Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

Google Analytics/Adsense

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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

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This first party cookie for “Conversion Linker” functionality takes information in ad clicks and stores it in a first-party cookie so that conversions can be attributed outside the landing page.

WordPress/System Cookies

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WordPress uses session cookies in order to provide a better experience for the user. They will allow users to navigate the site easier and quicker by keeping the user logged in. There are cookies for regular users, logged in users and for commenters.

PHPSESSID

This cookie is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialized state data. It is used to establish a user session and to pass state data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. As the PHPSESSID cookie has no timed expiry, it disappears when the client is closed.

Helpful

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This cookie is used as part of our support/documentation area. It allows users to rate our documentation for its usefulness and is then in turn stored against their session.

Cookie Control

CookieControl

This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on this site. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.