Cookie Policy
Information About Our Use of Cookies
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
Why do we use Cookies?
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
Your Consent to Cookies
By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
How to Delete and Block Cookies
You can block and/or delete cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. For instructions on how to handle and delete cookies please look under “Help” in your browser. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
What Cookies do we Use and Why?
Our website uses the following kinds of cookies (using categories suggested in the International Chamber of Commerce UK’s (“ICC”) Cookie guide):
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our website.
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the content displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
For more information on these categories, please see the ICC’s Cookie guide available here.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| devicePixelRatio | Browser default (1 year) | Used to make the site responsive to the visitor’s screen size. | No |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Session | Tests that the browser accepts cookies. | No |
| __qca | 5 years | Quantcast | No |
| __utma | 2 years | Google Analytics – 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. | No |
| __utmb | 30 minutes | Google Analytics – Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | No |
| __utmc | Session | Google Analytics – 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. | No |
| __utmt | 10 minutes | Google Analytics – Used to throttle request rate. | No |
| __utmz | 6 months | Google Analytics – 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. | No |
| wp-settings-{user_id} | 1 year | Used to persist a user’s wp-admin configuration. | Yes |
| wporg_logged_in wporg_sec | 14 days if you select “Remember Me” when logging in. Otherwise, Session. | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. | Yes |
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| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| welcome-{blog_id} | Permanent | Used to record if you’ve chosen to hidden the “Welcome” message at the top of the corresponding blog. | No |
| showComments | 10 years | Used to determine if you prefer comments to be shown or hidden when reading the site. | No |
*.trac
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| trac_form_token | Session | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. |
codex.wordpress.org
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| codexToken | 6 months | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. Only set if you select “Keep me logged in” when logging in. | Yes |
| codexUserId codexUserName | 6 months | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. | Yes |
| codex_session | Session | Used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.org user. | Yes |
*.wordcamp
| Cookie | Duration | Purpose | Logged-in Users Only? |
|---|---|---|---|
| camptix_client_stats | 1 year | Used to track unique visitors to tickets page on a WordCamp site | No |
| wp-saving-post | 1 day | Used to track if there is saved post exists for a post currently being edited. If exists then let user restore the data | Yes |
| comment_author_{hash} | 347 days | Used to tracked comment author name, if “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.” is checked | No |
| comment_author_email_{hash} | 347 days | Used to tracked comment author email, if “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.” is checked | No |
| comment_author_url_{hash} | 347 days | Used to track comment author url, if “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.” checkbox is checked | No |
| wp-postpass_{hash} | 10 days | Used to maintain session if a post is password protected | No |
| wp-settings-{user} | 1 year | Used to preserve user’s wp-admin settings | Yes |
| wp-settings-time-{user} | 1 year | Time at which wp-settings-{user} was set | Yes |
| tix_view_token | 2 days | Used for session managing private CampTix content | No |
| tk_ai | Browser default | Used for tracking | No |
| jetpackState | Session | Used for maintaining Jetpack State | Yes |
| jpp_math_pass | Session | Verifies that a user answered the math problem correctly while logging in. | No |
| stnojs | 2 days | Remember if user do not want JavaScript executed | No |
| wordpress_logged_in_{hash} | Session | Remember User session | Yes |
| wordpres_test_cookie | Session | Test if cookie can be set | No |
How to Get Further Information about Cookies
To find out more about cookies, including how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
For further information about this policy, please contact interface@detailsolicitors.com