Cookies are small pieces of text that are stored by your browser. Each cookie has a name and is associated with a particular site. When your browser sends a request to a site (for example, to download a page, image, or video), the computer that responds (known as a server) may tell your browser to set one or more cookies. When your browser makes further requests to the same site it sends the cookies back to the server. This allows the server to remember you as you browse the site, and provide features such as shopping baskets or password-protected areas.

Google Analytics/Adsense

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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

WordPress/WooCommerce/System Cookies

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WordPress uses session cookies in order to provide a better experience for the user. They will allow users to navigate the site easier and quicker by keeping the user logged in. There are cookies for regular users, logged in users and for commenters.

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Woocommerce provides ecommerce functionality to a wordpress website. It places cookies to facilitate various functions such as shopping baskets, account management, checkout, etc.

PHPSESSID

This cookie is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialized state data. It is used to establish a user session and to pass state data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. As the PHPSESSID cookie has no timed expiry, it disappears when the client is closed.

Civic Cookie Control

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This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on this site. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.

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