Cookie Policy

This page provides comprehensive information about how we use cookies on our website to enhance your browsing experience, improve website performance, and deliver personalized content. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our site. They help us understand how visitors interact with our website, allowing us to offer a smoother and more efficient user experience. In the table below, you will find detailed information about each type of cookie we use, their purpose, and how long they remain on your device. We are committed to respecting your privacy and providing transparency about the data we collect through cookies. For more information on how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

 

Cookies are divided into two types, essential and non-essential.  You do not have the option of disabling essential cookies as they are needed for proper operation and compliance of our website.  An example of an essential cookie is those needed to implement the cookie options described below.  Everything else falls into the non-essential category and you have control over these.

 

When visiting our site for the first time, you will be given the following choices:

  1. Accept all – Accept all use of cookies on our website.
  2. Reject – Reject use of all non-essential cookies on our website.
  3. Preferences – Review and select the cookies that you want to allow.

Once you have made your initial selection, you may always change your selections, at any time, by clicking on the cookie settings icon located in the lower left of all pages.

 

With the exception of essential cookies, we will not start using cookies until you explicitly give approval through “Accept all” or “Preferences”

 

Essential

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.

Name Description Duration
wpconsent_preferences This cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent preferences. 30 days

Statistics

Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a powerful tool that tracks and analyzes website traffic for informed marketing decisions.

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Name Description Duration
_gac_ Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together. 90 days
__utma ID used to identify users and sessions 2 years after last activity
__utmt Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests 10 minutes
__utmb Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server. 30 minutes after last activity
__utmc Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. End of session (browser)
__utmz Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server 6 months after last activity
__utmv Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server. 2 years after last activity
__utmx Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test. 18 months
_ga ID used to identify users 2 years
_gali Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked 30 seconds
_ga_ ID used to identify users 2 years
_gid ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity 24 hours
_gat Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager 1 minute
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