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Cookies are very important for the general use of an interactive website.
The cookies used on this website are explained below and based on the International Chamber of Commerce guide for cookie categories.
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Cookie Name | Provider | What Is It For? | Category | Validity |
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__cfduid | CloudFlare | Used by our CDN provider to identify a unique user. | Performance | < 24 Hours |
__tawkuuid | Tawk.to | Used by our live chat provider to identify a unique user. | Functionality | < 6 Months |
__utma | 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. | Performance | < 2 Years |
__utmb | 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. | Performance | < 24 Hours |
__utmc | Google Analytics | 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. | Performance | Session |
__utmt | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate. | Functionality | < 24 Hours |
__utmz | 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. | Performance | < 6 Months |
_pk_id.* | Matomo Analytics | Used to identify an individual user. | Performance | < 2 Years |
_pk_ses.* | Matomo Analytics | Used to identify a user’s current session. | Performance | < 24 Hours |
HTTP_REFERER | Abduls Kitchen | A server based parameter which tracks the last page access so we can pass data from one page, to the next one. It is also used to reduce security breaches. | Necessary | < 24 Hours |
PHPSESSID | Abduls Kitchen | Used by our server to identify a user’s session. We store and retrieve user data from our database based on this value. | Necessary | Session |
Tawk_* | Tawk.to | Used by our live chat provider to identify the web socket channel you are subscribed to so you can communicate securely & privately. | Functionality | < 6 Months |
TawkConnectionTime | Tawk.to | Used by our live chat provider to identify when you first connected to their platform. | Performance | Session |
tawkUUID | Tawk.to | Used by our live chat provider to identify a unique user. | Performance | < 6 Months |
zpos_loadbalancer | ZPos | Used by our CDN provider so they know which server to direct traffic too as we used a clustered server setup. | Necessary | Session |
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Our privacy policy can provide you with further details about how we use any personal information you give us, although not all information captured by using cookies will identify you.
We are continually striving to develop improved ways of managing your cookie preferences. As new technologies and solutions emerge, this cookies policy may be updated to reflect any such advances in technology and preference management tools.