Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website.
They store information about how you use the website, such as the pages you visit.
Cookies are not viruses or computer programs. They are very small so do not take up much space.
How we use cookies
We use cookies to:
- make our website work, for example by keeping it secure
- remember which pop-ups you’ve seen
- measure how you use our website, such as which links you click on (analytics cookies)
Change your cookie settings
Some cookies, like those used to measure how you use our website, are not needed for our website to work.
These cookies can help us make our website better, but we’ll only use them if you say it’s OK.
Our use of cookies
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | 30 minutes | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. |
| _ga | 2 years | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _ga_EZGBWQFJ3F | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_234463096_1 | 1 minute | Set by Google to distinguish users. |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| _gid | 1 day | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _ok | Session | Used by Olark our chatbot for most recent Olark site ID (security measure) |
| _okac | Session | Used by Olark our chatbot for caching by setting a hash for assets to determine if they have changed and if they need to be refreshed |
| _okbk | Session | Used by Olark our chatbot for extra state information (e.g. chat box being open/closed) |
| _okck | Session | Used by Olark our chatbot to test whether the visitor’s browser allows cookies to be stored |
| _okdetect | Session | Used by Olark our chatbot for detecting when storage contexts have changed due to things like ssl or host transitions (helps maintain your chat across pages) |
| _okgid | Session | Used by Olark our chatbot: group id the visitor is locked to |
| _okla | Session | Used by Olark our chatbot for caching purposes (loaded from CDN vs. loaded from our infrastructure) |
| _oklv | Session | Used by Olark our chatbot for caching |
| bcookie | 1 year | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to record the default button state of the corresponding category and the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. |
| hblid | Used by Olark our chatbot to remember visitors between visits | |
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. |
| li_gc | 5 months 27 days | Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
| ln_or | 1 day | Linkedin sets this cookie to registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website for internal analytics. |
| olfsk | 2 months | Used by Olark our chatbot as a storage identifier that is used to maintain chat state across pages (e.g. message history) |
| PHPSESSID | session | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie stores and identifies a user's unique session ID to manage user sessions on the website. The cookie is a session cookie and will be deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 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. |
| wcsid | Session | Used by Olark our chatbot to keep track of a single chat session |
How we use your data
Find out how we use the data we collect in our privacy policy.