Cookie policy
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small information files that are stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device via your browser.
2. Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies and social media plug-ins on our website. Some of these are essential to allow the website to function, others are intended to provide you with a better, faster and safer user experience.
3. We use the following cookies on our website:
Analytics:
Analytical cookies collect information on the use of our website, such as pages visited, and average visit duration. This information is used to continue optimising our website and to meet the customer’s wishes.
| COOKIE | TYPE | DURATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | 0 | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, camapign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randoly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| _gat_UA-45827846-7 | 0 | 1 minute | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
| _gid | 0 | 1 day | 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 viisted in an anonymous form. |
| GPS | 0 | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location |
| YSC | 1 | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
Marketing:
Marketing cookies are used to follow visitors when they visit our site. Their aim is to display advertisements that are tailored and relevant to the individual user. This makes these advertisements more valuable to publishers and external advertisers.
| COOKIE | TYPE | DURATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | 0 | 2 months | This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. |
| fr | 1 | 2 months | The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
| IDE | 1 | 2 years | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. |
| NID | 1 | 6 months | The NID cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you want to display per page (e.g. 10 or 20) and whether you want to enable Google’s SafeSearch filter. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 1 | 5 months | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
Essential:
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
| COOKIE | TYPE | DURATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 0 | 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-non-necessary | 0 | 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 “Non Necessary”. |
| PHPSESSID | 0 | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users’ unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. | |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 0 | 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. |
| wpca_status | 0 | 11 months | These cookies are used to control the use of cookies stored on your computer. These cookies are required to show the cookie notification bar, remember your cookie acceptance choice and apply this choice. |
Preference:
Preference cookies ensure a more personalised browsing experience based on your language and region.
| COOKIE | TYPE | DURATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| bp_user-registered | 0 | 13 years | Cookie is placed by BuddyPress with unknown functionality. Purpose: Functional |
| bp_user-role | 0 | 13 years | Cookie is placed by BuddyPress with unknown functionality. Purpose: Functional |
| bp_ut_session | 0 | 13 years | Cookie is set by BuddyPress to store a unique session ID. Purpose: Preferences |
| test_cookie | 0 | 11 months | Cookie is placed by WordPress to check if cookies can be placed. Purpose: Functional |
We also use social media plug-ins. They also make it possible to use ‘share’ functions on social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook). You can find more information about this in the privacy policy of your social media services. If you do not wish to connect with your social media profile, you need to sign out before using our website.
Some of the cookies and social media plug-ins are essential to allow the website to function, others are intended to provide you with a better, faster and safer user experience.
4. How do you manage / remove these cookies?
All major Internet browsers allow you to manage the cookies installed on your computer or mobile device.
If you do not want this website to install cookies on your computer, you can easily restrict or delete them by adjusting your mobile or browser settings. You can also set your mobile or browser settings to notify you each time a cookie is installed on your computer or device, so that you can decide whether or not to accept it.
We have observed that if you deactivate certain cookies that we use, certain parts of our website may not function properly and you will no longer be able to enjoy an optimal user experience.