A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your device that allows us to recognise and remember you. It is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive or tablet or mobile device. When you visit our sites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology, such as a tag, pixel, or other web beacon.
We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our site, including
In the next section, we explain in more detail how we use cookies and similar technology on our sites and apps for a number of purposes.
Other organisations also collect user information on our sites through cookies, tags and pixels. Tags and pixels, also known as web beacons, are similar to cookies but are collected through embedded images.
We use four types of cookies:
Provider | Name of Cookie | Purpose | Type | Duration |
Google Analytics | _gid | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. | Persistant | 24 hours |
Google Analytics | _ga | Persistant | 2 years | |
_gali | Persistant | 30 Seconds | ||
_gat | Persistant | 1 day | ||
__Secure-3PAPISID | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | Persistant | 2 years | |
SAPISID | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | Persistant | 3 years | |
SSID | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | Persistant | 2 years | |
APISID | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | Persistant | 3 years | |
__Secure-3PSID | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | Persistant | 2 years | |
SID | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | Persistant | 2 years | |
__Secure-3PSIDCC | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | Persistant | 1 year | |
Youtube | YSC | Keep statistics of what videos the user have seen. | Session | |
Youtube | LOGIN_INFO | These cookies are set via embedded youtube videos | Persistant | 2 Years |
Youtube | HSID | These are security cookies to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized parties | Persistant | 2 Years |
Youtube | PREF | This cookie helps YouTube collect visitor information and custom preferences | Persistant | 8 Months |
Youtube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos | Persistant | 8 Months |
WordPress | cppro-ft | These cookies are used for Cookie Control. These cookies are set in order to remember preferences in regards to cookies. | Persistant | 8 Years |
WordPress | mkd-post-views_ | These cookies are to track how many users have viewed a post | Persistant | |
WordPress | cookie_notice_accepted | To check if cookies can be placed. | Persistant | 1 Month |
WordPress | wp-settings-time- | WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies for logged in users. | Persistant | 1 Year |
WordPress | wordpress_test_cookie | Test if the browser accepts cookies. | Session |
Third-party cookies are set by someone other than the owner of the website you’re visiting.
Some of our pages may also contain content from other sites like YouTube, which may set their own cookies. If you share a link to a page on one of our sites, the platform you share it on (for example, Facebook) may set a cookie on your browser. We have no control over third-party cookies – you can turn them off in your browser here, but not through us.
It is possible to stop your browser from accepting cookies by changing your browser’s cookie settings. These settings can usually be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. The following links may be helpful, or you can use the “Help” option in your browser.
If you would like to find out more about privacy, cookies and their use on the internet, you may find the following links useful: