Cookies

To ensure the proper functioning of this site, we sometimes place small data files, known as cookies, on your computer. Most websites do this.

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit it. Thanks to cookies, the website remembers your actions and preferences (login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time. This saves you having to re-enter them each time you return to the site or navigate from one page to another.

Some of our pages use cookies to remember such as:

  • your display preferences, such as contrast, color or font size
  • if you answered a pop-up survey on the usefulness of the content (so you don’t get asked again)
  • whether you have accepted (or not) the use of cookies on the website.

Enabling cookies is not strictly necessary for the operation of the site, but may improve your browsing experience. You can delete or block cookies, but doing so may prevent certain features of the site from working properly.

Information associated with cookies is not used to identify you personally. In addition, we keep track of data about your browsing preferences. Cookies are not used for purposes other than those described here.

From those below a page can use one or more simultaneously.

_ga – 2 year lifetime and _gid – 24 hour lifetime – These are web analytics cookies provided by Google Inc. They are used to collect information about how visitors use the website. We use them to gather statistical information and data to help us improve our website. These cookies may also be used to provide users with a personalized and better tailored advertising experience.

__unam – This cookie is usually associated with the ShareThis social sharing widget placed in a place that allows sharing content across different social networks. It counts clicks and shares of a page.

__utma – This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service, which allows site owners to track visitor behavior and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It is used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated each time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifetime of the cookie can be customized by the website owners.

wordpress_ Cookie used to identify the logged in user. Duration: one session

wordpress_logged_in_ Cookie used to identify the logged in user. Duration: one session

wordpress_test_cookie Cookie used for testing. Duration: one session

wp-settings-[UID] Cookie used to customize the look and feel of the admin panel, or even the look and feel of the website. UID is the unique identifier of the current user in the database. Duration: 1 year

wp-settings-time-[UID] Cookie used to customize the look and feel of the admin panel, or even the look and feel of the website. UID is the unique identifier of the current user in the database. Duration: 1 year

PHPSESSID Cookie used to uniquely identify a session on the site. Duration: one session

SESS Cookie used to uniquely identify a session on the site. Duration: one session

wp-saving-post-[POST_ID] Cookie used to synchronize the recently saved data for a post with the currently displayed data for that post. Duration: one session

Some of our pages or subsites may use additional or different cookies than those described above. In this case, you will find details on the specific cookie pages. You may also be asked for your consent to their storage.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – see aboutcookies.org for details. You can erase all cookies from your computer and you can set most browsers to block the placement of cookies. If you do this, you may have to manually set some preferences each time you visit the site. Also, some services or features may not work.