Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

How do we use cookies?

Name	Description	Duration
comment_author	Used to track the user across multiple sessions.	Session
comment_author_email	Used to track the user across multiple sessions.	Session
comment_author_url	Used to track the user across multiple sessions.	Session

Name	Description	Duration
wordpress_logged_in	Used to store logged-in users.	Persistent
wordpress_sec	Used to track the user across multiple sessions.	15 days
wordpress_test_cookie	Used to determine if cookies are enabled.	Session

Name	Description	Duration
MUID	Used for tracking user behavior across sessions and websites, providing personalized search results and ads.	1 year
ANON	Contains the A, a unique identifier derived from your Microsoft account, which is used for advertising, personalization, and operational purposes. It is also used to preserve your choice to opt out of interest-based advertising from Microsoft if you have chosen to associate the opt-out with your Microsoft account.	1 year

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Name	Description	Duration
_gid	ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity	24 hours
_gac_	Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.	90 days
__utma	ID used to identify users and sessions	2 years after last activity
__utmt	Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests	10 minutes
__utmb	Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.	30 minutes after last activity
__utmc	Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.	End of session (browser)
__utmz	Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server	6 months after last activity
__utmv	Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.	2 years after last activity
__utmx	Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.	18 months
_ga	ID used to identify users	2 years
_gali	Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked	30 seconds
_ga_	ID used to identify users	2 years
_gat	Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager	1 minute

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Name	Description	Duration
guest_id	This cookie is set by X to identify and track the website visitor. Registers if a users is signed in the X platform and collects information about ad preferences.	2 years
personalization_id	Unique value with which users can be identified by X. Collected information is used to be personalize X services, including X trends, stories, ads and suggestions.	2 years
external_referer	Our Website uses X buttons to allow our visitors to follow our promotional X feeds, and sometimes embed feeds on our Website.	2 years

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Name	Description	Duration
GPS	Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.	1 day
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Also used for marketing	179 days
PREF	This cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.	10 years from set/ update
YSC	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.	Session
DEVICE_INFO	Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.	179 days
LOGIN_INFO	This cookie is used to play YouTube videos embedded on the website.	2 years
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	Youtube visitor privacy metadata cookie	180 days

Necessary

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

Cookie	Duration	Description
__cf_bm	1 hour	This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.
_cfuvid	session	Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services
elementor	Never Expires	The website’s WordPress theme uses this cookie. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website’s content in real-time.
cookieyes-consent	1 year	CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors.
rc::a	Never Expires	This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
rc::c	session	This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
JSESSIONID	session	New Relic uses this cookie to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application.
_pxvid	1 year	PerimeterX sets this cookie to detect fraud and bot activity.
_px3	6 minutes	This cookie is set by the Bloomberg to protect the site from BOT attacks.

Functional

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

Cookie	Duration	Description
lang	session	LinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user’s language setting.
li_gc	6 months	Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor’s consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes.
lidc	1 day	LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection.

Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga_*	1 year 1 month 4 days	Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.
_ga	1 year 1 month 4 days	Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.
li_alerts	1 year	LinkedIn sets this cookie to track impressions of LinkedIn alerts, such as the Cookie Banner and to implement cool-off periods for display of alerts.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

Cookie	Duration	Description
NID	6 months	Google sets the cookie for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to unwanted mute ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.
_ir	session	This is a Pinterest cookie that collects information on visitor behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used on the website, in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement.
bcookie	1 year	LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs.
bscookie	1 year	LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website.

Uncategorised

Other uncategorised cookies are those that are being analysed and have not been classified into a category as yet.

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Consent Preferences

You can modify your cookie settings anytime by clicking the ‘Consent Preferences’ button above. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and update your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately.

Additionally, different browsers offer various methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Below are links to support documents on how to manage and delete cookies in major web browsers.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

If you are using a different web browser, please refer to its official support documentation.