Cookies Policy
1. What are cookies?
- Cookies are widely used small files that are sent by a web server to a web browser and are stored by the browser when an individual visits a website.
- Cookies allow websites to recognise that a user has previously visited the site. The cookies save some information about that user for when they access the site again in the future.
By using and browsing the Sirenum website, you consent to cookies being used in accordance with our policy. To opt out, you must turn off cookies or refrain from using the site.
Opt Out:
Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies. To do this, look at the ‘help’ menu on your browser. Switching off cookies may restrict your use of the website and/or delay or affect the way in which it operates.
Deactivating cookies on the main Internet browsers:
- Google Chrome
Firefox
Safari
Internet Explorer - Deactivate website recordings:
We use a tool called Smartlook to track and understand user behaviour on our website so we can optimize it for a better user experience. If you do not wish to be tracked by Smartlook you can opt-out here.
2. What types of cookies are there?
Broadly, there are 4 types of cookie:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are essential to make a website work and enable features that users have specifically asked for. Without the use of these cookies, some features of the website could not operate.
- Performance cookies. These cookies collect anonymous information about users for the purpose of assessing the performance of a website. Common uses include well-known web analytics tools such as ‘Google Analytics’.
- Functionality cookies. These are cookies that automatically remember choices that users have previously made in order to improve their experience next time they visit a website.
- Targeting cookies. These cookies are similar to performance cookies, in that they collect information about users’ behaviour. However, this information is used at individual user level to advertise products and services to users on the basis of the behavioural information collected.
Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
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__cfduid | necessary | 11 months | The cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address d apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. |
_ga | Analytics | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
_gat | Performance | 1 minute | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
_gid | Analytics | 1 dat | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information on how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Uncategorized | 1 hour | This cookie is set by our cookie law info box to control user's decisions. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | Uncategorized | 11 months | This cookie controls the user's preference on accepting the cookie info box. |
NID | Preferences | 6 months | The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. Google uses cookies like NID and SID to help customize ads on Google properties, like Google Search. |
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