Privacy & Cookies
Privacy
Information you provide to us on this website when using our contact form is never shared, sold, or released to any third party entity except when required by Government Agencies and Security Forces under provisions of the laws regulating information on Internet users.
Cookies
Cookies are small bits of information which are downloaded to the device used to visit a website. Each time that the same website is visited again, this device will be recognized. By using cookies, information about visits and visitors will temporarily be saved by that website. Other websites may also recognize the device used through that same cookie. Per visit, various types of cookies may be used. Cookies allow a website to customize a visit, for example by :
- Showing relevant navigation settings
- Remembering visitor preferences
- Generally improving the user experience
- Limiting the number of adverts shown
Use of cookies
When visiting our website you agree by default that our website places cookies on your device. We match information gathered from cookies with other information you provide about yourself, or other data that we have collected for the purposes as stated in the Privacy Policy. If you do not want this website to place cookies on your device, you can refuse the use of cookies via your browser’s settings or options. This may mean some parts of our website cannot be able to used (properly).
We use up to 4 types of cookies:
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- Strictly necessary cookies Anonymous cookies that allow visitors to navigate around our website, use its features and access secure areas. The information gathered by these cookies cannot be used for marketing purposes. If the use of this type of cookies is not allowed, various parts of our website cannot be used.
- Performance cookies Anonymous cookies that us improve our website. These types of cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance about most visited pages, or the number of error messages shown. An example of this type is WebAnalytics cookies. The information gathered by these cookies cannot be used for marketing purposes, and is not distributed to third parties.
- Functionality cookies Anonymous cookies that allow our website to remember visitor choices and preferences. Based on this information, our website can show more relevant information to individual visitors. Examples of data gathered are country and language preferences. If not allowing the use of this type of cookies, this will:
- Block the use of various parts of our website
- Reduce the level of support we can offer
- Prevent our website from remembering your preferences to not use or be shown a specific feature.
- Targeting cookies or advertising cookies With permission of the website owner, this type of cookies is usually placed on our website by advertising networks. They are used to :
- Show relevant and personalised adverts
- Limit the number of times each advert is shown
- Measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign
- Remember your visit and share data collected with third parties, such as advertisers. Quite often, these cookies are linked to website functionality provided by that third party.
List of Cookies
WordPress Necessary Cookies
| WordPress Cookie Name |
Duration |
Purpose |
Logged-in Users Only? |
| wordpress_{hash} |
|
WordPress uses the login wordpress_{hash} cookie to store authentication details. Its use is limited to the Administration Screen area, /wp-admin/ |
Yes |
| wordpress_logged_in_{hash} |
Session |
Remember User session. WordPress sets the after login wordpress_logged_in_{hash} cookie, which indicates when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. |
Yes |
| wordpres_test_cookie |
Session |
Test if cookie can be set. WordPress also sets wordpress_test_cookie cookie to check if the cookies are enabled on the browser to provide appropriate user experience to the users. This cookie is used on the front-end, even if you are not logged in. |
No |
| wp-settings-{user_id} |
1 year |
Customization cookie. Used to persist a user’s wp-admin configuration. The ID is the user’s ID. This is used to customize the view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
Yes |
| wp-settings-time-{user} |
1 year |
Time at which wp-settings-{user} was set |
Yes |
| wp-saving-post |
1 day |
Auto-saving cookie: wp-saving-post is a WordPress cookie created when auto-saving a post in the editor. Used to track if there is saved post exists for a post currently being edited. If exists then let user restore the data. |
Yes |
| wp-postpass_{hash} |
10 days |
Used to maintain session if a post is password protected |
No |
| wordpress_sec |
|
There is not yet any general information about this cookie based on its name only. |
Yes |
Other cookies
| Name |
Description |
Duration |
Type |
| __utma |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every tiDuration sent to Google Analytics. |
1 yeType4 days |
Performance |
| __utmb |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to determine new sessions/visits. __utmb cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. It is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
30 minutes |
Performance |
| __utmc |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to enable interoperability with urchin.js, an older version of Google Analytics and is used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. It is deleted when the user closes the browser. |
session |
Performance |
| __utmz |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to store the traffic source or campaign by which the visitor reached the site. |
6 months |
Performance |
| __utmt |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to inhibit the request rate. |
10 minutes |
Performance |
| _ga_* |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
Analytics |
| _ga |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
Analytics |
| _gid |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
1 day |
Analytics |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* |
Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. |
1 minute |
Analytics |
| _GRECAPTCHA* |
Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
5 months 27 days |
Analytics |
How you can control or opt out of cookies
If you do not wish to accept cookies from us, you can instruct your browser to refuse cookies from our website. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies by default, but you can update these settings to either refuse cookies altogether, or to notify you when a website is trying to set or update a cookie.
If you browse websites from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each individual device.
Although some cookies can be blocked with little impact on your experience of a website, blocking all cookies may mean you are unable to access certain features and content across the sites you visit.
