Cookie Policy
Effective date: January 09, 2026
Last updated: January 09, 2026
What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use (i.e., the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used), and how to manage your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. These cookies help ensure that the website functions properly, enhance security, provide a better user experience, and analyse performance to identify what works and where improvements are needed.
How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are primarily necessary for the website to function properly and do not collect any personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website primarily help us understand how the website performs, track how you interact with it, keep our services secure, deliver relevant advertisements, and enhance your overall user experience while improving the speed of your future interactions with our website.
Types of cookies we use
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Product | Description |
| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. | |
| rc::a | Never Expires | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | |
| rc::c | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | |
| e_kit-elements-defaults | 12 Hours | WordPress | Used in context with the website’s WordPress theme. The cookie allows the website owner to implement or change the website’s content in real-time. |
| localTimeZone | 12 Hours | WordPress | A “local TimeZone” is a default WordPress cookie that stores a user’s current time zone information, allowing a website to display dates and times accurately based on their geographic location, essentially ensuring they see the correct time relevant to where they are located. |
| log-settings | 12 Hours | WordPress | A “log-settings” cookie is typically used to store a user’s preferences related to logging functionality on a website, allowing the site to remember things like whether the user wants to see detailed logs, the level of logging information displayed, or which specific log categories they want to view, so they don’t have to adjust these settings every time they access the log section. |
| wordpress_logged_in_* | 12 Hours | WordPress | This cookie enables the interface to recognise you as a logged-in user and determine which account and preferences to use for various features. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | 12 Hours | WordPress | This cookie checks if your browser supports cookies. If the test fails, you’ll see the error message: “Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser.” If this error occurs after moving your website, deleting your cookies and clearing the server cache (if using a caching plugin) can resolve the issue. |
| wp_lang | 12 Hours | WordPress | The wp_lang cookie is a session cookie set by WordPress to store your selected language key during login. This ensures that all translatable strings are displayed in your chosen language, providing a consistent and personalised user experience. |
| WP_PREFERENCES_USER_* | 12 Hours | WordPress | This cookie helps the interface recognise that you are logged in. It determines which account and preferences to use for various features, ensuring a seamless experience as you navigate the site. |
| wp-settings-* | 12 Hours | WordPress | This cookie is used to customise your view of the admin interface and the main site interface. The ‘UID’ represents the individual user ID from the user database table, and the settings stored can include layout preferences, dashboard widgets, and other personalised configurations. |
| wp-settings-time-* | 12 Hours | WordPress | This cookie is used to customise your view of the admin interface and the main site interface. The ‘UID’ represents the individual user ID from the user database table, and the settings stored can include layout preferences, dashboard widgets, and other personalised configurations. |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | 12 Hours | WordPress | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. |
| elementor | 12 Hours | WordPress | Used in context with the website’s WordPress theme. The cookie allows the website owner to implement or change the website’s content in real-time. |
| 1.GIF | 1 Year | CookieBot | The 1.gif cookie is used by Cookiebot to count the number of sessions a website receives. This information is used to optimise the delivery of Cookiebot’s CMP product. |
| Cookie Consent | 30 seconds to 1 year | CookieBot | A “Cookie Consent” cookie is a small piece of data stored on a user’s device by a website to record whether the user has given their consent to the website placing tracking cookies on their device, essentially acting as a record of their preference regarding cookie usage and ensuring compliance with privacy regulations like GDPR by informing the website that the user has agreed to cookies being set on their device. |
Statistics
Statistics cookies are used to collect anonymous information about how a website is used. They track data such as visitor count, pages visited, time spent, and error messages to help website owners improve site performance and user experience.
