COOKIE POLICY
What's a cookie?
- A "cookie" is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's hard drive if you agree to this and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
- Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block cookies (including essential cookies) at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block essential cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
How do we use cookies?
- We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.
- Cookies are either:
- Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
- Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. [We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.]
- Cookies can also be categorised as follows:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
- Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
- Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
- Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
- First and third party cookies: First party cookies are cookies set by our website. Third party cookies are cookies on our website that are set by a website other than our website, such as where we have adverts on our website or use Facebook pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.
We use third party cookies on our website, and these are set out in the table below.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
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Cookie Title Cookie Name |
Purpose |
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rl_session
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This cookie is used for managing user session on the website. It typically maintains the users state during the session, ensuring users logged in, tracking there actions, or persisting settings during the session. |
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CookieScriptConsent
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This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly. |
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_GRECAPTCHA |
Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. |
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AWSALBTGCORS |
This cookie is used to support load balancing, ensuring that visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. |
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enforce_policy |
This cookie is used to record the user consent to the cookie policy on the site, ensuring that the site complies with legal requirements regarding user information. |
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__cf_bm |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
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x-pp-s |
This cookie is provided by PayPal and supports payment services in the website. |
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VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honored in future sessions. |
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__cfruid |
Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to identify trusted web traffic. |
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_dd_s |
This cookie is used to store session data, ensuring that visits to a website are consistent during a session. It may include data such as how the visitor interacts with the site's pages, any preferences selected, and can help in error management. |
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m |
This cookie is generally used for performance and optimization of payment processing services, facilitating caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. |
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_ga_GTBWYV09JY |
This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
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rl_anonymous_id |
This cookie is used to identify anonymously a visitor. It is generally used for tracking and analytics purposes, helping website owners understand how visitors interact with the site. |
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AWSALBTG |
This cookie is associated with the Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality for routing client request on the server. |
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_ga |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
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YSC |
This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. |
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vs_uniques_offer |
This cookie is used to identify unique visitors and to oofer them tailored promotions or unique offers based on their browsing behaviours. |
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. |
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ts
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This cookie is generally provided by PayPal and supports payment services in the website. |
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_kjb_session |
This cookie is used to track the user's session for maintaining the functionality of the website, ensuring that users' session states are maintained as they navigate through the site. |
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__stripe_mid |
This cookie is associated with Calendly, a Meeting Schedulers that some websites employ. This cookie allows the meeting scheduler to function within the website. |
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__stripe_sid |
This cookie is associated with Calendly, a Meeting Schedulers that some websites employ. This cookie allows the meeting scheduler to function within the website. |
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ts_c |
To provide fraud prevention. |
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vs_uniques_template_metadata |
This cookie is used to store unique visitor information and session data such as preferences and menu layouts to enhance the user experience on the website. |
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_cfuvid
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This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services. |
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_kjb_ua_components
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This cookie is used to store user agent details to optimize the website's interactive features and user experience. |
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rl_page_init_referrer |
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You can alter your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on manage on our cookie consent mechanism. Please refresh your page to ensure that the new settings have taken effect.
You can also control your cookie settings through your web browser.
You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, by going to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 1 year.
If you have any questions about the cookies that we use, feel free to email us at [email protected]
