What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). We allow the user to manage cookies and disable as preferred, Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Necessary
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|
| AEC | 30 minutes | ‘AEC’ cookies ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies from Google prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. |
| cli_user_preference | 1year | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| elementor | persistent | This cookie is used by the Elementor plugin used on the website for the creation of content. It stores the actions performed on the website for the purpose of collecting statistics (anonymously). The cookie is used as local storage and session storage to ensure that pop-ups, sitebars, etc work properly: read more |
| SOCS | 13 months | The cookie is added by Google and used to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|
| SOCS | 13 months | SOCS used to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. |
| woocommerce_cart_hash | session | This cookie contains information about the Shopping cart's functioning as a whole and helps WooCommerce know when the cart data changes. |
| woocommerce_items_in_cart | session | Shopping cart functioning from WooCommercefu |
| wp_woocommerce_session_ | 2 days | This cookie from WooCommerce creates code to recover the user cart from the database. |
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|
| _grecaptcha | 13 months | This cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects our site against spam enquiries on contact forms. |
| CONSENT | 2 years | Google uses the ‘CONSENT’ cookie, which lasts for 2 years, to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. |
| OGPC | 1 month | These cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information while viewing Google mapped pages. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|
| _fbp | 90 days | The cookie is placed by Facebook, the functionality is to store and track visits across websites.
The purpose is Marketing/Tracking |
| _ga | 2years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics 4. The cookie is used to calculate the data of visitors, sessions, camapigns and keep track of the use of the site for the site analysis report. Cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| _ga_******** | 2years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate the data of visitors, sessions, camapigns and keep track of the use of the site for the site analysis report. Cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| last_pys_landing_page | 7 days | Anonymous cookie used to facilitate the 'PixelYourSite' plugin, which manages our analytical services. |
| last_pysTrafficSource | 7 days | Anonymous cookie used to facilitate the 'PixelYourSite' plugin, which manages our analytical services. |
| pys_first_visit | 7 days | Anonymous cookie used to facilitate the 'PixelYourSite' plugin, which manages our analytical services. |
| pys_landing_page | 7 days | Anonymous cookie used to facilitate the 'PixelYourSite' plugin, which manages our analytical services. |
| pys_session_limit | 1 hour | Anonymous cookie used to facilitate the 'PixelYourSite' plugin, which manages our analytical services. |
| pys_start_session | session | Anonymous cookie used to facilitate the 'PixelYourSite' plugin which manages our analytical services. |
| pysTrafficSource | 7 days | A cookie set by PixelYourSite to capture data for use with Google Analytics. |
| ultp_view_* | 1year | Post List Cookies that keep track of visits and other things for help with styling the navigation. |
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
- This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
- From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
- The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.