| Cookie | Duration | Product | Description |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | |
| FPLC | 20 hours | Google Analytics | The FPLC cookie is primarily used for cross-domain tracking in Google Analytics, allowing the platform to follow a user’s activity across multiple websites within the same domain, essentially creating a more comprehensive picture of their behavior by linking their sessions together; it’s essentially a hashed version of the FPID cookie which is used for storing unique user identifiers for analytics purposes. |
| _ga | 2 years | Google Analytics | The “_ga” cookie is a tracking cookie used by Google Analytics to distinguish between different users visiting a website, essentially giving each visitor a unique identifier, allowing the website owner to track and analyse user behaviour anonymously; it is the primary cookie used by Google Analytics and typically lasts for 2 years. |
| _gac_<wpid> | 90 days | Google Analytics | The “_gac_<wpid>” cookie is used by Google Analytics to track ad click information and monitor the performance of ad campaigns, essentially recording when a user clicks on a specific ad, allowing for better attribution and targeting in future marketing efforts; it works in conjunction with another Google Ads cookie called “_gcl” to accurately track user interactions across different websites and domains. |
| _gid | 24 hours | Google Analytics | The “_gid” cookie is a tracking cookie set by Google Analytics, used to store and update a unique value for each page visited on a website, essentially allowing them to track a user’s activity within a single session (typically lasting 24 hours) and generate statistical data on how a visitor interacts with the site; it helps distinguish unique users within that timeframe. |
| _gat[_<customname>] | 1 minute | Google Analytics | The “_gat” cookie is used by Google Analytics to “throttle the request rate,” meaning it limits the amount of data collected from a website with high traffic, essentially preventing the system from being overloaded with too many requests from a single user. |
| __utma | 2 years | Google Analytics | __utma is a permanent cookie that is used to distinguish users and sessions/visits. It is updated with each page view, and expires two years after it is added or last updated. |
| __utmb | 30 minutes | Google Analytics | __utmb used to establish and continue a unique user session. Each time you request another page from the website the cookie is updated to expire after 30minutes. __utmc works with __utmb to determine when to create a new session for a website visitor. |
| __utmc | Session | Google Analytics | The “__utmc” cookie is a session cookie used by Google Analytics, working in conjunction with the “__utmb” cookie, to calculate how long a user stays on a website by marking the approximate time a visitor leaves a site, essentially helping to determine the duration of a website visit when a user is inactive for a period of time (usually around 30 minutes). |
| __utmt | 10 minutes | Google Analytics | __utmt: this cookie is set by Google Analytics that is used to throttle the request rate for the service – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. |
| __utmz | 6 months | Google Analytics | The __utmz cookie tracks how visitors access a website, including the source, campaign, and keywords used. It’s used by Google Analytics to analyze website performance and assign credit for conversions. |
| __utmv | 2 years | Google Analytics | The __utmv cookie is a Google Analytics cookie that helps website owners classify visitors and segment data for reporting. It’s used to track how visitors interact with a website, and can help website owners understand how visitors enjoy their site. |
| AMP_TOKEN | 30 seconds to 1 year | Google Analytics | The AMP_TOKEN cookie stores a token that allows users to retrieve a Client ID from the AMP Client ID service. It also acts as a lock to prevent multiple requests from being sent at the same time. |
| FPID | 2 years | Google Analytics | The purpose of an FPID (First Party Identifier) cookie is to track visitors and assign them unique IDs. This allows businesses to collect more accurate data about their visitors, which can help them improve their website’s performance. |
| GA_OPT_OUT | 10 Nov 2030 (all cookies) | Google Analytics | limits the amount of data Google Analytics can collect from a website. This helps to improve performance and reduce the amount of data collected on high traffic sites. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Product | Description |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | |
| _dc_gtm_<property-id> | 1 Minute | Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager | Connects Google Tag Manager to Google Analytics once explicit user consent has been gained to measure their behaviour and session data. |
Google reCAPTCHA
We use Google reCAPTCHA on our forms to protect against spam and automated abuse. This service is provided by Google Ireland Limited (Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.). reCAPTCHA analyzes various information, including your IP address, browser type, and mouse activity, to determine if you are a human or a bot. This process involves setting several cookies, such as _grecaptcha, NID, and CONSENT.
The data collected is transferred to and stored on Google’s servers. By interacting with forms protected by reCAPTCHA, you consent to this data processing in accordance with this policy and Google’s terms. You can manage your cookie preferences via our cookie consent tool if you wish to opt out of non-essential cookies, but note that this may affect form functionality.
Manage cookie preferences
Consent Preferences
You can modify your cookie settings anytime by clicking the ‘Consent Preferences’ button above. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and update your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately.
Additionally, different browsers offer various methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Below are links to support documents on how to manage and delete cookies in major web browsers.
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc
If you are using a different web browser, please refer to its official support documentation.