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| Cookie Name | Data Stored | When does it expire? | Description |
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| Cookie Name | We use Disqus to provide commenting capabilities on posts on our websites. | https://help.disqus.com/terms-and-policies/disqus-privacy-policy | We use Disqus to provide commenting capabilities on posts on our websites. |
| Cookie Name | We use Facebook to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Facebook’s social media platform. | https://www.facebook.com/policy.php | We use Disqus to provide commenting capabilities on posts on our websites. |
| Cookie Name | We use Gravatar to allow visitors to our websites to create avatars. | https://en.gravatar.com/site/privacy | We use Disqus to provide commenting capabilities on posts on our websites. |
| Cookie Name | We use Pinterest to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Pinterest’s social media platform. | https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy | We use Disqus to provide commenting capabilities on posts on our websites. |
| Cookie Name | We use Twitter to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Twitter’s social media platform. | https://twitter.com/en/privacy | We use Disqus to provide commenting capabilities on posts on our websites. |
| Cookie Name | Data Stored | When does it expire? | Description |
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| wp-settings-xxxxx | The text ‘WP Cookie check’ | Session cookie, deleted when browser is shut | WordPress sets this cookie to check if your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies. |
| wp-settings-time-xxxxx | Text indicating your preferred settings | Persistent cookie, expiration at 1 year | WordPress uses this cookie to customize the view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Text indicating your preferred settings | Persistent cookie, expiration at 1 year | WordPress uses this cookie to customize the view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
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| Name | Description | Privacy Policy |
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| Disqus | We use Disqus to provide commenting capabilities on posts on our websites. | https://help.disqus.com/terms-and-policies/disqus-privacy-policy |
| Facebook Connect | We use Facebook Connect to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Facebook’s social media platform. | https://www.facebook.com/policy.php |
| Gravatar | We use Gravatar to allow visitors to our websites to create avatars. | https://en.gravatar.com/site/privacy |
| We use Pinterest to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Pinterest’s social media platform. | https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy | |
| We use Twitter to allow visitors to our website to interact with and share content via Twitter’s social media platform. | https://twitter.com/en/privacy | |
| Wistia | We use Wistia to display video content. | https://wistia.com/privacy |
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This document is meant to explain the types of cookies and other tracking technologies that our website may place on your device.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit certain websites. We use a number of different cookies on the website, including strictly necessary, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences. This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.
What cookies do we use and why?
Some cookies are necessary to allow you to browse our website and use its features, also, if applicable, to access secure areas. The use of these cookies is essential for the website to work.
We also use functional cookies to remember choices you’ve made or information you’ve provided, such as your username, language, or the region you are in. This allows us to tailor your website experience specifically to your preferences. We are dedicated to user experience and we use many tools to help us improve our website and our platform. To this end, we use reporting and analytics cookies to collect information about how users interact with our website or our merchants’ storefronts, and how often. These cookies only gather information for statistical purposes and only use pseudonymous cookie identifiers that do not directly identify you. The performance cookies we use include:
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First party analytics cookies – We use these cookies to estimate the number of unique visitors, to improve our websites, and to detect the most searched for words in search engines that lead to a webpage. These cookies are not used to target you with online marketing. We use these cookies to learn how our websites are performing and make relevant improvements to improve user browsing experience.
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Third party analytics cookies – We also use Google Analytics and other third-party analytics providers listed below to help measure how users interact with our website content. These cookies “remember” what our users have done on previous pages and how they’ve interacted with the website. For more information on Google Analytics, visit Google’s information page. For instructions on how opt out of Google Analytics, see below.
Advertising cookies are used on our website to tailor marketing to you and your interests and provide you with a more personalized service in the future. These cookies remember that you visited our website, although these cookies can track your device’s visits to our website and other sites, they typically cannot personally identify you. Read more about how companies use cookies to conduct targeted or retargeted advertising here.
Finally, Social and Content cookies are placed by many social media plugins (for example the Facebook ’like’ button), and other tools meant to provide or improve the content on a website (for example services that allow the playing of video files, or that create comments
sections). We integrate these modules into our platform to improve the experience of browsing and interacting with our websites. Please note that some of these third party services place cookies that are also used for things like behavioural advertising, analytics, and/or market research.
How long will cookies remain on my computer or mobile device?
The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie.
Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are
persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device. See the section below on how to control cookies for more information on removing them before they expire.
How to control cookies?
You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org.
Many of the third party advertising and other tracking services offer you the opportunity to opt out of their tracking systems. You can read more about the information they collect and how to opt out through their privacy policy links.
