Cookie Policy

This Policy (Cookie Policy) is intended to provide you with information about how and why we use cookies on the website.

Cookies are small files which are stored on a user’s computer. They are designed to hold a reasonable amount of data specific to a particular client and website, and can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer. This allows the server to deliver a page tailored to a particular user, or the page itself can contain some script which is aware of the data in the cookie and so is able to carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next.

What cookies do we use?
We can classify cookies into two separate categories, being those what are necessary for the functionality of the website, and those which we collect to analyse your activity to improve how the website works. The table below gives you a brief explanation of what types of cookies we collect, what the source of the cookies is, why we use the cookie, how long we retain the cookie, and whether the cookie is necessary for the website’s functionality or not:

Name – PHPSESSID
Source – General
Expiry – Deleted when you close your web browser.
Purpose of the cookie – As you browse around the pages on this site, the session cookie tells the website that you are the same person requesting the webpages, and not a new visitor to each page.
Is it necessary for the website’s functionality? – Yes

Name – wordpress_test_cookie
Source – WordPress
Expiry – Deleted when you close your web browser.
Purpose of the cookie – This cookie is set when you navigate to the login page. It is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow or reject cookies.
Is it necessary for the website’s functionality? – Yes.

Name – wp-settings-{userid}
Source – WordPress
Expiry – Deleted a little under 1 year from the time it is set.
Purpose of the cookie – Text indicating your preferred settings. The website uses the cookie to customize your view of the admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
Is it necessary for the website’s functionality? – Yes

Name – __stripe_mid
Source – Stripe
Expiry – Deleted when you close your web browser.
Purpose of the cookie – These are  used by Stripe for fraud prevention and user identification.
Is it necessary for the website’s functionality? – Yes

Name – __stripe_sid
Source – Stripe
Expiry – Deleted when you close your web browser.
Purpose of the cookie – This is a session cookie for Stripe services to track transactions securely.
Is it necessary for the website’s functionality? – Yes

We only use cookies in the manner as explained in this Cookie Policy. We are not excluding the possibility of you blocking cookies through your browser settings. However, if you do block cookies directly through your browser, you may lose some of the website’s functionality, which may be necessary for your experience.