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| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CONSENT | 18 years | Used by Google for cookie consent settings. |
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| tk_ai | Used by WooCommerce to to store a unique user ID. | |
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| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DV | 30 minutes | Used by Google to store user preferences and information of Google maps. |
| HSID | 2 years | Security cookie to confirm visitor authenticity, prevent fraudulent use of login data and protect user data from unauthorized access. |
| popup_shown | 1 week | Set when the user has been shown a popup to prevent the popup being shown repeatedly. |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | 6 months | This cookie is used to prevent the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests. The main goal is mitigate the risk of cross-origin information leakage. It also provides some protection against cross-site request forgery attacks. |
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| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __utma | 2 years | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
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| __utmc | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. | |
| __utmt | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate. |
| __utmv | 2 years | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmz | 6 months | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1P_JAR | 1 month | Set by Google. This group sets a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information such as website statistics and track conversion rates. |
| SAPISID | 2 years | Google collects visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
| SIDCC | 1 year | Google collects visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __Secure-1PAPISID | 2 years | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. |
| __Secure-1PSID | 2 years | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. |
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| __Secure-3PSID | 2 years | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. |
| __Secure-3PSIDCC | 1 year | Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. |
| APISID | 2 years | Personalizes Google ads on websites based on recent searches and interactions. |
| SSID | 2 years | This cookie is used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions |
