What Are Cookies? How Do They Work?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored locally on your device when a website is loaded and navigated through on your browser. The next time the website is visited, the browser fetches any cookie files and sends them to the web server. Cookies can serve multiple purposes by helping to make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and even understand how the website performs by analysing pages and painting a picture of what works and what needs improvement.
What Types Of Cookies Are There?
There are two commonly used types of cookies, non-persistent and persistent and they can fall into two categories - first-party or third-party.
First-party cookies are accessible only to the website or domain you are visiting. These generally help to enhance the browsing experience for you by remembering key pieces of information as you browse, such as login credentials, accessibility options and language preference. Third-party cookies are created outside of the website or domain you are visiting. These are normally used for analytical and advertising or tracking purposes but can also help provide and manage external features on a page or site such as a chat system.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
Cookies that are non-persistent are otherwise known as "session" cookies. These only get stored for the duration of the browser session being open. After the session is closed the cookie is destroyed and upon restarting a new cookie is generated. Persistent cookies are stored even after your browser session is closed. The length of time at which these remain active varies and will eventually be destroyed by yur browser. These can also be manually removed via browser settings.
If you would like to find out more information on cookies, please take a look at this link.
What Cookies Does This Website Use?
Please see a list of the following cookies which this website uses:
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| wp-postpass_{hash} | Functional | 10 Days | Used to maintain session if a post is password protected |
| wp-saving-post | Functional | 1 Day | Auto-saving cookie: wp-saving-post is a WordPress cookie created when auto-saving a post in the editor. Used to track if there is saved post exists for a post currently being edited. If exists then let user restore the data. |
| wp-settings-time-{user} | Functional | 1 Year | Time at which wp-settings-{user} was set |
| wp-settings-{user_id} | Functional | 1 Year | Customization cookie. Used to persist a user’s wp-admin configuration. The ID is the user’s ID. This is used to customize the view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Functional | Session | Test if cookie can be set. WordPress also sets wordpress_test_cookie cookie to check if the cookies are enabled on the browser to provide appropriate user experience to the users. This cookie is used on the front-end, even if you are not logged in. |
| wordpress_logged_in_{hash} | Functional | Session | Remember User session. WordPress sets the after login wordpress_logged_in_{hash} cookie, which indicates when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. |
| wordpress_{hash} | Functional | - | WordPress uses the login wordpress_{hash} cookie to store authentication details. Its use is limited to the Administration Screen area, /wp-admin/ |
| __utmb | Statistics | 30 Minutes | The cookie is set by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmt | Statistics | 10 Minutes | The cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to throttle request rate. |
| __utmz | Statistics | 6 Months | This cookie is set by Google analytics and is used to store the traffic source or campaign through which the visitor reached your site. |
| __utmc | Statistics | Session | The cookie is set by Google Analytics and is deleted when the user closes the browser. The cookie is not used by ga.js. The cookie is used to enable interoperability with urchin.js which is an older version of Google analytics and used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. |
| __utma | Statistics | 2 Years | This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | Functional | 11 Months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | Functional | 11 Months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | Functional | 11 Months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | Functional | 11 Months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Functional | 11 Months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| viewed_cookie_policy | Functional | 11 Months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
If there is a cookie you are unsure about and would like to know more, please visit https://cookiedatabase.org/
How Can I Manage Cookies?
Managing your cookies and how they are stored can be done by special settings within your browser. For more information on this please visit the following link - https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies.
