Cookie Policy
This page provides comprehensive information about how we use cookies on our website to enhance your browsing experience, improve website performance, and deliver personalized content. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our site. They help us understand how visitors interact with our website, allowing us to offer a smoother and more efficient user experience. In the table below, you will find detailed information about each type of cookie we use, their purpose, and how long they remain on your device. We are committed to respecting your privacy and providing transparency about the data we collect through cookies. For more information on how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.
Essential
Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wpconsent_geolocation | This cookie is used to store the consent settings based on the visitor's location. | 30 days |
| wpconsent_preferences | This cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent preferences. | 30 days |
Bing / Microsoft
Bing, powered by Microsoft, is a search engine providing web, image, video, and map search capabilities.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| ANON | Contains the A, a unique identifier derived from your Microsoft account, which is used for advertising, personalization, and operational purposes. It is also used to preserve your choice to opt out of interest-based advertising from Microsoft if you have chosen to associate the opt-out with your Microsoft account. | 1 year |
| ANONCHK | Used to store session ID for a users session to ensure that clicks from adverts on the Bing search engine are verified for reporting purposes and for personalisation | 10 minutes |
| CC | Contains a country code as determined from your IP address. | 1 year |
| PPAuth | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| MSPAuth | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| MSNRPSAuth | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| KievRPSAuth | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| MUID | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year |
| MUIDB | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year |
| MC1 | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year |
| MSFPC | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year |
| _uetsid | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. | 30 minutes |
| _uetvid | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. | 16 days |
| BFBUSR | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year |
| kcdob | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
| BFB | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year |
| kcrelid | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
| ACL | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 3 months |
| kcru | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
| ACLUSR | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year |
| pcfm | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
| MSPTC | This cookie registers data on the visitor. The information is used to optimize advertisement relevance. | 1 year |
| x-ms-gateway-slice | Identifies a gateway for load balancing. | End of session (browser) |
| WLSSC | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| ToptOut | Records your decision not to receive interest-based advertising delivered by Microsoft. | 1 year |
| SRM_B | Collected user data is specifically adapted to the user or device. The usercan also be followed outside of the loaded website, creating a picture of the visitor's behavior. | 1 year |
| ACH01 | Maintains information about which ad and where the user clicked on the ad. | End of session (browser) |
| MSPProf | Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your Microsoft account. | 5 years |
| AADSSO | Microsoft Microsoft Online Authentication Cookie | End of session (browser) |
| _RwBf | This cookie helps us to track the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on the Bing advertising network. | 1 year |
| brcap | Microsoft Microsoft Online Authentication Cookie | 1 year |
| MC0 | Detects whether cookies are enabled in the browser. | End of session (browser) |
| MR | Used to collect information for analytics purposes. | 6 months |
| _HPVN | Analysis service that connects data from the Bing advertising network with actions performed on the website. | 1 year |
| MS0 | Identifies a specific session. | End of session (browser) |
| OID | This cookie is used by the Bing advertising network for advertising tracking purposes. | 3 months |
| _UR | This cookie is used by the Bing advertising network for advertising tracking purposes. | 1 year |
| OIDI | This cookie is used by the Bing advertising network for advertising tracking purposes. | 3 months |
| NAP | Contains an encrypted version of your country, postal code, age, gender, language and occupation, if known, based on your Microsoft account profile. | 1 year |
| OIDR | This cookie is used by the Bing advertising network for advertising tracking purposes. | 3 months |
| MH | Appears on co-branded sites where Microsoft is partnering with an advertiser. This cookie identifies the advertiser, so the right ad is selected. | End of session (browser) |
| BCP | This cookie is used for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year |
| childinfo | Contains information that Microsoft account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts. | 5 years |
Comments
These cookies are needed for adding comments on this website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| comment_author | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_email | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_url | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager simplifies the management of marketing tags on your website without code changes.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cookiePreferences | Registers cookie preferences of a user | 2 years |
| td | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | session |
Login
These cookies are used for managing login functionality on this website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress_logged_in | Used to store logged-in users. | Persistent |
| wordpress_sec | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | 15 days |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Used to determine if cookies are enabled. | Session |
Mailchimp
Mailchimp is an all-in-one marketing platform for email campaigns, automation, and audience management.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| mc_cid | Mailchimp campaign ID | 14 days |
| mc_eid | Mailchimp email ID | 14 days |
