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Types of cookies
- ‘Session’ cookies remain in your browser during your browser session only, ie until you leave the website.
- ‘Persistent’ cookies remain in your browser after the session (unless deleted by you).
- ‘Performance’ cookies collect information about your use of the website, such as webpages visited and any error messages; they do not collect personally identifiable information, and the information collected is aggregated such that it is anonymous. Performance cookies are used to improve how a website works.
- ‘Functionality’ cookies allow the website to remember any choices you make about the website (such as changes to text size, customised pages) or enable services such as commenting on a blog.
Use of cookies on this website
To give you the best experience on the cookie management side, we classify cookies of this website in three categories, based on their purpose: Strictly Necessary, Functionality, and Performance.
The following tables explain the way in which we use cookies on this website.
Strictly Necessary (essential cookies):
These cookies are strictly necessary for this website and its features to work properly. E.g.: authentication cookies.
Cookie | Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
WordPress | wordpress_test_cookie | session | WordPress test cookie |
WordPress | Wp-settings | >1 year | WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
WordPress | wp-settings-time- | >1 year | WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
Functionality:
These cookies enable us to improve the functionality and usability of our website and to provide various features. E.g.: Functionality cookies can be used to store search results, language, character dimensions.
Cookie | Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
Cookie Policy Plugin | euCookie | Session | Used to check if a visitor has agreed to our cookie policy. |
Performance:
These cookies collect information about how you use websites. Performance cookies help us, for example, to identify especially popular areas of our website. In this way, we can adapt the content of our websites more specifically to your needs and thereby improve what we offer you.
Cookie | Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
Google analytics | _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
Google analytics | _gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
Google analytics | _gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. |
Google analytics | AMP_TOKEN | 30s – 1yr | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. |
Google analytics | _gac_ | 90 days | Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. Click here to learn more. |
Third party cookies
Cookies are set on some pages by third party products and services. Some pages use third party services or software, such as maps, online videos or social networking features. Many of these services may set cookies in your browser. Here are a list of third party cookies on this website:
Cookie | Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
Google Maps | SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, HSID, NID, PREF | Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Google Map. | Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Google Maps users. |
YouTube | SID, LOGIN, _INFO, use_hotbox, PREF, SSID, watched_video_id_list, __utma, __utmz, demographics, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a YouTube video. | We embed videos on our website from YouTube. YouTube set a number of cookies on any page that includes a YouTube Video. While we have no control over the cookies set by YouTube, they are used for profiling and targeting for advertising, to track video statistics such as views and store user preferences. Click here to learn more. |
Vimeo | __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmv, __utmz, last_page, embed_preferences, has_logged_in, stats_start_date, stats_end_date, CAL, GAPS, N_T, S_adsense, adsenseReferralSourceId, adsenseReferralSubId, adsenseReferralUrl, adsenseReferralUrlQuery, APISID, HSID, NID, PREF, SAPISID, SID, SNID, SSID | Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Vimeo video. | We embed videos on our website from Vimeo. Vimeo sets a number of cookies on any page that embeds a Vimeo video. While we have no control over these cookies, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Vimeo viewers, to hold information about current viewing video settings as well as a personal identification token, if you are logged into Vimeo. Click here to learn more. |
auth_token, guest_id, _twitter_sess, kdt, personalization_id, external_referer, dnt, remember_checked_on. | Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Twitter feed/button. | Twitter set a series of cookies on any page that includes a Twitter feed. Click here to learn more. |