Cookies policy
About cookies
What is cookie?
The term “cookie” refers to a small data file consisting solely of a set of text information that the site transmits to the web browser located on your computer’s hard drive, either temporarily throughout your visit , or sometimes for longer periods depending on the type of cookie. Cookies perform different functions (for example, you are distinguished from other visitors to the same site or remember certain things for you as your preferences) and are used by most websites to improve your user experience.
Each cookie is unique to your browser and contains some anonymous information. A cookie typically contains the name of the cookie field, the cookie’s lifetime, and a value (usually in the form of a randomly generated unique number).
Cookies
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymized tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.
Types of cookies
The basic types of cookies that sites may use are described below.
• Session cookies
These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your device’s browser only during your visit and are deleted when you close the browser.
• Permanent cookies (persistent cookies)
This remains in the cookie file of your device’s browser even after the browser closes, sometimes for one year or more (the exact length of stay depends on the lifetime of each cookie). Permanent cookies are used when the site administrator may need to know who you are for more than one visit (e.g., remembering your username or your site configuration preferences).
• First-party cookies
These are cookies installed on the browser and / or hard drive of your device from the site you are visiting. This includes assigning a unique identifier to you to monitor your site navigation. Site administrators often use first-party cookies to manage visits and for identification purposes.
• Third-party cookies
These are cookies used by third parties, such as social networks to track your visits to the various sites they advertise. The site administrator has no control over these third-party cookies.
Cookies in this website and how to manage them
On this website, we use cookies to improve the experience of using the site by its visitors. The operation of the website will be significantly affected if you disable or disagree with the use of cookies.
Below is information about the third-party cookies we use on this site, including how to disable them and the effect of disabling on the site’s functionality. If you would like more information on how to manage certain types of cookies, including how to check or delete them, please visit www.aboutcookies.org.
Necessary cookies (all site visitors)
- cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
- PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
Necessary cookies (additional for logged in customers)
- wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.
- wp-settings-[UID]: WordPress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
- wp-settings-[UID]:WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
Google Analytics cookies
Google Analytics cookies are performance analysis/performance cookies that allow us to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site. These cookies can tell us how many visitors use the site, the time and duration of access, and also provide information on how visitors navigate across sites. This information helps us improve the way our site works. They are anonymous information and do not contain personal information.
The information collected by the Google Analytics cookies about our site is transferred and stored on Google servers in accordance with Google’s privacy policy.
For more information on Google Analytics, please click https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
You can disable tracking by Google Analytics by clicking https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?Hl=en=GB
If you disable these cookies, your use of the site will not be counted or used in the statistics we collect to improve the services we provide through the site. The operation of the site will not be affected.
Cookies from video service providers (Google, Vimeo, Dailymotion)
These providers may place cookies on your device if you watch on our site videos that they provide as an external service.
If you disable these cookies, you may not be able to see the embedded videos from our site.
Cookies from social networks
Third-party social networks can place cookies on your device if you choose to share material from our site with them by clicking on one of the embedded buttons titled “Share”. If you disable these cookies, the share feature will not be available.