| mc_landing_site | Page visitor entered your site on | 14 days |
WooCommerce
WooCommerce is a customizable eCommerce platform for building online stores using WordPress.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| woocommerce_dismissed_suggestions__ | Count of suggestion dismissals, if enabled. | 1 month |
| woocommerce_cart_hash | Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes. | session |
| woocommerce_items_in_cart | Helps WooCommerce determine when cart contents/data changes. | session |
| wp_woocommerce_session_ | Contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. | 2 days |
| woocommerce_recently_viewed | Powers the Recent Viewed Products widget | session |
| store_notice | Allows customers to dismiss the Store Notice. | session |
| woocommerce_snooze_suggestions__ | Allows dashboard users to dismiss Marketplace suggestions, if enabled. | 2 days |
WordPress
A powerful content management system for creating and managing websites easily and efficiently.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| tk_tc | JetPack sets this cookie to record details on how user's use the website. | session |
| wp-settings- | Used to persist a user’s wp-admin configuration. | 1 Year |
| wporg_logged_in | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged-in WordPress.org user. | 14 days if you select “Remember Me” when logging in. Otherwise, Session. |
| wporg_sec | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged-in WordPress.org user. | 14 days if you select “Remember Me” when logging in. Otherwise, Session. |
| wporg_locale | Used to persist a user’s locale configuration. | 1 year |
| welcome- | Used to record if you’ve chosen to hide the “Welcome” message at the top of the corresponding blog. | permanent |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Cookie set by WordPress to check if the cookies are enabled on the browser to provide appropriate user experience to the users | session |
| camptix_client_stats | Used to track unique visitors to tickets page on a WordCamp site | 1 year |
| tk_or | Jetpack - Stores the unique identifier for the publisher to enable Jetpack to collect data. | 5 Years |
| wp-saving-post | Used to track if there is saved post exists for a post currently being edited. If exists then let user restore the data | 1 day |
| tk_r3d | JetPack installs this cookie to collect internal metrics for user activity and in turn improve user experience. | 3 days |
| comment_author_ | Used to tracked comment author name, if “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.” is checked | 347 days |
| comment_author_url_ | Used to track comment author url, if “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.” checkbox is checked | 347 days |
| wp-postpass_ | Used to maintain session if a post is password protected | 10 days |
| wp-settings-time- | Time at which wp-settings-{user} was set | 1 year |
| tix_view_token | Used for session managing private CampTix content | 2 days |
| jetpackState | Used for maintaining Jetpack State | session |
| jpp_math_pass | Verifies that a user answered the math problem correctly while logging in. | session |
| stnojs | Remember if user do not want JavaScript executed | 2 days |
| showComments | Used to determine if you prefer comments to be shown or hidden when reading the site. | 10 years |
| wordpress_logged_in_ | Remember User session | session |
| trac_session | Used to keep anonymous session information. | 90 days |
| trac_form_token | Used as a security token for cross-site request forgery protection. | session |
| codexToken | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged-in WordPress.org user. Only set if you select “Keep me logged in” when logging in. | 6 months |
| devicePixelRatio | Used to make the site responsive to the visitor’s screen size. | 1 year |
| codexUserId | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged-in WordPress.org user. | 6 months |
| tk_qs | JetPack sets this cookie to store a randomly-generated anonymous ID which is used only within the admin area and for general analytics tracking. | 30 minutes |
| codexUserName | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged-in WordPress.org user. | 6 months |
| tk_lr | Jetpack - Stores the unique identifier for the publisher to enable Jetpack to collect data. | 1 year |
WPML
WPML is a powerful plugin that enables multilingual capabilities for WordPress sites, enhancing global reach and user experience.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wp-wpml_current_language | This cookie is used to track the language preference fo the user | session |
Statistics
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a powerful tool that tracks and analyzes website traffic for informed marketing decisions.
Learn more| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| __utmc | Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. | End of session (browser) |
| __utmz | Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server | 6 months after last activity |
| __utmv | Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmx | Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test. | 18 months |
| _ga | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
| _gali | Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked | 30 seconds |
| _ga_ | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
| _gid | ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager | 1 minute |
| _gac_ | Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together. | 90 days |
| __utma | ID used to identify users and sessions | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmt | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 30 minutes after last activity |
WooCommerce Sourcebuster
SourceBuster is used by WooCommerce for order attribution based on user source.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| sbjs_first_add | Timestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires) | session |
| sbjs_current_add | Timestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s current visit to your store | session |
| sbjs_migrations | Technical data to help with migrations between different versions of the tracking feature | session |
| sbjs_session | The number of page views in this session and the current page path | 30 minutes |
| sbjs_udata | Information about the visitor’s user agent, such as IP, the browser, and the device type | session |
| sbjs_first | Traffic origin information for the visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires) | session |
| sbjs_current | Traffic origin information for the visitor’s current visit to your store | session |