This policy is effective from November 2019.
Our website uses cookies and other similar technologies (hereinafter collectively referred to as “cookies”) to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
Our site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the site analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on their servers. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie Title Cookie Name |
Purpose of cookie | Duration of cookie |
WordPress Session Cookie
PHPSESSID |
The PHPSESSID cookie used for PHP sessions. It works as an identifier created in each user session. It allows the website to store serialised data. This cookie is temporary and expires when the user’s browser is closed. | Session |
_fbp
|
The _fbp cookie is used by Facebook to deliver advertising products. This cookie is used for targeting and advertising. | 3 months |
Google Analytics
_ga
|
The _ga cookie is used to identify and distinguish unique users. It is associated with Google Analytics and provides reporting on the user’s activity on the website.
|
2 years
|
Google Analytics
_gat
|
A cookie set by Google Analytics used for limiting the amount of data collected by Google on high traffic sites or peak usage times. Does not collect data. |
Session |
Google Analytics
_gid
|
A cookie used by Google Analytics to distinguish users and group a session’s activity for each user. | 24 hours |
Hotjar: statistics
_hjid
|
This Hotjar cookie registers a user ID used for statistical data focusing on how visitors use the website. | 1 year |
Hotjar: statistics
_hjIncludedInSample
|
This Hotjar cookie is used for statistical data purposes. It allows Hotjar to collect patterns on how the website is used. | 1 year |
Third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.