visitors and based on online activities. This could be in the form of an advertisement on Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network or other websites offering advertising capabilities. Third-party vendors, including Google and AdRoll, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to this site. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you’d prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, it is possible that some parts of the site, will not function properly if you do so. You can give – or withdraw – your consent. We need to get your express or implied consent before obtaining or using information about you, or disclosing this information to anyone. (The exception is when we are required by law, or it is necessary for our protection.) You can withdraw this consent whenever you want, unless legal requirements prevent this. You can choose not to receive direct marketing. We may tell you about Bear Mountain products or services through direct mail, telephone, or other means. If you do not wish us to do so, follow the instructions below.
Cookies used on this Site
Some of the cookies that we use on this site, and the purposes for which these cookies are used, are provided below. Please note that this list is not exhaustive; additional cookies may be added, and we may update or remove the cookies below.
Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
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BearMountainConsent | bearmountain.ca | Set to indicate user consent | 30 Days | HTTP Cookie |
wordpress_test_cookie | bearmountain.ca | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 1 Day | HTTP Cookie |
wordpress_[hash] | bearmountain.ca | Used to store your authentication details. Its use is limited to the Administration Screen area. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
wordpress_logged_id_[hash] | bearmountain.ca | Used to indicate you’re logged in and stores your authentication details. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
wordpress_sec_[hash] | bearmountain.ca | This cookie is used to store your authentication details. Its use is limited to the admin console area, /wp-admin/ | Session | HTTP Cookie |
wp-settings-[user_id] | bearmountain.ca | The number on the end is your individual user ID from the user’s database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
wp-settings-time-[user_id] | bearmountain.ca | The number on the end is your individual user ID from the user’s database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
algoliasearch-client-js | bearmountain.ca | Used by WordPress backend to provide Algolia Search API Client. | Session | Local Storage |
wp-api-schema-model | bearmountain.ca | Used by WordPress to enable it’s REST API Schema Model. | 1 Year | Session Storage |
_fbp | facebook.com | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 3 Months | HTTP Cookie |
fr | facebook.com | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 Months | HTTP Cookie |
tr | facebook.com | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
_ga | analytics.google.com | Registers a unique Google Analytics ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 Years | HTTP Cookie |
_gat_[Analytics ID] | analytics.google.com | Registers a unique Google Analytics ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 3 Days | HTTP Cookie |
_gat | analytics.google.com | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | 10 Minutes | HTTP Cookie |
_gid | analytics.google.com | Registers a unique Google Analytics ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 24 Hours | HTTP Cookie |
_gali | analytics.google.com | Identifies the last link item clicked for Google Analytics tracking data. | 30 Seconds | HTTP Cookie |
_gcl_au | adsense.google.com | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 3 Months | HTTP Cookie |
__gads | ads.google.com|vicnews.com | This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Its purpose is to do with the showing of adverts on the site, for which the owner may earn some revenue. | 2 Years | HTTP Cookie |
gwcc | ads.google.com | Allows Google to track any call conversions on mobile devices. For example if a customer is clicking a phone number on the contact us page to dial from their mobile device. | 3 Months | HTTP Cookie |
google_experiment_mod[#] | adsense.google.com | Used by Google Adsense for experimenting with which advertisement performs best on the website. | N/A | Local Storage |
_twitter_sess | twitter.com | Used by Twitter to track a users session on Twitter-related features. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
ct0 | twitter.com | Used by Twitter to track click-throughs on twitter embeds. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
external_referer | twitter.com | Used by Twitter to track the external referrer on twitter embeds. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
gt | twitter.com | Used by Twitter to track goals on twitter embeds. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
guest_id | twitter.com | Used by Twitter to track the users guest ID for twitter embeds. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
personalization_id | twitter.com | Used by Twitter personalize twitter embeds. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
pigeon_state | instagram.com | Facilitates the Instagram sharing function on the website – The cookie also allows websites to track and target the user with advertisement based on the user’s likes and shares. | Persistent | Local Storage |
csrftoken | instagram.com | Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
mid | instagram.com | This cookie is used to identify the visitor through an application. This allows the visitor to login to a website through their Instagram application for example. | 10 Years | HTTP Cookie |
rur | instagram.com | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
__cfduid | cloudflare.com|cheknews.ca | Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
_ldstud | lassocrm.com | Used by LassoCRM to deliver analytics data for their platform. | 10 Years | HTTP Cookie |
