Cookie Policy

This Policy (Cookie Policy) is intended to provide you with information about how and why we use cookies on the website.

Cookies are small files which are stored on a user’s computer. They are designed to hold a reasonable amount of data specific to a particular client and website, and can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer. This allows the server to deliver a page tailored to a particular user, or the page itself can contain some script which is aware of the data in the cookie and so is able to carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next.

What cookies do we use?

We can classify cookies into two separate categories, being those what are necessary for the functionality of the website, and those which we collect to analyse your activity to improve how the website works. The table below gives you a brief explanation of what types of cookies we collect, what the source of the cookies is, why we use the cookie, how long we retain the cookie, and whether the cookie is necessary for the website’s functionality or not:

 

Name of cookie Source Expiry / Retention period of cookie Purpose of the cookie Is if necessary for the website’s functionality? How can you block the cookie
__GA Google Analytics Varies from 10 minutes to 2 years To better understand who is visiting our site and how they use it.  More info at: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage No From the browser settings.  Also see: https://support.google.com/analytics
__cfduid Cloud Flare 1 Year To avoid DDOS attacks. Yes – for its added security See: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170156-What-does-the-Cloudflare-cfduid-cookie-do
wordpress_[hash] wordpress_logged_in_[hash] WordPress – Restricted area (when user is logged in) 2 weeks To verify user and the respective access rights. Yes – for the restricted area. See: https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Cookies

 

We only use cookies in the manner as explained in this Cookie Policy. Where in the above table we state that cookies cannot be blocked, we are not excluding the possibility of you blocking cookies through your browser settings. However, if you do block cookies directly through your browser, you may lose some of the website’s functionality, which may be necessary for your experience. For further information on cookies, including how you can see what cookies have been set on your devices, as well as information o how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.