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.
Essential
Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| spu_closing_847 | This cookie is typically generated by WordPress popup or modal plugins (such as Scroll Triggered Boxes or Super Popup). The "spu" stands for Super Popup.Its sole job is to remember that you clicked "close" on a specific popup box (in this case, box ID #847) so that the website doesn't aggressively show you the exact same popup every time you click a new page. | 3 years |
| wpconsent_preferences | This cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent preferences. | 30 days |
Comments
These cookies are needed for adding comments on this website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| comment_author | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_email | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_url | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
Login
These cookies are used for managing login functionality on this website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress_logged_in | Used to store logged-in users. | Persistent |
| wordpress_sec | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | 15 days |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Used to determine if cookies are enabled. | Session |
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.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _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 |
| __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 |
| __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 |
| __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 |
| __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 |
| _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 |
Jetpack Stats
Jetpack's built-in visitor analytics. It records page views, referring sites, search terms, and outbound link clicks, and also carries the shared visitor-tracking library used by Jetpack Instant Search and WooCommerce Analytics.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| tk_aip | Stores a list of anonymous visitor IDs so they can be merged into one identity once a visitor is recognized. | Up to 5 years |
| tk_tc | Used once per page load to work out which cookie domain the Tracks library should use, then removed as soon as it's read back. | Session (deleted immediately after use) |
| tk_ai | Stores a randomly-generated anonymous visitor ID so Jetpack's Tracks analytics library can link tracking events to the same visitor. | Session in wp-admin; up to 5 years on the frontend |
| tk_qs | Queues analytics events for Jetpack's Tracks library so none are lost if the page closes before they can be sent. | 30 minutes |
Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to follow visitors to websites. The intention is to show ads that are relevant and engaging to the individual user.
YouTube
A video-sharing platform for users to upload, view, and share videos across various genres and topics.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Youtube visitor privacy metadata cookie | 180 days |
| DEVICE_INFO | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. | 179 days |
| LOGIN_INFO | This cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website. | 2 years |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Also used for marketing | 179 days |
| PREF | This cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. | 10 years from set/ update |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
| GPS | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. | 1 day |