Cookie Policy
Last Updated: October 26, 2023
What Are Cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored; however, this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the site's functionality.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Types of Cookies We Use
Our website uses the following types of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features. We use a cookie to remember your cookie consent choice. This is necessary for the site to function.
- Performance/Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services as long as the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited.
Cookie Table
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | Necessary | 1 year |
| _ga, _gid, _gat | Used by Google Analytics to collect anonymous data about site usage, such as number of visitors and most popular pages. This helps us improve the website. | Analytics | Up to 2 years |
How to Manage Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling strictly necessary cookies will break key site functionality, such as remembering your privacy preferences. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
Third-Party Cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
More Information
Hopefully, that has clarified things for you. As was previously mentioned, if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not, it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. If you are still looking for more information, then you can contact us through our contact page.