Cookies

 

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies on our website for various purposes. Cookies help you use our website more efficiently. They enable us to better align our website with your interests and requirements. We also use them to speed up your actions on the website. Cookies enable us to collect combined statistics anonymously, so we better understand how our website is used and how we can improve our services.

What cookies do we use?

We use first-party cookies and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are cookies that are created by the website itself, so that you can use the website more efficiently. Third-party cookies are created by others. The third-party cookies on our website come from Google and WordPress. When you watch an embedded video, for example, you’re possibly activating third-party cookies from YouTube.

We use Google Analytics software to better understand how you use our website. This software can create a series of cookies to collect information and report anonymous statistics about the website. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the _ga cookie.

We also use the following types of cookies:

  • Analytics and performance cookies. We use these to analyse web traffic, look at the number of visitors to our website, and see how visitors use our website. We use the following cookies for this: ‘_ga’, ‘_gat’ and ‘_gid’ from Google.
  • Functional cookies. These cookies save the choices you make on our website to make it more user-friendly. We use the following functional cookie for this: ‘_Icl_current_language’ from WPML for WordPress.
  • Targeted cookies. These cookies collect information about the pages you visit and the links you click, so that online advertisements can be matched to your interests. The following targeted cookies can be activated if you watch an embedded video on YouTube: ‘1P_JAR’, ‘APISID’, ‘CONSENT’, ‘HSID’, ‘NID’, ‘SAPISID’, ‘SID’, ‘SIDCC’ and ‘SSID’. These cookies are not activated if you don’t watch an embedded video from YouTube.


NameCategoryContentsPurposeRetention period
complianz_policy_idFunctionalRemembers the visitor’s cookie preference.Preferences1 year
wordpress_test_cookieFunctionalTests if cookies can be used.FunctionalSession duration
wordpress_*Functional Functional3 months
_grecaptchaFunctionalDistinguishes between bots and users.FunctionalPermanent
_icl_visitor_lang_jsFunctionalWPMLFunctionalSession duration
_icl_current_languageFunctionalWPMLFunctional1 day

Other cookies:

NameCategoryContents of cookiePurposeRetention period
_gaThird party cookies

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

This cookie is used to distinguish users for analysis.

Analytics2 years
_gatThird party cookies

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Used to limit the request rate.

Analytics1 minute
_gidThird party cookies

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

This cookie is used to distinguish users for analysis.

Analytics24 hours
_gcl_auThird party cookies

https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en-US

This cookie is used to measure conversions with Google Adsense.

MarketingPermanent
Google_adsense_settingsThird party cookies

https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en-US

This cookie is used to enable retargeting with Google Adsense.

MarketingPermanent
_hjidThird party cookies

https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/

This cookie is used to remember used ID’s.

Statistics1 year
CusidThird party cookiesThis cookie is used for ClickDimensions’ statistical software. It identifies a unique session to track pages on the website for 30 minutes. You can find more information about ClickDimensions’ privacy policy and cookie policy here: https://clickdimensions.com/about/privacy-policyStatistics30 minutes
CuvonThird party cookiesThis cookie is used by ClickDimensions to signal the last page of a visitor. You can find more information about the privacy policy and cookie policy of ClickDimensions here: https://clickdimensions.com/about/privacy-policyStatistics30 minutes
CuvidThird party cookies

This cookie is used by ClickDimensions to identify unique visitors and is updated with every page view. More information is found in:

https://clickdimensions.com/about/privacy-policy

Statistics2 years
NameCategoryContents of cookiePurposeRetention period
1P_JARTargeted cookies

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

These cookies collect information about the pages you visit, to tailor advertising preferences.

Marketing1 month
APISIDTargeted cookies

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

These cookies collect information about the pages you visit, to tailor advertising preferences.

Marketing2 years
CONSENTTargeted cookies

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

These cookies collect information about the pages you visit, to tailor advertising preferences.

Marketing20 years
HSIDTargeted cookies

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

These cookies collect information about the pages you visit, to tailor advertising preferences.

Marketing2 years
NIDTargeted cookies

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

These cookies collect information about the pages you visit, to tailor advertising preferences.

Marketing6 months
SIDTargeted cookies

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

These cookies collect information about the pages you visit, to tailor advertising preferences.

Marketing2 years
SAPISIDTargeted cookies

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

These cookies collect information about the pages you visit, to tailor advertising preferences.

Marketing2 years
SIDCCTargeted cookies

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

These cookies collect information about the pages you visit, to tailor advertising preferences.

Marketing3 months
SSIDTargeted cookies

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US

These cookies collect information about the pages you visit, to tailor advertising preferences.

Marketing2 years

How can you manage or delete cookies?

You can block or delete cookies at any time via your web browser’s settings. Blocking cookies can affect our service to you and your use of our website. Deleting cookies can mean you have to re-enter your preferences on a subsequent visit to our website. For more information about blocking and deleting cookies, please see your software provider’s documentation, such Apple SafariGoogle ChromeMicrosoft EdgeMicrosoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. The cookies enable us to keep a record of your actions or preferences. Most web browsers accept cookies, but users can change their browser settings to block the use of cookies or to always delete the cookies when desired.

Cookies normally contain the name of the website that the cookie comes from, state how long the cookie will be saved for, and a value, normally a randomly generated unique number. Some cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser (session cookies), other cookies are saved and help us to identify you as a visitor to our website (persistent cookies).