What are cookies?

From the ICO: “A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded onto your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, e.g. remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.”

Why do we use cookies on this site?

We use cookies to personalize content and ads, and to analyze our traffic and improve our service.

What cookies does this site use?

Necessary (Required)
Cookies that the site cannot function properly without. This includes cookies for access to secure areas and CSRF security. Please note that this system's default cookies do not collect any personal or sensitive information. This system's default cookies do not collect IP addresses. The information they store is not sent to any 3rd parties.

Name: CraftSessionId
Description: Craft relies on PHP sessions to maintain sessions across web requests. That is done via the PHP session cookie. Craft names that cookie “CraftSessionId” by default, but it can be renamed via the phpSessionId config setting. This cookie will expire as soon as the session expires.

Provider: this site
Expiry: Session

Name: *_identity
Description: When you log into the Control Panel, you will get an authentication cookie used to maintain your authenticated state. The cookie name is prefixed with a long, randomly generated string, followed by _identity. The cookie only stores information necessary to maintain a secure, authenticated session and will only exist for as long as the user is authenticated in Craft.

Provider: this site
Expiry: Persistent

Name: *_username
Description: If you check the "Keep me logged in" option during login, this cookie is used to remember the username for your next authentication.

Provider: this site
Expiry: Persistent

Name: CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN
Description: Protects us and you as a user against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

Provider: this site
Expiry: Session

Statistics
Statistic cookies help us understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Name: _ga
Description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

Provider: Google
Expiry: 2 years

Name: _gat
Description: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.

Provider: Google
Expiry: 1 day

Name: _gid
Description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

Provider: Google
Expiry: 1 day

How do you opt in/out of cookies?

When you first visit this website, you’ll see a pop up that asks you to accept any required or optional cookies needed to browse the site.

At that point you can choose to accept required cookies, accept/decline additional optional cookies, or leave the site (if you’d prefer not to accept any cookies at all).

If you’ve already accepted cookies but want to change your mind or clear your session, you can do this in your web browser settings. The process for this is different depending on what internet browser you use. A quick look on an internet search engine or in your browser’s user info should show you how to do this.