_ldstum | lassocrm.com | Used by LassoCRM to deliver analytics data for their platform. | 10 Years | HTTP Cookie |
_ldstut | lassocrm.com | Used by LassoCRM to deliver analytics data for their platform. | 10 Years | HTTP Cookie |
_ldstuw | lassocrm.com | Used by LassoCRM to deliver analytics data for their platform. | 10 Years | HTTP Cookie |
_hjClosedSurveyInvites | hotjar.com | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal popup. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
_hjDonePolls | hotjar.com | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor completes a poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
_hjMinimizedPolls | hotjar.com | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
_hjDoneTestersWidgets | hotjar.com | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
_hjMinimizedTestersWidgets | hotjar.com | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
_hjIncludedInSample | hotjar.com | Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
_hjShownFeedbackMessage | hotjar.com | This cookie is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if they navigate to another page where it is set to show. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
calltrk_landing | callrail.com | Used by CallRail to measure how users interact with telephone-based services. | 1 Years | HTTP Cookie |
calltrk_referrer | callrail.com | Used by CallRail to measure how users interact with telephone-based services. | 1 Years | HTTP Cookie |
calltrk_session_id | callrail.com | Used by CallRail to measure how users interact with telephone-based services. | 1 Years | HTTP Cookie |
calltrk-_ga | callrail.com | Used by CallRail to measure how users interact with telephone-based services. Google Analytics linking property. | N/A | Local Storage |
calltrk-calltrk_landing | callrail.com | Used by CallRail to measure how users interact with telephone-based services. | N/A | Local Storage |
calltrk-calltrk_referrer | callrail.com | Used by CallRail to measure how users interact with telephone-based services. | N/A | Local Storage |
calltrk-calltrk_session_id | callrail.com | Used by CallRail to measure how users interact with telephone-based services. | N/A | Local Storage |
PHPSESSID | bearmountain.ca | Preserves user session state across page requests. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
IDE | doubleclick.net | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advetiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficiancy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
test_cookie | doubleclick.net | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 1 Day | HTTP Cookie |
NID | google.com | Used by Google to track a unique Google ID used to remember your preferences and other information such as preferred language and search settings. Set by Google Maps embed. | 6 Months | HTTP Cookie |
GPS | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | 1 Day | HTTP Cookie |
PREF | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. | 8 Months | HTTP Cookie |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 179 Days | HTTP Cookie |
YSC | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | Local Storage |
yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | Local Storage |
yt-remote-fast-check-period | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | Local Storage |
yt-remote-session-app | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | Local Storage |
yt-remote-session-name | youtube.com | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | Local Storage |
player | vimeo.com | Used by Vimeo to store user preferences for their video player. | 1 Year | HTTP Cookie |
vuid | vimeo.com | Used by Vimeo to collect analytics tracking information associated with the video player. | 2 Years | HTTP Cookie |
sync_active | vimeo.com | Used by Vimeo to sync user preferences for their video player. | Session | Local Storage |
sync_volume | vimeo.com | Used by Vimeo to sync user preferences for their video player. | Session | Local Storage |
_strava4_session | strava.com | Used by Strava to store user session information used for the Strava club. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
wfwaf-authcookie-(hash) | wordfence.com |
What it does: This cookie is used by the Wordfence firewall to perform a capability check of the current user before WordPress has been loaded. Who gets this cookie: This is only set for users that are able to log into WordPress. How this cookie helps: This cookie allows the Wordfence firewall to detect logged in users and allow them increased access. It also allows Wordfence to detect non-logged in users and restrict their access to secure areas. The cookie also lets the firewall know what level of access a visitor has to help the firewall make smart decisions about who to allow and who to block. |
Persistent | HTTP Cookie |
wf_loginalerted_(hash) | wordfence.com |
What it does: This cookie is used to notify the Wordfence admin when an administrator logs in from a new device or location. Who gets this cookie: This is only set for administrators. How this cookie helps: This cookie helps site owners know whether there has been an admin login from a new device or location. |
Persistent | HTTP Cookie |
wfCBLBypass | wordfence.com |
What it does: Wordfence offers a feature for a site visitor to bypass country blocking by accessing a hidden URL. This cookie helps track who should be allowed to bypass country blocking. Who gets this cookie: When a hidden URL defined by the site admin is visited, this cookie is set to verify the user can access the site from a country restricted through country blocking. This will be set for anyone who knows the URL that allows bypass of standard country blocking. This cookie is not set for anyone who does not know the hidden URL to bypass country blocking. How this cookie helps: This cookie gives site owners a way to allow certain users from blocked countries, even though their country has been blocked. |
3 Months | HTTP Cookie |
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