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:
| 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_gtag_UA_106068787_4 | 0 | 1 minute | Google uses this cookie to distinguish users. |
| _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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| YSC | 1 | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
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.
