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:

_ga	2 years	Used to distinguish users for Google Analytics.
_gid	24 hours	Used to distinguish users for Google Analytics.
_gat	1 minute	Used to throttle request rate for Google Analytics.
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.
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.