Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

Strictly necessary

wordpress_[hash]

Purpose: store the authentication details on login. The authentication details include the username and double hashed copy of the password. However, this usage of the cookie is limited to the admin console area, the backend dashboard of the website.

Expiry: Session

Type: HTTP


wordpress_logged_in_[hash]

Purpose: used to indicate when you are logged in, and who you are.

Expiry: Session

Type: HTTP

wordpress_test_cookie

Purpose: detects if cookies are enabled on the browser to provide appropriate user experience to the users

Expiry: Session

Type: HTTP

wp-settings-{time}-[UID]

Purpose: used to customize the view of your admin interface and the front-end of the website. The value represented by [UID] is the individual user ID of the user as given to them in the users’ database table.

Expiry: Session

Type: HTTP

wporg_sec

Purpose: detects if current user is logged in

Expiry: Session

Type: HTTP

Necessary cookies: these help make a website work by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Preferences Preference cookies: enables a website to remember information that changes the way the site looks or behaves, for example to recognise the region or language for a user.
Marketing

_twitter_sess
guest_id
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Purpose: To track onsite conversions and build audiences of users who have visited the website and to serve relevant advertisements via Twitter.

Type: HTTP

Marketing cookies: used to track users across websites to display adverts that are relevant and engaging to that user.
Statistics

_ga:

Purpose: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store session state. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.

Expiry: 2 years

Type: HTTP


_gat:

Purpose: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.

Expiry: 1 minute

Type: HTTP

_gid:

Purpose: This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.

Expiry: 2 days

Type: HTTP

Statistic cookies: help website owners understand how many visitors interact with their website by collecting and reporting information.

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