Our website uses 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:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
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
| Cookie Name | Purpose | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website. | Duration: 3 months – https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/ |
| fr | Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. | Duration: 3 months – https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/ |
| test_cookie | The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. | Duration: 15 minutes – https://business.safety.google/adscookies/ |
| IDE | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile. | Duration: 1 year 24 days – https://business.safety.google/adscookies/ |
| _gcl_au | Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. | Duration: 3 months – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| _ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | Duration: 2 years – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| _gid | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | Duration: 2 years – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| _gat_UA-153441520-3 | A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. | Duration: 1 minute – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| _ga_K8RJ6NB069 | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. | Duration: 1 minute – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
| UserMatchHistory | LinkedIn Ads ID Sync. | Duration: 1 month – https://linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table |
| lang | LinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user’s language setting. | Duration: session – https://linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table |
| bcookie | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID. | Duration: 2 years – https://linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table |
| bscookie | LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website. | Duration: 2 years – https://linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table |
| lidc | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data centre selection. | Duration: 1 day – https://linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries. | Duration: 1 month – https://linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table |
| li_gc | Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes. | Duration: 2 years – https://linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table |
Third Parties
Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named 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:
To deactivate the use of third party advertising cookies, you may visit the consumer page to manage the use of these types of cookies.
OR
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.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after the period stated in the above table.
