Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored in the internal memory of your browser. Cookies are used for many different purposes, e.g. to see how long you view our pages, but always with the aim of improving your user experience.

Data from cookies will not be used to gather personal information about you. Go to Settings in your browser to turn off and delete cookies.

Here is an oversight of the cookies we use and how long they last for:

cookieconsent_key 1 year This cookie is a unique ID key generated when you accept or change your cookies.
cookieconsent_status 1 year This cookie remembers that a user has accepted/declined cookies on our website, so that the notice can be hidden.
cookieconsent_accepted_categories 1 year This cookie remembers which categories of cookies the user has accepted.
_ga 2 years Used to distinguish users for Google Analytics.
_gali 1 year Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked.
_gid 24 hours Used to distinguish users for Google Analytics.
_gat 1 minute Used to throttle request rate for Google Analytics.
_gat_<property-id> 1 minute Used to throttle request rate for Google Analytics.
AMP_TOKEN 2 years This Google Analytics cookie is used to retrieve the Client ID (random number for identification between different sessions).
_dc_gtm_<property-id> 1 minute Used to throttle request rate for Google Analytics.
CONSENT 20 years Google consent cookie.
IDE 2 years Used for Google Advertising to provide relevant advertising, for campaign reporting and to avoid showing duplicate ads to users.
1P_JAR 1 month Used for Google Advertising ad personalization.
SID/HSID These Google cookies are used for security and contain digitally signed and encrypted records of your Google account ID and most recent sign-in time. Read more here.
Conversion This cookie is set by Google to track ad conversions. Read more here.
ANID/DSID/FLC/AID/TAID/exchange_uid These cookies are used for ad personalization, and may be used by other third-party services, such as YouTube, to show you more relevant ads. Read more here.
__gads/__gac These Google cookies relate to advertising, helping measure how you interact with ads and preventing them from being shown too many times. Read more here.
AID/DSID/TAID These Google cookies track your activity across devices, to coordinate ads and measure conversion events. Read more here.
wordpress_<hash> 14 days This WordPress cookie stores your authentication details. Its use is limited to the admin console area, /wp-admin/
wordpress_logged_in_<hash> 14 days After login, this WordPress cookie indicates when you're logged in, and who you are, for most interface use.
wp-settings-<uid> 14 days WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
wp-settings-time-<uid> 14 days WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
wordpress_test_cookie This cookie is used by WordPress to test if cookies are enabled in a user's browser.
wpe-auth End of browser session This cookie is for admins only and gives access to WPEngine-related plugin functionality from the WordPress admin panel.